Object Details
- Description
- Physical Description
- Cloth body with brass fittings and a cap plate. The straw-colored cloth matches the regimental facings on their uniforms. The brass finial, supports, and crown are stamped with a variety of military symbols. The brass cap plate is stamped with the Hessian lion. The lion is rampant, rearing on the left hind leg with the forelegs elevated, the right above the left, and usually with the head in profile and holding a sword. The sword is engraved with the initials "FL" for Friedrich Landraf, the ruler of Hesse-Cassel.
- Specific History
- The Fusilier Regiment von Knyphausen was one of the regiments of the Second Division of troops from the German principality of Hesse-Cassel. It served as an auxiliary troop to the British Army during the American Revolution. Fusiliers were light infantry regiments in German armies and their distinctive miter cap differentiated them from other units.
- General History
- The miter is a ceremonial, peaked headdress.
- 1775
- ID Number
- 1978.2180.01
- accession number
- 1978.2180
- catalog number
- 1978.2180.01
- 84815M
- Object Name
- Cap
- Other Terms
- Cap; Man; Army; Fusileer
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wool (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 5/8 in x 6 7/8 in x 9 1/8 in; 21.9075 cm x 17.4625 cm x 23.1775 cm
- Associated Place
- Germany
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- Exhibition
- Price of Freedom
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- Battle of Trenton, 1776
- American Revolution
- Revolution and the New Nation
- Record ID
- nmah_433169
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-4121-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
