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1950's - 1960's Peters Bros Shady Oak Bankers Special 7X Seventy-five (still damp). Exactly what a 1930's - 1960's Western banker or doctor might wear.
Fantastic find Jack1950's - 1960's Peters Bros Shady Oak Bankers Special 7X Seventy-five (still damp). Exactly what a 1930's - 1960's Western banker or doctor might wear.
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Thanks Joe.Fantastic find Jack
Very nice, Marcel. Both of them.2 Hornskovs. 1 cherry blossom for my wife and the camel for myself. More in the Hornskov thread.... View attachment 283550 View attachment 283551
Fantastic hat in every way, Steve. And quite the find these 7!Percy Donald "Antilope" "Iller", 56 cm possibly mid 1950s. The paper label in the is for whole-seller Valentin Schick so probably sourced (see photo below). The Iller river flows into Ulm so Mayser might be the source. It was common to see fanciful British brand names used in West Germany during this time period. The Felt has a great Chamois finish and is very pliable so easily dry creases. Also has a really nice form and thinner ribbon bow design. This is the 7th and final hat of my recent find.
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Valentin Schick Mannheim
Thank you...Very nice, Marcel. Both of them.
Stefan, Thank you! I strung them along a bit.Fantastic hat in every way, Steve. And quite the find these 7!
We're slowly raising the bar. This one could either go higher or lower in the ranking, depending on how its condition is weighed. No matter: here it is.
Mossant de Luxe perforated hat in size 57. Triple stitched brim at 6,5cm and crown at 9,5cm at the center dent. The moths seem to have been very disciplined, but did take some bites out of order of this one in their spare time. Very light weight at 84 grams and the sweatband had to be cut so as not to block the perforations. This is a cool hat.
I do wonder what the three grommets are for.
Merci, Daniele!Vraiment un chapeau fantastique et rare. Pour comprendre son utilisation, il suffit de regarder où il a été vendu
Can you beat that? Yes I can; last one and the undisputed number one of this batch.
Hückel Platin velours backbow in green (yes, green). Size 56 with the raw edge brim at 5,5cm and the crown at 10cm at the center dent, Weighs 114 grams. All pre-war Hückel velour hats are exceptional and I've handled a few, but this one is the best one yet. As a testimony to its quality: it made me buy a deep green hat without hesitation and it landed me in the Adolf Hitlerstrasse of all places.
Wait, what? The hat was sold by Hut-Trescher of Freiburg and in the years 1937 until the end of WWII one of their shops was located in the Adolf Hitlerstrasse. And it says so on the sweatband. So it's quite easy to date: late thirties or maybe early forties. Save for the imprint on the liner flaking off, the hat is in excellent shape.
As an act of defiance I did put a cross-shaped basting stitch in the backbow to make it lie flat. I like it better that way.
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It's all about the felt, guys.