Mandelstam
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As a big Tintin and especially Haddock fan I am looking into possible prop projects from the comic.
One thing that I am looking into is if I can find a close copy of the visor cap that Haddock always wears. I know that Hergé always researched his stories and environments meticulously. And I have a feeling that the cap that Haddock wears is no exception and in that case there should be a real life model that was the basis for the comic book one.
From the comic book you can tell that its black, has two yellow (prob gold) bands around the hat band, a gold insignia with an anchor on the top, and is peaked and has a "crusher" shape, i e the top has no structural support and sort of hangs loose.
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While googling the closest thing I found when it came to basic shape was Nazi WWII visor caps (luftwaffen). As much as I hate to do it (for many reasons) I could pick one up from Ebay and dye it and customize it to fit the comic book one. It's always fun to customize stuff but the question still remains if Hergé DID base Haddock's cap on a real life model or if he just made it up?
Any thoughts? Or any naval historians that knows his or hers early 20th century visor cap history? Haddock first appeared in the Crab with the golden claws in 1941 (although he didn't wear a cap until the next adventure - Tintin and the shooting star) so thats our time in history basically.
One thing that I am looking into is if I can find a close copy of the visor cap that Haddock always wears. I know that Hergé always researched his stories and environments meticulously. And I have a feeling that the cap that Haddock wears is no exception and in that case there should be a real life model that was the basis for the comic book one.
From the comic book you can tell that its black, has two yellow (prob gold) bands around the hat band, a gold insignia with an anchor on the top, and is peaked and has a "crusher" shape, i e the top has no structural support and sort of hangs loose.
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While googling the closest thing I found when it came to basic shape was Nazi WWII visor caps (luftwaffen). As much as I hate to do it (for many reasons) I could pick one up from Ebay and dye it and customize it to fit the comic book one. It's always fun to customize stuff but the question still remains if Hergé DID base Haddock's cap on a real life model or if he just made it up?
Any thoughts? Or any naval historians that knows his or hers early 20th century visor cap history? Haddock first appeared in the Crab with the golden claws in 1941 (although he didn't wear a cap until the next adventure - Tintin and the shooting star) so thats our time in history basically.
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