Mighty44
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Very impressive!Echter Borsalino "Qualita Superiore" "Fico" "Lama" date stamped May 18, 1929. The felt has a very soft hand and is light in weight. The band is very wide with an interesting bow design. The sweatband and silk liner are of the highest quality. The Berlin store / hat company (Max Eckard) that sold it did not survive WWII. I found this Soft Felt back in 2015.
Close-up of the Over Welt Brim blind stitching. The angled stitching is visible with brim up which causes an unusual effect where the welt edge looks like it has a saw tooth cut.
The box this hat came with is from a different Berlin hat store (Wilhelm Gaedke) that also didn't survive WWII.