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This page is being used to collect information about the history of the design known as the Soldier's Cap, which is made by folding just one half of a Waterbomb onto a waterbomb base. Please contact me if you know any of this information is incorrect or if you have any other important information that should be added. Thank you.

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1853

According to Eleonore Heerwart, the Soldier's Cap was included in the Keilhau list of objects that she wrote down in 1853.

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1882

The first known drawing of the Soldier's Cap appears in part two of 'The Kindergarten Guide' by Maria Kraus Boelte and John Kraus, which was probably first published by E. Steiger and Company in New York in 1882.

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The design also appears:

1893

As 'General's Hat', in 'Paper and Scissors in the Schoolroom' by Emily Weaver, which was published by Milton Bradley Company in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1893.

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1895

As 'The Hat' in 'Course of Paperfolding' by Eleonore Heerwart, which was published by Charles and Dible in London and Glasgow in 1895.

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1910

As 'Admiral's Hat' in 'Educational Handwork' by T B Kidner, which was published by The Educational Book Company Limited in Toronto in 1910.

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1948

In 'The Art of Chinese Paper folding for Young and Old' by Maying Soong, which was published by Harcourt Brace and Company of New York in 1948, where it is repurposed as a Poke Bonnet.

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