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

Father of the Paratroopers" symbolically wore a gold-leafed kepi instead of the fire-brand-red paratroop beret, assured newsmen: "I am a soldier and nothing but a soldier.

From Time Magazine Archive

As the general deplaned in khakis and kepi, the band struck up La Marseillaise and a battery of antiaircraft cannon boomed 21 times�so loud and near that bystanders felt the breath of the guns.

From Time Magazine Archive

As the Red Cross girl came nearer, he put his heels together smartly, removed his kepi, and bowed stiffly from the waist.

From Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier by Emerson, Alice B.