Mostly a cap consists of:
- a black peak,
- a crown coloured by one of the colours of the ribbon,
- a band with the colours of the ribbon.
There are various forms of caps, e.g.:
- Biedermeierformat,
- Tellermütze,
- Stürmer.
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Famous quotes containing the word cap:
“France, indeed! whose Catholic millions still worship Mary Queen of Heaven; and for ten generations refused cap and knee to many angel Maries, rightful Queens of France.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“... everyone developing
A language of his own to write his book in,
And one to cap the climax by combining
All language in a one-man tongue-confusion.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“‘I have cap and bells,’ he pondered,
‘I will send them to her and die’;
And when the morning whitened
He left them where she went by.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)