Boys' Historical Scout Uniform Garments: Peaked Cub Caps -- Country Trends

Figure 1.-- The peaked school cap was adopted by English Cubs when the Cub program was created. They used a familiar style, the same cap that most school boys were using, but in a destinctive green color with yellow piping. The Cub cap came to be a widely recognized symbol of Cubbing thrughout Britain. Here it appears in a child'd book series,

The peaked school cap was adopted by English Cubs when the Cub program was created. They used a familiar style, the same cap that most school boys were using, but in a destinctive green color with yellow piping. The Cub cap came to be a widely recognized symbol of Cubbing thrughout Britain. Most Cub groups when they were set up around the world initially wore the traditional British peaked caps. They also adopted the same colors, green with yellow piping. Here the one excetion was America which adopted the cap design but used blue with yellow piping. Cubs around the world. They countinued to wear these caps for decades, well after World War II. Many Cub groups have now adopted different caps, but a few countries retain the traditional English peaked caps. Cubs in Belgium, England, Italy, and Hong Kong still wear them. American (1980) and Australian (199?) Cubs have adopted new styles. British Cubs in the 1990s discontinued the tradition cap, but did not adopt a new cap.