Bumped.
Here’s the U.S. Navy tiara from back in the day: Official US Navy Tiara (Females) - NAVAL & SEA SERVICE UNIFORMS - U.S. Militaria Forum
And here are French Chasseurs Alpins (Alpine Hunters) in ridiculously oversized, floppy white berets: Chasseurs Alpins - Wikipedia
Here’s a weird one: Austro-Hungarian sun helmet, from an empire that had no tropical possessions. But the lattice smocking on the puggaree is just darling.
A spike on your pickelhaube simply not enough for you? Well, how 'bout an Eagle? Or better yet…a LION?
I always loved the uniforms with peaked caps Richard Nixon imposed on the White House guard in 1970. They were basically laughed out of town.
Walt Kelly depicted Agnew as a hyena wearing the uniformin the Pogo comic strip.
The White House uniforms ended up donated to a high school marching band, IIRC.
The North Korean general’s hats that make themlook like the rulers of the Mushroom Kingdom.
Soviet generals had really big hats, too: The Telegraph US - Breaking news, opinion & analysis
These guys have it all: outrageous hats, facial hair, silly walks, and menacing thumb gestures.
This is the 404iest thread I have seen around here in a while 
I like those "tar bucket’ hats worn by USMA cadets. Or the polish cavalry caps (with the square tops). But the naval "fore and aft’ caps are neat too.
Apparently, the larger hat is a sign of position. All I know is that it was tough to keep a straight face while I was on parade with a bunch of troops from various Eastern European countries.
BIG HATS!
The Royal Guard of South Korea. Now in glorious yellow.
Her’s the traditional Janissary Hat, which has largely been replaced with this model.
