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	The slouch hat: Trademark of the Australian Army [Australian War Memorial]
		The slouch hat’s mark in history is rooted in Australia’s introduction to modern warfare at Gallipoli and the reputation established by the AIF on the Western Front.
		The slouch hat made its first appearance overseas on the heads of troops fighting in the Boer War, and it added much to the mystique of the Australian bushmen.
		The slouch hat became part of the uniform, worn turned up on the left side, and an array of embellishments was introduced.
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/slouch/army.htm (1320 words)

	Slouch Hat 2; more details about our famous hat
		The present RAAF slouch hats are Air Force blue in colour and are worn with a seven pleated navy blue puggaree.
		The current RAAF slouch hats are different from the Army hat, in that they do not have a 'hook and eye' to loop the brim up on the side, because they always wear the slouch hat with the brim down.
		Ceremonial parade slouch hat belonging to a Trooper of the 2/14th Queensland Mounted Infantry, a Regiment with a proud lineage and history.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-uniforms/slouch_hat2.htm (1249 words)

	Slouch Hat [Australian War Memorial]
		The khaki hat, first adopted into Australian military service in 1885 when it was chosen for the newly-formed Victorian Mounted Rifles, featured a high-domed crown and a narrow brim.
		The colony of New South Wales adopted a felt hat for its mounted troops.
		This hat was worn with an indented crown, looped up on the left side and decorated with plumage.The hat was first worn overseas in the South African War.
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/slouch/index.htm (198 words)

	Australian Slouch Hat; a complete history; part 1
		is attached to the upper left crown of the hat and a loop of khaki cord, which is attached to the left chin strap fixture, inside the hat, holds up the side of the hat by being held in position by the lion brooch.
		NSW Regiment slouch hat (reproduction) with Black Cocks feathers plume, period badge and puggaree.
		A slouch hat as worn by the soldiers of 10th Light Horse, 2002.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-uniforms/slouch_hat.htm (1932 words)

	Slouch hat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A slouch hat is a wide-brimmed felt hat with a chinstrap most commonly worn as part of a military uniform.
		It is a survivor of the felt hats worn by eighteenth century armies.
		The slouch hat is also associated with the Gurkha regiments of the British Army and Indian Army (formerly the British Indian Army) and is still worn by the Gurkhas; the hat is no longer worn on active service.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Slouch_hat (654 words)

	Civil War Cowboy Hats in History - Slouch Hats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		By the time the Civil War began, the term "Slouch hat" was used to describe hats with different types of crowns and brim widths, and in a variety of popular colors: fl, gray, brown and tan.
		Thousands of hats were imported from England to meet demand, and another popular style was a medium brown color, with a rounded crown and fashionable rolled brim, preventing the brim from obstructing ones vision.
		Slouch hats became the preferred headgear, rather than the regulation kepi; and in 1864, quartermasters began issuing the slouch hat.
	www.cowboyhathistory.org /civil_war/civil_war.html (552 words)

	Australian Slouch Hats, Akubra, WW1 and WW2 Light Horse and Infantry Reproductions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Made of 100% fur felt, these slouch hats have an 89mm brim, brass clip for raising the left side and are available in sizes 55 to 63.
		A reproduction of the slouch hat worn by the Australian Commonwealth Horse during the Boer War, these slouch hats are a light khaki fur felt.
		The slouch hat did not vary until the latter years of the Second World War, when the folded pugaree was adopted.
	www.lawranceordnance.com /new/hats-akubra.html (621 words)

	ACWS Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		At first the slouch hat was defined as a soft hat with a low crown and medium brim.
		By the time of the Civil War the term "Slouch Hat" had come to be associated with hats with different types of crowns and brim widths with the most popular colours being fl, grey, brown and tan.
		The second hat that surfaced in 1991 is different to the first in the fact that it has a smaller brim but it has been 'militarised' in exactly the same way.
	www.acws.co.uk /archives/military/anvslouch.htm (1340 words)

	Forums at the Society - slouch hats
		The slouch hat, depending upon the era had the brim turned up to the left or to the right, from the 1890's onwards the item worn by the British Army and the armies of the DOminions wore it with the brim turned up on the left.
		A slouch hat, by my understanding, is a loose term referring to a broad floppy brimmed hat, and I don't normally think of the Australian hat in that category, although apparently it is a common way to refer to it.
		In 1858 the "Army Hat of 1858" was adopted for all branches of the Army.
	www.militaryhorse.org /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3364 (5962 words)

	Tim Allen Hats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		When I first started making slouch hats, it was out of a basic need to better my own impression.
		I could not find a hat anywhere in the hobby that I liked and to be honest, that looked like what I saw in period photographs.
		The first hat I ever made was bought off of my head the first time I wore it in the field.
	www.timallenhats.com (439 words)

	U.S. enlisted uniform slouch hat - American Civil War hats
		It is the same hat as the Officers Hardee, except it DOES NOT have the ribbon band sewn around the brim edge.
		The U.S. Enlisted Slouch Hat is the enlisted version of the Officers Slouch Hat.
		It is the same hat as the Officers slouch, INSTEAD OF the ribbon band sewn around the brim edge it has two rows of stitching.
	www.ushist.com /wardrobe/hats_civil-war-enlisted-us.htm (1365 words)

	Cage's "The city wears a slouch hat"
		The city wears a slouch hat is a piece with a history that begs to be told, the kind of story that biographical movies are made of: a story of opportunities discovered and lost; of ambition, success and failure; of grand dreams and their swift reduction to the modest proportions demanded by reality.
		Although The city wears a slouch hat was written in Chicago, its story begins in San Francisco and ends in New York City.
		The promise of The city wears a slouch hat -- its intimation of the "all-sound music of the future", supported by radio studios and lifting John Cage to new musical heights -- was all a mirage.
	www.music.princeton.edu /~jwp/texts/slouch.html (1792 words)

	Slouch Hat
		Sir Harry Chauvel traced the hat from Tyrolean style which was first worn by the South African Police and later (in the early nineties) by the Victorian Mounted Rifle Regiment.
		Commenting in 1937 upon the suggested abolition of the slouch hat, the London Daily Mail, in a leading article, entitled ‘The Old Shako’, expressed regret that the prosaic peaked cap was supplanting the Australian wartime headgear.
		Today the hat is worn correctly, however the chin strap is placed with the buckles on the right-hand side of the face.
	www.anzacday.org.au /education/tff/slouch.html (2900 words)

	That Old Slouch Hat -- Campaign Hat USMC
		By the time the battalion left Cuba, photographs show the officers wearing the new fore-and-aft creased hats with 1875 fatigue jackets, blue trousers, and leggings, and this is the uniform depicted in the print.
		A large Marine Corps insignia was worn on the left side of the hat crown and small insignia and captains' bars on the jacket collar.
		Here is a case where the Marine Corps revived the hat for a group of Marines to asist/reward in their being recognized as the elite.
	www.angelfire.com /ca/dickg/slouchhat.html (1197 words)

	"Clearwater Hats- civil war hats, civilian hats, military hats, and other civil war hat styles."
		At first, the slouch hat was well defined as a fairly soft hat with a low crown and a medium brim.
		the time of the Civil War, the term slouch hat came to be associated with hats of various types of crowns and crown heights, brim widths and degrees of softness.
		We named this hat the Shiloh after it proved its value at the Shiloh Event in 1997 which was cancelled because of heavy rainfall.
	www.clearwaterhats.com /civilwar1.htm (619 words)

	Index of Hat Styles
		Wool felt hats go back into the early history of this country and were in common use in the military from before the Civil War on through the present day such as the Union slouch Confederate slouch cavalry.
		Unstyled is the way most hats were sold at the General Store in the late 1800s and most cowboys purchased their hats this way and styled them their selves or let use and the element's do the styling for them.
		Hats are available in both fur felt or wool felt and in the colors specified.
	www.riverjunction.com /catalog/hats/hats.html (317 words)

	Slouch-hat.com.au :: Australian Army Military History :: Books, Maps&Others Publications
		Slouch Hat Publications is a small publishing house specialising in Australian Military History.
		This home based business was formed by Ron and Sue Austin, [trading as R and S Austin] in 1989, and in June 1994, the business name of Slouch Hat Publications was formally registered.
		In essence, Slouch Hat Publications is a self publishing venture, which has over many years built up a regular client list, as well as selling to libraries and the retail book trade.
	www.slouch-hat.com.au (373 words)

	Civil War Hats, Kepis , Bummers- Fall Creek Suttlery-
		These hats are hand made to order and not returnable, so please be sure of size and type prior to ordering.
		This hat is the blank from which "finished" hats begin.
		this hat is worn by both men and women and is great for hot climates where there is lots of sun.
	www.fcsutler.com /fchats.asp (1994 words)

	Origin of the Aussie Slouch Hat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		During the Boer War the slouch hat became almost universal headgear for British and Empire troops in South Africa.
		In 1903, after federation, the slouch hat became the standard headdress in the reorganized Australian army and the hat appeared with the left side clipped up to enable the rifle to be carried at the slope without fouling the hat brim.
		World War 11 again saw the Australian slouch hat to the fore as the symbol of the Australian soldier and it has seen service in major and minor conflicts since then.
	www.5rar.asn.au /hat.htm (442 words)

	C.S. officers military uniform hats and caps - American Civil War hat
		The U.S. Officer's Slouch Hat was authorized for all officers by regulation.
		The small insignia (Cap) is for use on Kepi's and Forage Caps; while the large insignia (Hat) is for use on Slouch Hats and Hardee Hats.
		This is the Officer's Hat cord for the Hardee hat and Slouch Hats.
	www.ushist.com /wardrobe/hats_civil-war-officer-cs.htm (1581 words)

	3rd Georgia Equipment - Hat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		By mid-war there were almost as many different looking hats as there were soldiers in the Confederate army.
		Early in the war, forage caps, and to a lesser extent, kepis were in use among the militia.
		Note that drying a wool hat with heat (or throwing it in the back of a car in the sun on a hot day) will shrink it.
	www.3gvi.org /ga3eqhat.html (267 words)

	Alex & Me \| CWear Child UPF Slouch Hat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The white hats are made of a polyester woven mesh material and the rest are made of the same chlorine resistant material used in the swimwear.
		The slouch hat has a 2&1/2 inch brim.
		To this end, Alex and Me carries UV shirts, UV shorts, UV hats, and UV swimsuits that all carry a UPF of 50+ in many styles that not only can be used for swimming, but for gardening, cycling, jogging, and even just going out for a day of shopping.
	www.alexandme.com /CWear_Kid_UV_Slouch_Hat_p/hs-c.htm (431 words)

	Replica Civil War Confederate Slouch Hat: All Western: Western Cowboy Holsters, Western Cowboy Gifts, Western Art, ...
		This authentic Civil War hat was worn by Officers.
		Your measurement in inches or centimeters is converted into the proper hat size.
		Check each hat you order for the type of measurement required, then select the size obtained from this chart.
	www.circlekb.com /page/CKCG/PROD/CWSH/10-08A (279 words)

	Slouch hat
		In 1890 when the hat was officially accepted, there was an unanimous agreement that a looped up hat of universal pattern be worn by all diggers.
		These were the slouch hats that Aussie diggers wore through two world wars.
		They were the hats the rest of them took off in remembrance of those who didn't come back.
	www.ozbird.com /anzachat.htm (360 words)

	David Morgan: Aussie Slouch Hat by Akubra
		The Aussie Slouch Hat, one side turned up against the crown, has gained worldwide recognition.
		Proven in the toughest of desert and jungle conditions by Australia's fighting men, the Slouch Hat enjoys an unequaled reputation for rugged quality.
		The Aussie Slouch by Akubra is the authentic full-quality military hat, pure fur felt, Superfine Quality, brass clip and loop to hold the brim, complete with puggaree and chin strap.
	www.davidmorgan.com /product_info.php?products_id=80 (120 words)

	Slouch Hat from Top-Hats.com
		The crown is 5-1/4 inches tall and the brim can be made in quarter inch widths from 3 to 4-1/2 inches.
		The hat on this page is shown with a 3 inch brim.
		The brim has a double row of matching color stitching near the edge of the brim.
	www.top-hats.com /1044.htm (99 words)

	When valour is more than a slouch hat - smh.com.au
		This was never more true of eight civilians, among them two women and a six-year-old boy, captured by invading Japanese troops in Papua in the last week of July 1942.
		Shorts, which were really strides rolled up; a blue pullover tied around his neck; a felt army hat worn as no hat should ever be worn, and a long newspaper cigarette in his mouth.
		Nobody not wearing a slouch hat or a Papuan beehive got a mention.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/08/16/1029114013113.html (1593 words)

	mod the sims 2 - Australian Anzac Slouch Hat
		I designed it to be an accessory so that there is more flexibility with the hairstyles; this does not mean the hat will work with all hairstyles, it works with a handful of them from each group — but a choice of 4 or 6 hairstyles is still better than just one!
		Tech stuff: There are two new meshes included (one for male, one for female), and two recolor files for the different designs (that work for both male and female).
		The mesh had 4 rows of vertices added to the one side of the Maxis cowboy hat in order for it to be shaped nicely, so it is well within Maxis limits.
	forums.modthesims2.com /showthread.php?t=150780 (442 words)

	Confederate Slouch Hat: Hatsinthebelfry
		Our replica Confederate Slouch Hat from the Civil War comes with cavalry yellow straps and crossed-sword emblem.
		Allow 2-4 weeks delivery for this rebel slouch hat.
		Use the chart below to determine your size, rounding to the nearest 1/8 ô as necessary.
	www.hatsinthebelfry.com /page/H/PROD/hm/m34 (85 words)

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