Description

Hat: Uniform hat. Probably from the Spanish-American War era. The hat is navy blue felt. The hat is 3 1/4" high. The head hole is 6 7/8" wide and 7" long. The top crown is flat and is 6" wide and 7 1/8" long. Around the bottom of the side crown is a 1 1/2" wide dark olive green (black faded to olive green?) woven band. On the two sides are two black air vent holes. Embroidered in gold thread on the front of the hat is an eagle with a shield in the center. The right claws have and olive branch and the left claws have three arrows. The head is turned to the left. Coming out of the eagle's mouth is a rope. There are 13 stars around the rope. There is a 1 7/8" wide black leather visor. On each side of the crown is a gold button. In raised print around the button is "(2 stars)/L'ETOILE DU NORD/(2 stars)/MINNESOTA". In the center is the Minnesota emblem of a farmer plowing and a Native American on a horse. On the back of the button in raised print is "AM BUTTON CO/NEWARK". The inside is lined with black satin cotton blend (?). Stamped in silver on the top inside corwn is a shield with "THE/HENDERSON/AMES CO". At the bottom of the shield are two crossed swords and leaves. Around the bottom inside is a 1 1/2" wide brown leather band. At the back of the band is a brown woven loop and red thread. Condition - There are two small holes in the felt on the top of the crown and one small hole on the right side. The leather on the outside visor is peeling. There are holes in the leather on the inside visor. The leather band is stained. The silver stamp is faded.