Yes - the weight of the badge is such that it slides down, pulling the 'jaunt' of the cap down with it. By placing a piece of stiff fabric or something which resists the folding inside the cap and pinning the badge through it, or attaching stiffener to cap some other way, it usually stays where it ought to be and the cap retains its jaunty angle.
I have used various ploys, safety pins, sewing, lacing through punched holes - not glue - not yet - to keep the layers from moving out of alignment.
Military berets have a strip of leather sewn into the brim, a tongue pointing upwards, for the same purpose.
Anne the Pleater :ootd:
I presume to dictate to no man what he shall eat or drink or wherewithal he shall be clothed."
-- The Hon. Stuart Ruaidri Erskine, The Kilt & How to Wear It, 1901.
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