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RARE 1910 DATED USMC STAR VENT FORE AFT ROLL BRIM CAMPAIGN HAT UNISSUED Sz 6.5
$ 871.2
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RARE, 1910, WM.H. HORTSMANN CO, PHILIDELPHIA, CONTRACT, JUNE 15,1908 MANUFACTURER MARKED & DATED,  USMC, STAR VENT, FORE & AFT CAMPAIGN HAT WITH EARLIER 1900-1903 WIRE BACK GILTED (SILVER) ENLISTED EAGLE GLOBE & ANCHOR COVER EMBLEM (EG&A) (SET IT UP THIS WAY FOR A 1900 BOXER REBELLION PEKING CHINA DISPLAY),  SIZE 6 1/2 (ESTIMATED).UNISSUED CONDITION. HAT IS MORE OF A DRAB SHADE, WITH WIDER HEAD BAND, AS SEEN IN EARLY - MID 1904-1911 USMC PHOTOS.
CAMPAIGN HAT SHOWS MINOR MOTHING & MINOR STORAGE STAINING (SEEN IN PHOTOS), CORRECT USMC ROLLED BRIM, STAR VENT SIDE VENTING.
EARLIER 1900-1903 WIRE BACKÂ GILTED (SILVER)Â ENLISTEDÂ EAGLE GLOBE & ANCHOR COVER EMBLEM (EG&A) (SET IT UP THIS WAY FOR A 1900 BOXER REBELLION PEKING CHINA DISPLAY),
CORRECT USMC CONTRACTED ROLLED BRIM.
THE
CORRECT EG&A FOR THIS DATE OF CAMPAIGN HAT IS THE WIRE BACKÂ BRONZED 1904-1911 USMC ENLISTED EAGLE GLOBE & ANCHOR HAT INSIGNIA.
LAST TWO PHOTOS ARE FOR REFERENCE ONLY AND SHOW THE 1900-1904 GILTED (SILVER ENLISTED EG&As) AND THE 1904-1911 BRONZED (BROWN ENLISTED EG&A).
THESE HATS ARE SEEN CLEARLY IN MANY USMC PHOTOS FROM 1900-1911/1912.
Measurements:
Crown Height at front is 3 3/4 inches tall
Crown Height at rear is 4 inches tall
Crown Height at sides is 4 1/2 inches tall
Crown (interior where head rests) is 7 inches from front to rear (inside sweat band measurement)
Crown (interior where head rests) is 6 inches from side to side (inside sweat band measurement)
Crown is basically 22 inches in circumference measured around the exterior sweat band (braid)
Brim is 2 7/8 inches from exterior crown/sweat band (braid) to end of brim at any position.
Brim is 12 7/8 inches long from front to back
Brim is 12 inches long from side to side
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