So, I got me this Fez see.....

[The Wiser Hatter]

 

[DanielJones]

Those are the Muslim troops recruited by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem to help Germany's WWII-era leader right?

A little history to expalin the troops and their fez.
13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian)

This is an example of their field duty fez in field grey.

Cheers!

Dan

 

[DanielJones]

Laurel & Hardy, Sons of the Desert.

Groucho Marx, A Night in Casablanca

Cheers!

Dan

 

[DanielJones]

Sir Anthony Hopkins

Cheers!

Dan

 

[hatophile]

This guy is great in a fez!

 

[hatophile]

Will Ferrell

 

[Oldsarge]

Sorry, Will, but without a grand mustache your fez is a wash! The ominous guy before him, however, manages to pull it off.

 

[DanielJones]

Sorry, Will, but without a grand mustache your fez is a wash! The ominous guy before him, however, manages to pull it off.

That ominous guy is Sydney Greenstreet as Signor Ferrari in Casablanca. Nobody, other than Bing Crosby, can pull of that look with the white suit and fez.

Cheers!

Dan

 

[Shangas]

I thought he looked familiar!

"As the leader of all illegal activities in Casablanca, I am an influential and respected man."

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Sir Anthony Hopkins

Cheers!

Dan

Looks like the Tommy Cooper statue behind Sir Anthony.

 

[hatophile]

Greenstreet looks good in a Panama too.

 

[DanielJones]

Looks like the Tommy Cooper statue behind Sir Anthony.

That it is sir. It was part of a dedication ceremony to Tommy Cooper and I believe that Anthony Hopkins was the featured speaker for the event.

Cheers!

Dan

 

[DanielJones]

Prince Hussein Pacha of Egypt.

Cheers!

Dan

 

[DanielJones]

Cheers!

Dan

 

[DanielJones]

Turkish Officers, circa 1917

Cheers!

Dan

 

[DanielJones]

King Feisal of Iraq and Emir Abdullah

Cheers!

Dan

 

[Matt Crunk]

Here's me in a still from a video, with a vintage Shriner's fez I got off eBay a few years ago. I like fezes in a tiki kitsch sort of way.
http://sphotos.**.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/181139_10151849460835077_961176535_n.jpg

 

[Oldsarge]

I wonder whatever happened to my grandfather's Shriner fez . . .

 

[lolly_loisides]

So, it's not my fez, but I recently became custodian of my family history archive & I found this photo (I've just scanned it to share) and I thought you fellows might enjoy it. Taken circa 1916 somewhere in Alexandria, Egypt. The caption on the back of the photo reads, "Dog mascot being drilled by Army Officer".

 

[The Inspector]

Here's me in a still from a video, with a vintage Shriner's fez I got off eBay a few years ago. I like fezes in a tiki kitsch sort of way.
http://sphotos.**.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/181139_10151849460835077_961176535_n.jpg

Now I'm not going to tell you what to do with your property or anything, but if you aren't a Member of that temple I suggest you don't wear it as sometimes the temple who's name is on that might get a bit upset that a non-member is wearing it. Other than that it's a beauty. I have to take a picture of my Gdads shriners fez one time.