Large Lot of vintage US hats - Cadets? Child Toys?
Article about: Greetings all, Found recently at auction, a lot of US style hats. I believe they are for the most part, vintage 1960's children's dress-up hats. Interestingly they have a smell similar to ot
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I believe they are all childrens caps - some in very poor
condition, and a couple that are in really great shape
considering their age and who wore them.
Before my time, but it was quite common for a soldiers
child to be dressed up like daddy. Some of the insignia
look authentic - except for the officer type, and there
is one cap that must be a police hat with an
incorrectly placed 'US' on it.
The CW felt piece is likely a souvenir type
from the 1960 or 70.........
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I had one of the CW caps (of course in Blue...LoL) as a kid. I don't think they are felt. More like a paper like cloth.
"Please", Thank You" and proper manners appreciated
My greatest fear is that one day I will die and my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them
"Don't tell me these are investments if you never intend to sell anything" (Quote: Wife)
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Yes. That is it. Like an egg carton. Mine didn't last long. Neither did the cap guns I used. The caps would corrode the cheap pot metal. But it was fun.
The flag is only an issue to those who have nothing better to spend their time on. IMHO. And with that I'm not saying any more.
"Please", Thank You" and proper manners appreciated
My greatest fear is that one day I will die and my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them
"Don't tell me these are investments if you never intend to sell anything" (Quote: Wife)
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christek
Many thanks mate- I suspected that the better ones could have been ordered by the families of serving fathers to make 'little soldiers'. This is another one with an old tag that really looks military.
This Ridgeway style cap is definitely from the 50's.........
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