![]() ![]() This cap, resembling (depending on the bias of the observer) the seaman’s cap, the German undress cap or the Russian undress cap, was not popular, especially for the staff sergeants of the infantry battalions and corps with which the round forage cap was most associated. ![]() By 1902 they were authorized for all officers and Warrant Officers of the army while the other ranks were to adopt a cap approved by the current Secretary of State for War, Mr. At first these were to be worn by the most senior officers of the staff and departments of the army, replacing the round forage cap with gold lace band. ![]() In 1900 the illustrated Dress Regulations specified the new Staff Pattern Forage Cap, which in general appearance, remains today the style of cap, both dress and undress worn by officers and men alike, of the British and most other armies of the world. ![]()
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