The guards' hats

The guards' hats are different in the different countries of the world. But everywhere a guard's hat is a sign that indicates protection.

Italian carabinieri wear black caps with a red plume on top. The hats of the French gendarmes are cylindrical, peaked. English policemen wear a dark blue helmet.

Members of the Danish Royal Guard wear a tall cap topped with fur and fastened to the head by two shoulder straps that pass below the chin.

The Spanish Civil Guard wears a tricorn, what is a three-pointed hat. It's usually black, but the one used in gala ceremonies is edged with ribbons embroidered with gold threads.

The hat of the German policemen has the brim raised high at the front and has a many-pointed star and a visor..