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Alabama
DAY-um!!! Really Great Greg!!

Sweet, Greg!

Ooooo ... nice! Congrats Greg!

awesome snag brother ... hell of a piece right there

Thanks, fellas. This is one of the rougher old hats that I've bought but as they say, it spoke to me. It cleaned up well an I did some minor mothing repair and it's good to go. One of the softest, most dense felts I've handled and at 3.9 oz, one of the lightest dress felts in my collection. I know their out there but I've not seen too many 3X hats outside of the OR's.
 
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Maryland
H.B. "Prima Weser Hut", 59cm, 172 grams, probably 1920s (hard to date could be earlier or later). Believe it or not this Wool Stiff Felt has a mirror inset into the liner logo! The liner logo has the initials H.B. and the paper label has the initials H.B.B. so could be Heinrich Balke Bremen who was a hat whole seller. Weser is a river that flows into Bremen so this makes sense. "Weser Hut" is trademarked so will see if I can find anything.

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Mirror inset into Liner Logo!

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Close up of the Logo with Mirror.

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RJR

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10,616
Location
Iowa
H.B. "Prima Weser Hut", 59cm, 172 grams, probably 1920s (hard to date could be earlier or later). Believe it or not this Wool Stiff Felt has a mirror inset into the liner logo! The liner logo has the initials H.B. and the paper label has the initials H.B.B. so could be Heinrich Balke Bremen who was a hat whole seller. Weser is a river that flows into Bremen so this makes sense. "Weser Hut" is trademarked so will see if I can find anything.

29892308902_816bd78808_b.jpg


29892303182_961f172227_b.jpg


Mirror inset into Liner Logo!

29378466274_3580414339_b.jpg


Close up of the Logo with Mirror.

29379801633_7409c0129f_b.jpg


29379415213_dba72d954f_b.jpg


29971924996_5f4fecd36b_b.jpg
That mirror is unique.
 

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