Remember the lyrics of a famous song? The same one in which a sailor goes home on leave. Remember? He also has medals on his chest, and ribbons in anchors. Let's try to figure out why the naval uniform includes a cap and why this uniform is so different from the uniforms of other branches of the military.
Why do sailors wear a visor - what does it symbolize?
Someone may say, since they wear it, therefore the CHARTER requires it, serve, and don’t ask stupid questions. In fact, everything is much more interesting. It’s not for nothing that on Navy Day, everyone who is involved in the sea wears not only vests, but also sailor caps, because they symbolize a person’s involvement in naval service, in sailing on ships on the seas. All these people are proud of their life on ships, their service, and until the end of their lives they will keep their naval cap, which is decorated with ribbons with anchors, as a memory for their children and grandchildren.
The first caps
The sailors' headdress went through a long and rather thorny path before it turned into the very familiar cap. Let's try to trace it.
Initially, the Moremans acquired a soft hat with a brim. These hats were lying around, as were felt boots made of wool. This hat was introduced into the naval uniform at the very beginning of the 18th century. It was a very comfortable and simple headdress. The sailors, with such a hat, looked more like a peasant. For more than one hundred and fifty years, such headwear was part of uniforms. Of course there were some changes.
The end of the nineteenth century was marked by the introduction of grenadiers into the navy, by order of Emperor Paul I. This is a very bulky piece of clothing. This hat was about thirty centimeters high. Another headdress was introduced - a shako. And he was uncomfortable too. Imagine that you are wearing a small bucket on your head that expands towards the bottom. So imagine how such decoration on the head prevented the sailors from performing their main task, restricting their movements.
Around the beginning of the 19th century, the first cap appeared. As part of military formations, the position of forager is introduced. This is a special person who must store food for the mounted troops. They were worn by foragers - forage hats that looked like a cap with a pointed top. Approximately in the center it was bent in half and looked like a modern cap.
Ribbons on caps
As time passed, the cap hat changed its cut and gradually became similar to the cap of our days. Since 1811, this cap has become everyday wear in both the army and navy. But Mediterranean fishermen taught sailors how to attach ribbons to their caps, to whom relatives and friends gave ribbons. Prayers were embroidered on ribbons when they went to sea on their sailing ships.Initially, hair was tied up with ribbons, with the hope that now higher powers would protect it.
Sailors did not wear ribbons on warships until 1806. The tradition of wearing ribbons was started by the sailors of the English captain Brisbane during the siege of the Dutch fortress.
Tapes also have a practical side. She can fasten her cap in the wind and keep it. If a cap was found on the water, this meant that its owner had died.
In the Russian fleet, ribbons were first introduced in 1857. Until that time, only letters and numbers were cut out, they were painted over, or yellow cloth was placed under them.
Modern maritime traditions regarding caps
Nowadays, ship names have been removed from maritime ribbons. They were replaced with faceless names of the fleet, or even simply with the word “NAVY”. But many sailors are trying to stand out from the general gray mass of the rest, and badges with the names of ships began to appear on their uniforms. The authorities made every effort to eradicate these non-statutory badges, but the tradition continued to live. “Demobilization” tapes appeared. They were ordered illegally and put on when they went into reserve.
This is how the old tradition continues. He lives despite all the efforts of the command.
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