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Fantastic! It looks to be in NOS condition. Take a look at Scott & Co. hats earlier in this thread for dating help.
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Baron, that is indeed very interesting. You have a good eye! Could you tell us why? Or an Idea why!
I'd guess it's perhaps 50's maybe?
The first Boss of the Plains was sold in Central City Colorado in 1865, and quickly became a marketing marvel. Everyone in the west had to have one, and Stetson was hard pressed to keep up with the demand. Most people think John B. Stetson invented the Boss of the Plains. He did not. Mister Stetson was a talented promoter and marketer - and there in lay his gift. Christy's Hats of Bristol, England, held the patent on this design and after losing a lengthy court battle, Stetson ended up having to pay a licensing fee to Christy's Hats for the use of the Boss of the Plains design.
Baron, thanks for pointing the inconsistencies in their use of the sweatband stock. It shows how easily our simple dating methods can be fooled.
Btw, that Scotts Homburg of mine is a war-time product dated Dec 9th 1941 if memory serves, and the shipping box it was originally sold in is dated and stamped 1949.
Wartime and early postwar production of civilian clothes surely required a lot of improvisation.
I realized there's a flaw in my reasoning on the dating of my Scotts Homburg. For all we know it might actually be a postwar production with an old liner stamped Dec 9th 1941...
There was a chain of men's stores in Great Britain named Dunn & Co. They had great looking sports caps and deerstalkers, but I am told they are out of business, a shame. Who sells those same quality hats, or who makes them?