Now on eBay! LINKThis vintage campaign hat was made by Castle Hats, in the 1940s for the Park Service. It has a Bri-Lea Insured Leather sweatband. The stitching holding the sweatband into the hat is coming undone for about half of it, but as it is a reeded sweatband, it should be a relatively easy repair. The felt has a few scattered shallow moth bites and stains, consistent with its usage in the wilds of California. The leather hatband is tooled with fish, quail, flowers and the text “State of California”. The leather is in very good shape. This is one of the earlier type models, with more ties to the western Boss of the Plains hat made famous by Stetson, than with the military campaign hat. It is not vented like later models, and has a straight sided flat topped crown. These were sold open crowned, and the owner of the hat put in the dents, unlike later models which came pre-blocked from the factory. Size: 7-1/4Brim Width: 3″Band Width: 1-1/4″Crown Height: 4-1/2″ 







