As the caps of the queen's guards they are called?

Question

hello, I am of mexico and I would like a Briton to respond this prgunta.

"Bearskin Hat"

it is true ?

Answer 1

The very tall hats worn by the guards regiments are called a Bearskin.

The buzby is worn by the Royal Horse Artillery

and... NO they are NOT fake. see link!

Answer 2

It's a busby I think.

Answer 3

they used to be bear skin but as ye know we cannot go round killing them these days so they are fake bear skin now :o)

Answer 4

The cap is known as a bearskin. It is made from the skin of a humanely culled Canadian black bear, not from the skins of bears killed soley for their fur, as some would have us believe. The skin is tanned and stretched over a cane frame to dry, a leather skullcap is fitted into this and adjusted to each individual wearers cap size, the curb chain, or chinstrap is fitted, there you have the bearskin.

Answer 5

Foot Guards in the Household Division wear bearskins, the tall black fur hats with different colour plumes according to regiment:

Grenadier Guards wear white plumes on the left side of the bearskins;

Coldstream Guards wear a red plume on the right;

Scots have no plume;

Irish have blue on the right, and;

Welsh have white and green on the left.

Bearskins are indeed made of bearskin that is stretched over a wicker frame.  The skins come from Canadian Brown bears, but these are bought from Inuit cullers, who annually kill bears to maintain their population. Few skins are bought annually by the British Army, usually around 100.  I will reitterate that bears are not killed specifically for the Army's use, they are bought for the Army from culled stocks.  This has not been understood by the countless numbers of animal right's campaigners who want bearskins to be made from synthetic materials. The problem with this is that synthetic materials are not as rugged as real fur and do not stand up to the stresses that are needed for ceremonial purposes, and that they are susceptible to static.

The Grenadier Guards wore bearskins from around 1766, a practice picked up in the French/ Indian War.  These were more squat than the bearskins seen today.

The bearskins seen today are taller, the height and style altering after the Grenadier Guards defeated the French Imperial Guard at Waterloo in 1815. The Grenadiers took their French counterpart's bearskins as a trophy and began wearing them.  The Coldstream followed suit soon after and swapped their shakos for skins.  

The style has changed since then, with the traditional metal plates and other adornments dissapearing.

Busby: A Busby is entirely different to a bearskin, even if made of bearskin. They are much shorter and have adornments, such as cords and plumes.  They are not used by the Foot Guards but worn by Hussars, Engineers and Artillery.

Answer 6

A bearskin is a tall fur cap worn as part of the ceremonial uniform of several regiments in the British Army. The bearskin should not be mistaken for the busby, which is a much smaller fur cap worn by the Royal Horse Artillery and hussar regiments in full dress. Nor should it be confused with the similar but lower racoon skin cap worn by other ranks of the Royal Fusiliers.

For an image of the Bearskin, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearskin