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sebster wrote:Seriously, this is one hell of a magnificent, evil hat.

The guy's name was August von Mackensen, he was a German WWI general. A German WWI general with a magnificent, evil hat.





Is it possible for anyone to have more magnificent, evil hat? By all means post pics if you think anything could compete.

The skull on his hat is the symbol of the deaths head hussars, a prussian cavalry unit that goes back at least to the napoleonic era. German military insignia with the skull in it from ww2 had the same derivation.
AF

CT GAMER wrote:

Holy gak I just realized how “evil” and “magnificent” that hat looks I would say that is on par with the original posters hat but it still hasn't been beat just a tie, trust Jesus to bring in a hat

worthy-enough to challenge that WWI German military general whatever his name is.

Manchu wrote:

I think we have another tie but still no tie-breaker.

Jihadnik wrote:That's not a hat, thats a crown!

A minor technicality...

My entry still stands.

Oh, undoubtably it still stands!

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:
None shall question the power of treehorns!

Hey, magnificent and evil... perhaps more magnificent, but as said earlier it looks bought, not earned and that hurts it on the evil stakes. Hmmm, perhaps it'll take a poll to decide.

Manchu wrote:Isn't Mack's hat from some Brunswickian Napoleonic regiment?

I believe it's from the Prussian Life Hussars. "Life" is basically a poor translation of the German word, they were the Kaiser's bodyguards, but "Guard" is already used by loads of regiments.

Albatross wrote:(sigh)

Why is it always the Germans, and why is it ALWAYS skulls?

I'm not sure why the Prussians started sticking skulls on their hats, but the Nazi hats were a deliberate throw back to old military traditions. The Germans were keen on portraying Nazism as being the distillation of pure German military tradition. There were actually loads of incidents of Nazis turning up to formal events in full suits of plate armour. Seriously. Those guys were bonkers.

CT GAMER wrote: image snipped

Ah, a clever response! Hmmm, certainly evil, but is it magnificent, given I could make that hat out of stuff in my backyard?

But, even if I did make that hat, I couldn't use it to torture our Lord and Saviour, so would it really be the same as the crown of thorns? Is it the hat, or it's purpose that makes it magnificent?

Manchu wrote: image snipped

I can't really see that hat, though I'll point out the technical skill in painting the lady's dress is incredible. Do you have a better picture of that hat?

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You can even buy one here for 690 euros. All your magnificent, evil dreams are coming true!


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This fly hotty, the Princess Viktoria Luise Adelheid Mathilde Charlotte of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick-Lunenberg, Commander-in-Chief of Leib Husaren Regt Nr. 2, certainly looks good in one.

And daddy (er . . . Wilhelm II) approves, too:



Although, he looks sour par usual.

Manchu wrote:

Now we're talking! That is a magnificent, evil hat. Yeah, we definitely need a poll to decide this.

You can even buy one here for 690 euros. All your magnificent, evil dreams are coming true!

Why are making me spend my money?

Never has evil looked so delicate.

I wouldn't say those Hohenzollerns were evil, especially compared to what followed in their wake, but their fashion sense? Well, it clearly bordered on the diabolical.

Manchu wrote:I wouldn't say those Hohenzollerns were evil, especially compared to what followed in their wake, but their fashion sense? Well, it clearly bordered on the diabolical.

Not the Hohenzollerns themselves, just riffing on the evil hat.

.. It's well known that birds, especially owls are evil.



..is this right ?

I think this should be a poll between the OP and Jesus. I know who I'd vote for...

Arctik_Firangi wrote:

The problem with that though is the original picture was a real person whereas that is model of a made-up person so the latter can be as magnificent and as evil as your imagination allows but the former is restricted by reality which makes the first

pic more fascinating because it's real part of history.

The hat that drove thousands into their grave to make IT a grave.

Karon wrote:

The hat that drove thousands into their grave to make IT a grave.

It doesn't look evil but it does look magnificent.

Wins on the magnificent scale for sure, but we need some evil here people!

rubiksnoob wrote:

I think August just met his contender.

That IS a pretty evil hat....Don't think you can possibly beat that.

Tutankhamen didn't drive thousands to their graves. He was the poorest little pharoh left in Egypt when he died. That's why his grave was found intact.

Cheesecat wrote:

Arctik_Firangi wrote:

The problem with that though is the original picture was a real person whereas that is model of a made-up person so the latter can be as magnificent and as evil as your imagination allows but the former is restricted by reality which makes the first pic more fascinating because it's real part of history.

Your dry analysis of my obvious joke barely hides your astonishing sense of wit! Bravo, good sir!

I honestly can't top that hat. Way too much awesome sauce involved.

Now that we have moved onto helmets and such...




That last one is probably the most magnificently evil.

Yeah, that feathery one looks like it was made with love, care, attention to detail...AND HUMAN BLOOD!

No you guys are blurring the lines here. The first is a HAT! The others are crowns, helms, and headdresses. Sure they are pretty magnificent and evil, but they arnt HATS! Besides that first guys hat, the skull totally looks like a babies skull, and if so, totally SUPER EVIL and magnificent. Thats gunna be a hard one to beat for sure.



And is that super long hotty chick name for real? Damn Id hate to mail her with that one. Id just called her Roxanne

I'm not sure if this compares but it's certainly "evil" due to the fact that it's a "fashion" atrocity.

JohnH.. Thats not evil.. just ill-fitting.

No, that hat is evil. It took him out of the running of the Presidency and made him a laughingstock.