Bigeard cap

The Bigeard cap (French: casquette Bigeard) is a field cap worn by the French Army and several others. It was allegedly invented by French General Marcel Bigeard^[1][2] to replace the colorful and less practical colored headgear worn by the French Army in First Indochina War.

French Commandos de Chasse wearing Bigeard caps.

Overview

The Bigeard is a cloth field cap with a short cloth peak. Originally produced in lizard, it was later produced in olive green and various camouflage patterns to include, forest, and desert. The cap is more of a peaked sidecap and is available with or without neck flaps for sun protection.

Users

Several armies have copied the design, Rhodesian army as the "swallowtail cap" ^[3] in English or "Quico" (pronounced kiko) in Portuguese vertical lizard^[4]

Gallery

• 
  Portuguese "Quico" variant
• 
  Olive Bigeard

See also

• Patrol cap
• Sen bou The former Imperial Japanese Army's field cap with which the Bigeard is similar too in form and function.