Royal IRISH Regiment QE2 era Green CAUBEEN Beret AKA "Bonnet, Irish, Green".

Description

SCARCE Royal Irish Regiment R.I.R. Caubeen Hat
The ROYAL Irish Regiment formed in '92, prior to then it was The Royal Irish Rangers & the Ulster Defence Regiment
SIZE Approx. Metric 56-57
AGE =
QE2 era
Queen Elizabeth the 2nd (1954-2022) R.I.P. 🙁
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In the British Army, the caubeen is officially known as the "bonnet, Irish, green"
In 1916, the Irish Guards established a pipe band. The pipers' uniform was a mix of standard service dress & bandsman dress, & also included a khaki bonnet, saffron-coloured kilts & green hose
The khaki bonnet was named "caubeen" by the Guards pipers, & was similar to an oversized beret
Some sources have stated the caubeen's similarity to the Scottish tam o' shanter, but the 2 are different in appearance – the tam o' shanter retaining much more of a 'dinner-plate' effect on the wearer's head, while the caubeen resembled an oversized beret. The 2 had different quartermaster codes, meaning that the caubeen was not simply a tam o' shanter with the toorie cut off, but a purpose-made article in its own right
In WW2, a number of British army regiments adopted both khaki & rifle-green caubeens as their headdress, replacing the GS cap
Each regiment was distinguished by the feather hackle in their caps: the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers wore their traditional grey hackles, the Royal Irish Fusiliers wore their traditional green hackles, the Irish Guards & London Irish Rifles were granted blue hackles, & the Liverpool Irish wore a blue-&-red hackle. The Royal Ulster Rifles did not get a band until 1948, so they did not receive their black hackles until 1947
In 1937, the London Irish Rifles extended the caubeen's wear to the entire regiment. In WW2, they were the only soldiers to wear the caubeen until 1944, when the 2nd Batt of the London Irish were serving with the Irish Brigade in Italy
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