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04-16-2008, 05:28 PM
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Sattelform Visors & the Rest of the World
As I am sure most of you will agree, no other country on earth has put together a more aesthetically pleasing piece of headgear than the Sattelform visors of the TR period.
What always has surprised me is how few countries/organisations ever picked it up for their uniforms--probably too "arrogant".
The newly-formed USAF did go to a nice sattelform for a short while during the Korean war, but then reverted to more of the plate-shape we see today.
This is one of those "darts & farts" early USAF visors (I have seen them with even higher peaks):
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04-16-2008, 05:37 PM
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Indonesia really took the sattelform to heart:
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04-16-2008, 05:39 PM
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The DDR reverted back to the tellerform, while the BRD kept it (somewhat).
Is anyone aware of any other countries which use the sattelform (the current Ukrainian/Russian mostrosities don't count!)
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04-16-2008, 05:55 PM
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Old "Pineapple Face" used to sport a nicely shaped hat...
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04-17-2008, 09:31 PM
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Drew, forgot about ole Noriega--reminds me of another dictator:
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04-17-2008, 09:33 PM
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As you can tell, Pinochet and his Generals uniforms have a decidedly TR influence:
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04-18-2008, 02:34 AM
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And to think it all started with a little shipment of FIBERHELM to South America before the war started..Augusto sure must have liked em...Billbert 
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04-18-2008, 06:56 AM
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This one is actually more of a crusher, but I´ll show it anyway.
Its a current-issue Estonian army officers cap.
 
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04-19-2008, 06:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mõmmi
This one is actually more of a crusher, but I´ll show it anyway.
Its a current-issue Estonian army officers cap.
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Mo: Are you sure the Estonian Army doesn't contract their hats out to the Latvians? 
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07-24-2012, 11:12 PM
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This one doubles as an emergency sail in case of loss of power:
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07-25-2012, 02:55 AM
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07-25-2012, 03:09 AM
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Jzuz!! 
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07-25-2012, 12:01 PM
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Once when going through the Frankfurt/Main airport in the early 1980s I saw an American sergeant wearing his visor hat which had a distinctly EREL shape to it. It looked very smart and I always wondered what the story was behind the hat. Never saw anything as good looking since then. Anyone have knowledge of US servicemen in Germany having custom-made visor hats?
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