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a French military hat that conquered three continents and still tops the Foreign Legion
means A flat-topped, round-crowned military cap with a stiff, horizontal peak, most associated with French armed forces.
from From French 'képi', borrowed in the 19th century from the Alemannic German (Swiss) 'Käppi', a diminutive of 'Kappe' meaning 'cap' — which itself traces back to Late Latin 'cappa', a hood or cloak. So the jaunty French military hat carries a little Swiss-German nickname at its core.
- origin
- Evolved from the heavy Austrian-German shako, slimmed down
- civil war
- Both Union and Confederate troops wore them
- flat top
- The stiff disc crown defines its silhouette
- legion icon
- The white kepi blanc symbolizes France's Foreign Legion
- sun flap
- Some had neck-shading cloths for desert campaigns
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french foreign legion kepi — white cloth military hat worn by french foreign legion soldiers since 1831
kepi blanc — iconic white kepi of the french foreign legion, standard issue headgear for légionnaires