kepi
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The family relinquished some of the artifacts—the kepi, belt, sword, corps badge he wore on July 1, 1863–to the National Park Service.
From Time ● Jun. 30, 2015
In a full-page illustration by Winslow Homer, published in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly in 1861, Wallace sits astride his horse in a pair of billowing trousers, an exotic-looking kepi perched on his head.
From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2013
Still, an era ended earlier this month when the kepi began disappearing from the heads of police in Paris and elsewhere.
From Time Magazine Archive
For French policemen, the kepi was never the most practical of headgear.
From Time Magazine Archive
He shook hands urbanely, unbuckled his sword, and laid his kepi on the table, and then sat down with an expression of concern in his olive face which Appleby fancied was assumed.
From The Dust of Conflict by Harold Bindloss
While line judges sported pristine starched white caps, and ball boys and girls wilted under kepis, Hogenkamp stood out from the crowd.
From Reuters ● Jul. 1, 2015
Sunburned legionnaires in khaki shorts and kepis stood watch over arriving passengers.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2014
French officials in crisp kepis stood side by side with their British counterparts in pith helmets as De Gaulle, without a flinch, cried: "Vive la France, Vive le Royaume Uni!"
From Time Magazine Archive
It has also led to the reappearance of an old symbol of Africa's colonial past: the white kepis of the French Foreign Legion.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was a little stream and a bridge, and Spanish carabineers, with patent-leather Bonaparte hats, and short guns on their backs, on one side, and on the other fat Frenchmen in kepis and mustaches.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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