| 41. | Officers and senior noncommissioned officers still wear their kepis in the pre-1939 colours of dark blue and red.
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| 42. | Emperor Napol�on III abolished the infantry shako for active service and replaced it with the kepi on 30 July 1870.
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| 43. | Since the 1990s the modern kepi has been made wholly of white material rather than simply worn with a white cover.
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| 44. | The Adrian helmet replaced the traditional French kepi and was later adopted by the Belgian, Italian and many other armies.
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| 45. | Cavalry normally wore shakos or plumed helmets, reserving red kepis with light or dark blue bands for wear in barracks.
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| 46. | General officers wore ( and continue to wear for ceremonial purposes ) kepis with gold oak leaves embroidered around the band.
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| 47. | The Army's current field cap, with its flat top and visor, is a variation of the kepi.
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| 48. | The main reason for the breakup was the difficulty of having kept the band together after Kepi and Roach had divorced.
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| 49. | Following the war the kepi was gradually reintroduced in the peacetime French Army, but not in the Navy or Air Force.
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| 50. | This has included the reappearance in the army of the kepi which is now widely worn by all ranks on appropriate occasions.
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