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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	A study in hats Sep 22^nd, 2019 at 4:27pm	Print Post
	The Spanish American War Soldier served at a time when the uniform was undergoing changes in material and color to adapt to tropical climates. The 'campaign hat' was useful in all climates. It was not overly 'military looking'. It appears to have become the medium for expressing one's individuality. (Must have driven some officers and sergeants nuts, but, it probably allowed identifying a soldier at a glance)! p.s. I would gravitate toward the Bugler's 'style' .... Fedora ... but, front of brim down & tipped to the right at a rakish angle ... if, you please.


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Local Boy KCA Forum Member KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 462 Location: Mat-Su Valley, Alaska Joined: Sep 24^th, 2015 Gender:	Re: A study in hats Reply #1 - Sep 22^nd, 2019 at 5:47pm	Print Post
	Funny you should mention this subject. I was looking at some SAW photos on eBay and came across this one...thought about how individuals reconfigured their head gear and made it their own.


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: A study in hats Reply #2 - Sep 22^nd, 2019 at 6:04pm	Print Post
	Excellent, Local Boy! You can see many KCA Members in this photograph. I can recognize them by their Hats.


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Local Boy KCA Forum Member KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 462 Location: Mat-Su Valley, Alaska Joined: Sep 24^th, 2015 Gender:	Re: A study in hats Reply #3 - Sep 22^nd, 2019 at 6:46pm	Print Post
	LOL! I think I also see Justin Trudeau in the photo!


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Culpeper KCA Forum Member Offline Posts: 904 Location: Right Coast of Africa Joined: Mar 30^th, 2005	Re: A study in hats Reply #4 - Sep 22^nd, 2019 at 6:46pm	Print Post
	I take a cut a rather rakish figure in my hat. Got my good side. Those are bullet holes I received while serving with General Wheeler. I'm feeling much better. Too bad their names did not come down through the years with the pictures.

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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: A study in hats Reply #5 - Sep 22^nd, 2019 at 7:57pm	Print Post
	butlersrangers wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2019 at 6:04pm: Excellent, Local Boy! You can see many KCA Members in this photograph. I can recognize them by their Hats. Hmmmmm It seems my hat resembles Hoss's hat. Does that mean I should be working out on Bonanza's ranch?


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: A study in hats Reply #6 - Sep 22^nd, 2019 at 8:08pm	Print Post
	Working Out? ... You look like your waiting for "Hop Sing" to whip up lunch!


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Local Boy KCA Forum Member KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 462 Location: Mat-Su Valley, Alaska Joined: Sep 24^th, 2015 Gender:	Re: A study in hats Reply #7 - Sep 23^rd, 2019 at 1:26am	Print Post
	Hmmm...maybe there is some kind of family resemblance? One thing I do know...his bayonet is bigger then mine!


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: A study in hats Reply #8 - Sep 23^rd, 2019 at 3:22am	Print Post
	What'cha got there Local Boy ... Mauser bayonet or Rolling-Block?


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Local Boy KCA Forum Member KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 462 Location: Mat-Su Valley, Alaska Joined: Sep 24^th, 2015 Gender:	Re: A study in hats Reply #9 - Sep 23^rd, 2019 at 3:29am	Print Post
	1908 Brazilian Mauser bayonet.


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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: A study in hats Reply #10 - Sep 23^rd, 2019 at 1:24pm	Print Post
	butlersrangers wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2019 at 8:08pm: Working Out? ... You look like your waiting for "Hop Sing" to whip up lunch! Lunch? Did someone mention lunch???


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: A study in hats Reply #11 - Sep 24^th, 2019 at 11:48am	Print Post
	Mista Hoss ... I show you how to use knife and folk ... then we work on hat.
	« Last Edit: Sep 24^th, 2019 at 3:11pm by butlersrangers »

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Baltimoreed KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 320 Location: Aurora, NC Joined: Feb 5^th, 2016 Gender:	Re: A study in hats Reply #12 - Sep 24^th, 2019 at 12:32pm	Print Post
	Never much liked the Span Am hat. Bought a cheapy one and then after 2 misses got one that fit from Dirty Billy’s in Gettysburg but it goes with my Krags. I prefer the od DI hat of Pershing’s Punitive Expedition. Looks good with my 1903 [tanker] Springfield and 1911.
	« Last Edit: Sep 25^th, 2019 at 3:09am by Baltimoreed »

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Whig KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 1324 Location: Balt MD Joined: Sep 24^th, 2016 Gender:	Re: A study in hats Reply #13 - Sep 24^th, 2019 at 2:29pm	Print Post
	Back in 2011, Ken Hackathorn led our local gun club group in a 1911 anniversary celebration. It was quite an event. One drill he created for us to shoot was the Sgt. Alvin York drill where he re-created the scenario Sgt. York was famous for in shooting down a battery of advancing Germans by himself with, supposedly, just a single Springfield M1903 rifle that, when it shot empty, he used a 1911 pistol. These pictures show that Ken made us wear a battle helmet as well as use a M1903 rifle and a M1911 pistol. Of course, it was timed and the targets were set up to shoot the 5 advancing Germans from back to front with the 1911. The picture of Hackathorn shows the collection of 1911s we brought and shot that wonderful day. (There were, unexpectedly, 45 1911s on that table.) We still laugh at how we looked in those hats!


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: A study in hats Reply #14 - Sep 24^th, 2019 at 3:37pm	Print Post
	Hey Whig, watch the hostility toward Germans.


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