Titovka (cap)
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The Titovka ( cyrl, Титовка) was a famous green
side cap A side cap is a military cap that can be folded flat when not being worn. It is also known as a garrison cap or flight cap in the United States, wedge cap in Canada, or field service cap in the United Kingdom. In form the side cap is comparable ...
characteristic of the
Yugoslav Partisans The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian language, Macedonian, and Slovene language, Slovene: , officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska i partizanski odr ...
during
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, and later the
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(JNA), hence known as the JNA cap. It was based on the Russian '' pilotka'', and often had the
red star A red star, five-pointed and filled, is a symbol that has often historically been associated with communist ideology, particularly in combination with the hammer and sickle, but is also used as a purely socialist symbol in the 21st century. ...
badge on the front, either made out of red felt or an enamelled red star with
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. It was named after the Partisan leader and
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,
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Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito ( ; , ), was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician who served in various positions of national leadership from 1943 unti ...
, and used by the Union of Pioneers of Yugoslavia, in white or blue colour.


See also

* Triglavka, Partisan cap *
Šajkača The ''šajkača'' (, ) is the Serbian national hat or cap. Traditionally worn by men in the Serbian countryside, it is named after Serb river troops known as ''šajkaši''. A popular national symbol in Serbia since the beginning of the 20th cent ...
, Serbian cap *
Forage cap Forage cap is the designation given to various types of military undress, fatigue or working headwear. These vary widely in form, according to country or period. The coloured peaked cap worn by the modern British Army for parade and other dress occ ...
, similar styles *''
Kozarčanka ( sh-Cyrl, Козарчанка, lit=Woman from Kozara) is a World War II photograph that became iconic in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Shot by Yugoslav artistic photographer Žorž Skrigin in northern Bosnia during the winter ...
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