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Glad you popped in, Brad! I have no particular grounds to disagree with your analysis, but I just got back from your dating-by-liners thread for Cav hats. Curious to know where you got the trademark information for that thread. In my curiosity, I went looking myself, and the USPTO is telling me that the imprint on this liner (including the word mark "Cavanagh A Possee ad Esse Cavanagh Hats New York" (no address) was first used in a commercial context in December 1928 and field for on 12 December 1929. The "Cavanagh Edge" printed on the sweat was apparently first used in 1913 (???), but not filed for until 1952.Okay, you asked, here I am!
Zetwal is right, the hat is no older than the '50s, and could even be '60s. Cavanagh did not use clear tip protectors in their liners until the 1970s. Additionally, the frayed ribbon was standard on Cavanaghs until the end of Hat Corporation of America in 1972. It's still a great hat though, and will go very well with the suit!
Brad
*shrug*
Dunno, and can't prove otherwise myself. But it's beat up and looks '30s enough for me, so I'm happy!