That's the most interesting hat I've seen in a while. Very nice. :eusa_clap
Just for fun, I googled the Cavanagh motto (from dream [or possibility] to reality) and found this.
Massive Bronze Cavanagh Hat Logo,
early 20th c., an undulating streamer flanks either side of a shield carrying two lions rampant in combat above the Latin motto "A POSSE AD ESSE" (from being possible to being). An architectural embellishment, this bronze once graced a factory in Connecticut that supplied New York City's famous Cavanagh Hat store on Park Avenue. J. Garvan Cavanagh ran the celebrated business until becoming a Roman Catholic priest in 1961. Cavanagh Hats was a subsidiary of the Hat Corporation of America and would later become Dobbs Hat Co. 24" x 42.5" 142 pounds
Just for fun, I googled the Cavanagh motto (from dream [or possibility] to reality) and found this.
Massive Bronze Cavanagh Hat Logo,
early 20th c., an undulating streamer flanks either side of a shield carrying two lions rampant in combat above the Latin motto "A POSSE AD ESSE" (from being possible to being). An architectural embellishment, this bronze once graced a factory in Connecticut that supplied New York City's famous Cavanagh Hat store on Park Avenue. J. Garvan Cavanagh ran the celebrated business until becoming a Roman Catholic priest in 1961. Cavanagh Hats was a subsidiary of the Hat Corporation of America and would later become Dobbs Hat Co. 24" x 42.5" 142 pounds