Rogatywka

garment · Poland · Slavic

The rogatywka is a four-pointed peaked cap of Poland, distinguished by a square crown whose corners fold out over the rim, evolved from the konfederatka worn by the Confederates of Bar in 1768-1772. Under the Second Polish Republic it became the standard headgear of the Polish Army, worn in khaki and grey by infantry and in crimson by the mounted uhlans, and variants served Polish units through the Second World War and into the modern armed forces. The four corners are traditionally said to mark the four quarters of the world or the soldier's virtues, and the cap also became a piece of civil n

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