Shudde Bros. Hatters in Houston

[wsmontana]

I've posted this elsewhere but thought it would be interesting for the Shudde Bros thread. It’s an OR-style Stetson with an embroidered liner and Shudde Bros on the sweatband. It has some atypical date indicators but I’m leaning towards it being a 60s or later hat.

 

[MikeinRome]

Shudde Bros Beaver hat. Has 3 1/2 inch bound brim and 5 1/2 inch open crown. The seller said Shudde told him this was an older hat that was refurbished about 1976, and that the red, white and blue bow on the sweatband was something Shudde did to celebrate the 1976 American Bicentennial. However, nothing about this hat says older to me and it's pretty stiff, so I believe it's a hat made about 1975, because the hat box has 1975 Post Office stamps. The hat looks like it was never worn.