Käppi

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Group C I. Käppi, for a lieutenant at dragon regiment, serving at the General Staff. Käppi 11 cm high, round with straight screen of black leather. The band of black velvet. Feed of black silk fabric and black leather strap. Straps of silver galon with two small silver buttons. The upper part of the cane is of crap red clothing, 1.5 cm wide with three silver cords around (the grade designation of the cape). The bottom of the cap is of crippled clothing with coppled coatings of the silvery cord - characteristic of company officers. Literature: Handbuch der Uniformenkunde. Knötel-Sieg 1937 pages 161, 171. This cane, which belongs to the “Gesellschaftuniform,” introduced in 1935, resembles the old officer’s cap from the time before 1914. Les uniformes de l 'armée Francaise, Texte du Commendant E.-L. Bucquoy, Paris 1935, pages 19 and 20. Description of a cappy and drawing of a cappy for company officers with coating of silver cords. The silver color is a characteristic of cavalry. According to Captain W. Granberg.