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English 3 Bar Lobster Tail Pot Helmet 

c. 1640(National Army Museum)

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English Pot Helmet 

c. 1640(National Army Museum)

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English Pikeman’s Pot Helmet 

c. 1640(National Army Museum)

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British Grenadier Mitre Cap Depicting the House of Hanover 

c. 1715 - 1750(Museum of London)

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Mitre Cap

H.M. Royal Regiment of Irish Dragoons c. 1720(Private Collection)

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Grenadier Cap of Lieutenant James Leslie

H.M. 15th Regiment of Foot (Private Collection)

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Grenadier Cap Reported To Have Been Found on Bunker Hill

 “H.M. 35th Regiment of Foot” (????)(Rhode Island Historical Society)

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O!cer’s Grenadier Cap

H.M. 43rd Regiment of Foot c. 1740(National Army Museum)

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O!cer’s Grenadier Cap

H.M. 43rd Regiment of Foot c. 1740(National Army Museum)

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Other Rank’s Grenadier Cap

H.M. 49th Regiment of Foot c. 1751(National Army Museum)

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Other Rank’s Grenadier Cap

H.M. 49th Regiment of Foot c. 1751(National Army Museum)

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O!cer’s Grenadier Cap

H.M. 65th Regiment of Foot c. 1758(National Army Museum)

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O!cer’s Grenadier Cap

H.M. 65th Regiment of Foot c. 1758(National Army Museum)

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Drummer’s Mitre Cap used as a Lady’s Pocket 

H.M. 70th Regiment of Foot c. 1760(National Army Museum)

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O!cer’s Grenadier Cap Worn by Lieutenant J. B. Harrison

South Battalion, Hampshire Militia c. 1760(National Army Museum)

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O!cer’s Grenadier Cap Worn by Lieutenant J. B. Harrison

South Battalion, Hampshire Militia c. 1760(National Army Museum)

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Other Rank’s Grenadier Cap

Royal Regiment of Ireland c. 1710(National Army Museum)

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Other Rank’s Grenadier Cap

Royal Regiment of Ireland c. 1710(National Army Museum)

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British Grenadier O!cer’s Mitre Cap

 Worn by a Member of H.R.H. Prince George William Frederick’s (King George III) “Boy” Regiment (Bonham’s)

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Grenadier Cap

Queen’s Royal Regiment c. 1759(Queen’s Royal Regiment Museum, Clandon)

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Grenadier Mitre Cap(Private Collection)

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Grenadier Mitre CapUnknown Regiment (Uncertain authenticity)

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Cloth Grenadier Mitre Cap

 Worn by a Grenadier in the Regiment of the Duke of Albany, New York (Albany Institute of History & Art)

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Cloth Grenadier Mitre Cap

 Worn by a Grenadier in the Regiment of the Duke of Albany, New York (Albany Institute of History & Art)

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Cloth Grenadier Mitre Cap

New York (New York Historical Society)

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 A Study of British Military Headwear 

by Thomas Bewick c. 1776(The British Museum)

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 A Soldier 

by Thomas Bewick 1776(The British Museum)

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French 1776 Scot 

by Thomas Bewick (The British Museum)

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Independent Ledger, published as The Independent Ledger, and the American Advertiser November 23, 1778, Boston, Mass

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 A British Grenadier Bearskin Cap(Smithsonian Institution)

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British Grenadier Bearskin Cap(Don Troiani)

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British Grenadier Bearskin Cap(Don Troiani)

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British Grenadier Front Plate

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Study of Drummer and Pioneer Caps - East Riding Regiment of Yorkshire “Yorkshire Bu" s” by Philip Jacques de Loutherbourg 1778

(The British Museum)

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British Grenadier Cap - Leather Backing to Front Plate

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British Grenadier Cap - Leather Backing to Front Plate

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British Grenadier Cap - Leather Backing to Front Plate

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 A British Musician Bearskin Cap(United Service Museum)

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 A British Pioneer Bearskin Cap(United Service Museum)

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 A British Pioneer Bearskin Cap(United Service Museum)

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 “MARS in DISGUISE OR THE TERRORS of the BEAR - SKIN” 

1773(Lewis Walpole Library)

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British Grenadier Brass Grenade Cap Plate Recovered at Gloucester Point, Virginia c. 1781

(William & Mary - Virginia Institute of Marine Science)

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Light Infantry CapUnknown Scottish Regiment c. 1770 - 1775

(Private Collection)

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Light Infantry CapH.M. 5th Regiment of Foot c. 1775

(With Applied Leather Neck Stock to Back)

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O!cer’s Light Infantry Cap

H.M. 9th Regiment of Foot c. 1780(National Army Museum)

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O!cer’s Light Infantry Cap

H.M. 9th Regiment of Foot c. 1780(National Army Museum)

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O!cer’s Light Infantry Cap

H.M. 9th Regiment of Foot c. 1780(National Army Museum)

Possibly Fake

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Lambton Cap, H.M. 68th Regiment of Foot 

c. 1770 - 1775

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Light Infantry Cap Attributed to H.M. 97th Regiment of Foot 

Possibly Late 18th Century (Private Collection - Photo Courtesy Andrew W. Kirk)

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Scottish Highland Bonnet 

c. 1750 - 1800(Fort Ligonier)

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