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Olumin

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I am unfortunately not very knowledgable about company logos and what period they might date to, so I would like to ask some experts here. What decade might this A.BREITER date to?

The seller mentions having bought it from a NY hat shop in the 80s, but nothing about the hat looks 80s to me. The colours, logos, fonts, style of name decals and lack of plastic on the liner make me think its considerably older. Any thoughts?

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Steve1857

I'll Lock Up
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I am unfortunately not very knowledgable about company logos and what period they might date to, so I would like to ask some experts here. What decade might this A.BREITER date to?

The seller mentions having bought it from a NY hat shop in the 80s, but nothing about the hat looks 80s to me. The colours, logos, fonts, style of name decals and lack of plastic on the liner make me think its considerably older. Any thoughts?

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Interesting find. Not often you see the full name of Adalbert Breiter on an A. Breiter hat.

The logo, colour, and design could suggest 1940s / early 50s.

Are there any labels under the sweatband?

Looking forward to hearing Steve's @mayserwegener comments on this one.
 

Olumin

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Interesting find. Not often you see the full name of Adalbert Breiter on an A. Breiter hat.

The logo, colour, and design could suggest 1940s / early 50s.

Are there any labels under the sweatband?

Looking forward to hearing Steve's @mayserwegener comments on this one.
Those are unfortunately the only pictures showing the inside of the hat. 40s/early 50s was my feeling aswell just from the look of it.
 

Olumin

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Are there any photos of the hat itself.

A.Breiter weren't making hats themselves by then. It would be interesting to see the hat and any labels that might indicate the actual maker.
These are the rest of the pictures. The seller claims the hat was purchased at "Granville" in NY, which appears to be a retailer. You can see that logo on the sweatband. Ive searched for Granville NY and have found this hat, which also looks 40s era to me. Might be an indicator?

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