Boys' Historical Scout Uniform Garments: Peaked Cub Caps -- Organizations

Figure 1.--Many Cub groups around the world, like these Hong Kong Cubs, adopted the grennand yellow peaked English Wolf Cub caps.

Many cap and hat styles were worn by various youth groups. Only a few groups had a estinctive headwear that was only worn by their group. The English peaked school cap was only aopted by one organization, Scouting cubs. It was adopted almost universally by Cubs around the world, but to HBC's knowledge. only Cubs wore them. The peaked cap, often in the British Cub colors of green and yellow. The peaked cap was commonly worn by Cubs around the world through the 1970s. Only in the 1980s did new caps for Cubs begin to appear. Other organizations may have also used the peaked cap, but HBU at this time does not know of any.