Balmoral bonnet: Difference between revisions

==History==

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As worn by Scottish Highland regiments, the [[Blue bonnet (hat)|blue bonnet]] (common civilian headwear) gradually developed into two military forms. One was the Balmoral/Kilmarnock bonnet, illustrated clearly, complete with ribbon [[cockade]] and small [[Pom-pom#Toorie|toorie]] (pompon), around 1744. The other was a taller, stiffened felt cylinder, often decorated with an ostrich-plume [[hackle]] sweeping over the crown from left to right (as well as flashes of bearskin or painted turkey hackles). The dividing line between the blue bonnet and the Balmoral/Kilmarnock is unclear. A [[Blue bonnet (hat)#/media/File:Georgemurray.jpg|mid-18th-century portrait]] of [[George Murray (general)|Lord George Murray]] shows a black cap essentially indistinguishable from a Balmoral, but sometimes described as a "blue bonnet".