Wide brim hats vs. tam, Glengarry, Balmoral, etc.

[OC Richard]

wearing a wide brimmed replica WWI doughboy hat from Miller Hats.

That's a very nice hat to wear with kilts!

The Kiwis agree



I might point out that that style of hat is called here in the Western US the "Montana Peak" and in the latter 19th century was considered THE cowboy hat par excellence






and it was widely adopted in the USA by the military and police, so yes it was the WWI Doughboy hat, but still today the Drill Instructor hat in the USMC and the State Troopers' hat in various states etc etc.

Here it is in situ (notice all the hats have flat brims; the style of hat which we consider to be a classic "cowboy hat" today, with the brim turned up on each side, appears to be a 20th century invention)



BTW the Aussies wore a slightly different style, even the pipers



and here is a Massed Bands in the USA wearing cowboy hats.