Sailor Cap Information
A sailor cap is a round, flat visorless hat worn by sailors in many of the world's navies. A tally, an inscribed black silk ribbon, is tied around the base which usually bears the name of a ship or a navy. The cap may be further embellished with a badge, cockade or other accessory. Visorless caps of this kind began to be worn in the mid 19th century.
The more rigid type of sailor hat with a wide, flat peak is also known as square rig (this refers generally to a type of sailor uniform) cap or pork pie (not to be confused with the brimmed pork pie hat).
Sailor cap was first introduced in 1811 as a part of the uniform in the Russian Navy (bezkozyrka, ru. безкозырка, non-peaked hat)[citation needed]. It was a development of the peaked cap in application to marine conditions.
U.S. Navy sailors wear a unique white canvas hat with an upright brim, often referred to as a "Dixie cup" in reference to its similarity to the shape of a common disposable drinking cup. This hat was also worn by Polish Navy sailors before 1939—it was called "amerykanka" (not exactly pol. "American hat") or "nejwihetka" (derived from "Navy hat").
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China "square rig" or "pork pie" hat
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Norwegian navy cap
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France "Bachi" bonnet
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Poland
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United States "dixie cup" hat
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Polish sailors wearing "dixie cups"
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