Cap badges with Tams, or Balmorals without ribbons?

[Friday]

It is not clear but to me it appears as if the fifth man from the left, in back partially hidden, has not cut or tied his ribbon, but has it hanging loose. The picture is not clear enough to be positive but this is my observation.


I also agree with Mr. Withnell, I sewed a small section of ribbon on the inside of the hat at the band. This created a pocket that I inserted a small piece of plastic to support the clan pin. This does a lot to support the pin and keep it from pulling the Balmoral over.

[ForresterModern]

It is not clear but to me it appears as if the fifth man from the left, in back partially hidden, has not cut or tied his ribbon, but has it hanging loose. The picture is not clear enough to be positive but this is my observation.

The man two further over to the right from him appears to be wearing a bonnet with neither tails, a bow or a rosette, making me wonder if it is a tam instead of a balmoral. To my eye there are several bonnets without rosettes but with bows and badges or other accoutrements where the badges would normally be, including plant sprigs of what I must presume to be clan plants. This overal mixture of wearing styles and devices was what caught my eye whan I first posted this.


Another option to a rosette for stiffening the side of your cap is to use a swatch of your tartan, reinforced with the iron on stiffener available at fabric stores for lapels, etc.., either in addition to or in lieu of a rosette. If it still falls down you can pin the swatch from inside your cap with safety pins and then hide the small part of the pins showing with your cap badge.



jeff

[Friday]

This overal mixture of wearing styles and devices was what caught my eye whan I first posted this.
jeff

this picture is more support to the "It not a uniform, its clothing" point of view.

[JSFMACLJR]

this picture is more support to the "it not a uniform, its clothing" point of view.

Exactly!!!

[ForresterModern]

this picture is more support to the "It not a uniform, its clothing" point of view.

Hence the reason I posted it and raised the question I did, precisely because of the variability evident in the one single photo.

By the way, Sandy, my apologies for crediting it to Rex instead of to you, but I found it first in his post which itself was not credited to you either. Anyway I envy your legacy and documentation of such a colorful and interesting heritage. Thanks for sharing it with us so freely so that we may be more informed of all thing Scots from back in the day....

Jeff