czapka
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166px|thumb|right|Czapka of the officer of 3rd Uhlan Regiment 1815-1831 Czapka (, ; also spelt chapka or schapska ) is a Polish, Belarusian, and Russian generic word for a cap. However, it is perhaps best known to English speakers as a word for the 19th-century Polish cavalry headgear, consisting of a high, four-pointed cap with regimental insignia on the front (full name in Polish: czapka rogatywka, initially: konfederatka) to which feathers or rosettes were sometimes added.
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- History
- Origins
- Nineteenth-century usage
- World War I
- Polish usage to present day
- See also
- References
166px|thumb|right|Czapka of the officer of 3rd Uhlan Regiment 1815-1831 Czapka (, ; also spelt chapka or schapska ) is a Polish, Belarusian, and Russian generic word for a cap. However, it is perhaps best known to English speakers as a word for the 19th-century Polish cavalry headgear, consisting of a high, four-pointed cap with regimental insignia on the front (full name in Polish: czapka rogatywka, initially: konfederatka) to which feathers or rosettes were sometimes added.
==History== thumb|left|Polish Uhlans wearing czapkas
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