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The bearskin cap was awarded to the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards for their participation at the Battle of Waterloo (1815), where they also attained name of the Grenadier Guards; to which they still hold it to this day.
Ever since then, the bearskin cap has been awarded to the subsequent Guards regiments of the Coldstream, Scots, Irish and Welsh Guards as a mark of their elite status and as regiments of Her Majesty's Foot Guards.
Bearskin caps have always been made from the pelt of a black or a brown bear, the latter being the case for an officer's bearskin cap.
Because of the cost to produce a single bearskin, it is only awarded to the most elite of regiments.
It adds apparent height and stature to a soldier, with height being a desirable attribute in European armies of the 18th and 19th centuries.
The bearskin cap was also a functional piece of headgear. Since the fur came down past the eyes, it broke the silhouette of the soldier head and lancers who were trained to hit the head, would hit the bearskin cap instead.
The curb chain, or 'chin strap', which some may wonder why is worn on the chin instead of under it, is so that it can protect face against Sabre slashes.
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Why did Daniel Boone pefer a black hat then a raccoon skin cap?
Boone considered the racoon skin cap to be less civilized than the beaver hats he wore.
What tools were used by a hatter?
Did you know that most colonial hats were made from beaver skin? They also made hats from wool, cotton, and straw. Hatters made hats for men. There were other tradesmen who made ladies hats. Nearly everyone wore some sort of head covering. Ladies bonnets, hoods, and caps were not hats because had no brim. Men's hats were worn to keep heads warm and also to be fashionable.In order to be a Colonial hatter you had to know how to make glue, be patient, good with your hands, know about animal fur, and how to make different hats.Some tools they used were:Napping comb - tool used to raise the nap on a new hatBrim tolliker - wooden tool used to smooth the brimBatt - flat oval shape of fur used to make one hatBow-pin - tool used to shape the bowBasket - wooden tool used when pressing wet cloth onto the battRunner-down stick - stick used to work the string down the hat body to make the crown when it was on the blackBlock - wooden mold used to shape the crownBottom board - flat board the hat brim was formed onThere were many different kinds of hats. You might be familiar with the knitted cap, the pilgrim hat, or the upturned-brim tricorne.Hatters were one of the earliest tradesmen to take business away from the British merchants because beaver skins were so each to get in the colonies.
How old is the black race exactly?
It is impossible to know exactly how old the black race is, but it may be as much as half a million years old. Skin colour is governed by a pigment known as 'melanin'. The more melanin produced the darker the skin. This is a natural feature of human variation, so people with black skin have been around as long as people with white skin. Truly white skin contains no melanin and only occurs very rarely (albino).
What is the Viking population?
There was about 3 vikings with skin.
Why do rich Tudor woman want white skin?
In Tudor times woman wanted white skin to cover up the infectious disease known as small pox
