Men In Hats

Many wargamers are prone to collecting fetching military hats and striking poses in them, so in honour of the late Doctor Paddy Griffith submit your pictures here please, where they will be immortalised. Become a member of the wargames glitterati 🙂

Chris Ager in Hat aka Beetle Bailey

Chris Ager sneaks back onto the page disguised as Beetle Bailey. Well done Sir!

The Post ALAMEIN Victory Photo below is notable for effective deployment of Pith Helmets, Panamas and a Fez. Another retired professional hat sneaks its way onto the page – not a trend that I wish to encourage

Phil Steele (Free French, XIII Corps and 7th Armd Div), Gary “Pip” Roberts (1st Greek Bde, 5oth Div), Chris Kemp (Umpire), Tim “von” Gow (XX Corps, 21st Pz, Ariete), Richard Lindley (Brescia), Steve Churchus (Ramke). Front Row: Trebian (Folgore, Pavia), Tim Merry (44th Div)

 

By contrast, Major Kilgore is back on this page after a long absence. I’m not sure that your new hat counts Major, as it looks a bit too professional for this blog. The smile is nice though and the cool shades with cover worn at a jaunty angle tip the balance in your favour 🙂

The Splendidly named “General Whiskers” has joined the blog. I am advised that he owns a large collection of hats and a wig!

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The measure of the fellow (for he is a re-enactor) can be gauged by the following quote from his blog:

 

“Having erected and furnished the bell tent, including a sea chest, a tensioned rope bed frame, a wash-stand and my writing table (I like to live in authentic comfort), I unloaded the kit that I had brought for the officers’ mess tent. One six-foot oak table, six chairs, candelabra and table furnishings.”

Hah! It has taken forever to capture the Thompson Twins (Also Known as Chris Ager [L] and Graham Hockley [R]) wearing hats on camera. Perfect disguises!

Sporting both a Pickelhaube and his trademark DPM (Disruptive Pattern Material) combat jacket, John Armatys scores double points!

 

Rob Cooper earns his place with this splendid pith helmet. A fine pose Sir!

 

Pasha (Tim) von Gow taking his ease in a Hotel in TRIPOLI whilst advising the Italian colonial divisions in North Afrika

 

Alan Gruber  (Tradgardmastre) is in Jubilee mood with this hat.

 

Don Maddox of Brazos Evil Empire sports an appropriately black US Cavalry hat. What was the name of that Indian again?

 

Comrade General Wallmanski seen relaxing with his disappointingly hat-less headquarters staff and faithful command tank driver Alex Kleanthous, after the battle of KHARKOV. Inexplicably, he has not yet had a visit from the NKVD.

 

“He says he wants another Panzerarmee”. Martin Rapier roleplays “Springtime for Hitler in Germany”

This picture copyright Tom Mouat is from the June 2012 Megablitz game at RMCS Shrivenham. General Rapier is now part of the NQM Wehrmacht general staff.

Hero of the Soviet Union General Simmonov directs fierce fighting in front of MOSCOW

Thanks go to Martyn Simpson for the excellent addition to the Soviet General Staff above (I’ve known Martyn since our respective schooldays in Scunthorpe)

Comrade Marshall Bankanista, upon being told that Moscow has not yet fallen to 1st Shock Army

Thanks to Derek Henderson for sending in some splendid examples of Hattism, which I shall hold should I ever need to blackmail him, and especially the one above!

Bob Cordery (L) and Tony Hawkins (R) standing at ease

 

Chris Kemp hamming it up as the Italian Naval Umpire during “Operation Herkules” at Duxford 2010