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/* Pillbox cap */
* Netherlands (600-900AD)
** Leens. Two hats were found in Leens. Hat 2 is a pillbox cap. It is made from several pieces of the same diamond twill. It has decorative stitches along the seams. [BRANDENBURGH 2009:p.68]
* Denmark (old)
** Hedeby. A fragment (S35) of piled 2/2 twill is from a cap similar in shape to a pillbox, though the exact shape and dimensions could not be determined. It is made of two parts sewn together. The fragment was found in the top layers of a well and dates to around 877. [HAGG 1991: p.55] [HAGG 2015:p.57]
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This style of hat was adopted by Roman soldiers from the late 3rd century. Roman pill-box caps could be made from sheepskin, fur as well as possibly from leather. Vegetius writing in the 4th century refers to a ''pannonian'' which is probably a pill-box hat. It may also be that a padded type of this hat was used under a soldiers helmet for padding. The pill-box cap became a symbol of the Roman soldier in much the same manner as the Roman military belt and as such was not work by the non-military. [CROOM 2000:p.69]
