Balmoral Toorie Colour

[Jock Scot]

Does this have to do with the style of the balmoral, the colour, or how it is worn?

I have given the question a fair bit of thought and I think that on all three counts I am not keen on the military angle.The balmoral, in the context that we are talking about, is after all, civilian headwear and not military attire. I wonder if this is one of those trans-Atlantic things? I am uncertain if your ex servicemen (I am not ignoring ex service women, but a balmoral is male attire) follow the British custom of "Regimental ties",or I guess in the USA, "Corps ties". For us, "the tie" signifies our military past and that seems to do for most Brits.. I detect that in the USA, ex servicemen can and do have a need/wish/ right(not sure if they are the right words) to still wear military badges and "militarize " civilian attire to signify their service. I hasten to add that in my book, any service person of any nation is fully justified to tell, in effect, the rest of the world of their time serving their country. Each country to their own system, I wonder?