the question, are the Carabinieri of Rome the most stylish police force in the world?" Headdress The headdress (the cap) is rigid with a frieze of the Carabinieri (metallic for pinned, Carabinieri and students, embroidered in silver fabric for the brigadiers, gilded for the inspectors and officers while for the generals the frieze is the eagle of the staff with RI monogram in the centre, silver for brigade and division generals, gold for corps generals). The commanding officers of the department wear the frieze embroidered in gold-edged with red. The rigid hat presents the Arma's frieze. Each cap is black and has a wimple held by two rounded buttons, the wimple is black for carabinieri, pinned, brigadiers and students; for the chief brigadiers the wimple is also black but with the addition of a silver galloncino mottled with black. The wimple becomes silver mottled with black in the center from the rank of marshal to that of chief marshal with the number of chevrons increasing as the rank increases. For the major marshals, the wimple is silver edged in red with three silver gallons flecked with black; for the top rank of non-commissioned officers, i.e. the lieutenant, the wiggle is silver edged in red with four silver braids edged in red. For the lower officers, the wiggle and the braids are entirely in silver without streaks, for the superior officers, the wiggle becomes a double braided cord always silver with silver braids. Finally, for the general officers, the wimple becomes a silver braid with silver braids. Other forms of headdress include berets and mountain-style caps. Carabinieri MP Units also wear a dark navy blue beret. Service uniform The service uniform is essentially the same as the ordinary uniform but is adapted for the specific duty of the soldier. E.g.: mountainous areas - ski patrol; ski kit is worn, mounted (horseback) patrol; different boots are worn, 'radio-mobile' (car) patrol; different boots and a 'paletta' (stop sign used to stop vehicles) are worn, etc. etc. Representative uniform (For carabinieri, NCOs, warrant officers,officers.) The representative uniform is essentially the same as the ordinary uniform, but worn for more formal, but still on duty occasions, where the ordinary and ceremonial uniforms are unsuitable. It differs from the ordinary uniform for the following elements: white cords (agiluettes) on the four-button jacket, sabre (sword) with pendants and dragon, black belt with shoulder strap (only marshals and