Since the definition of a bowler hat, it is certainly to attend an important, relatively high profile banquet occasions to wear.

Usually white or blue, the brim is a hard circle, the front is usually marked with text, the rear has two black ribbons, some flaps are marked with text, some flaps are stamped with the medal's ribbon logo. in the early nineteenth century, the brimless sailor's cap in the navies of all countries spread. Later, because of the flaps have side wind direction and decorative function, so it became an integral part of the sailor's cap.

Expanded Information:

. p>The military cap was replaced by a cylindrical cloth cap as the standard military cap for troops during the Northern Expedition after the end of the Central Plains War in 1930. The cap is a German military adviser to the North European "ski cap" as a prototype, based on the Chinese people's head shape improved from the biggest feature is with a tongue, a layer of cloth around the hat, usually folded up.

Fixed to the front with two buttons, it can be lowered when it is cold to protect the face and the back of the neck. Generally speaking, the style of the National Army troop cap is more uniform, the difference is the buttons fixing the cloth guard on the front. At the beginning of the reorganization, there were different styles, such as two buttons, one button, and even no button.

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