Hessian Miter Cap
date: label: date made
content: 1775
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: 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 <i>Friedrich Landraf</i>, the ruler of Hesse-Cassel.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: The miter is a ceremonial, peaked headdress.
place: label: Associated Place
content: Germany
topic: label: related event
content: Battle of Trenton, 1776
label: related event
content: American Revolution
label: related event
content: Revolution and the New Nation
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.2180.01
label: accession number
content: 1978.2180
label: catalog number
content: 1978.2180.01
label: catalog number
content: 84815M
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cap
label: Other Terms
content: Cap; Man; Army; Fusileer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: 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