German & Austrian Hutmachers

[Pellie]

Mayser in a natural color. Nice proportions on this one.

 

[mayserwegener]

Mayser in a natural color. Nice proportions on this one.
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Marcel, Super find! I really like the Felt.color and finish. You wear it well!

 

[Pellie]

Marcel, Super find! I really like the Felt.color and finish. You wear it well!

Thank you Steve! It is a very nice hat indeed.

 

[steur]

Nagy Gloria fedora in grey. Size 57 with the bound brim at 6cm and the crown at 11 cm at the center dent. Very nice two coloured ribbon.

 

[mayserwegener]

Nagy Gloria fedora in grey. Size 57 with the bound brim at 6cm and the crown at 11 cm at the center dent. Very nice two coloured ribbon.

Stefan, Great find! The Band colors and Bow design is are fantastic! I am not sure of the source. I will have to see if I can find a paper label match.

 

[jeffgarf]

Every so often you unexpectedly find one of your Grail hats. I just received this Hückel Superior in today. Behind the hatband was the ad below, attached, folded to resize the hat. Per @mayserwegener , as I had hoped, it's a pre-war JHS. This would be the top of the line mass-produced hat most frequently worn by the Jewish community throughout pre-war Europe (I think most may have been locally made by hatmakers in it near the communities). Before Borsalino gained its popularity, post-war, in the States. This was likely THE Jewish black hat.



The ad, for a Austrian pram-seller, is likely from the 1930's based on the phone exchanges used.

 

[Judgmentalist]

Every so often you unexpectedly find one of your Grail hats. I just received this Hückel Superior in today. Behind the hatband was the ad below, attached, folded to resize the hat. Per @mayserwegener , as I had hoped, it's a pre-war JHS. This would be the top of the line mass-produced hat most frequently worn by the Jewish community throughout pre-Europe (I think most may have been locally made by hatmakers in it near the communities). Before Borsalino gained its popularity, post-war, in the States. This was likely THE Jewish black hat.

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The ad, for an Austrian pram-seller, is likely from the 1930's based on the phone exchanges used.

This is epically cool.

 

[mayserwegener]

Every so often you unexpectedly find one of your Grail hats. I just received this Hückel Superior in today. Behind the hatband was the ad below, attached, folded to resize the hat. Per @mayserwegener , as I had hoped, it's a pre-war JHS. This would be the top of the line mass-produced hat most frequently worn by the Jewish community throughout pre-Europe (I think most may have been locally made by hatmakers in it near the communities). Before Borsalino gained its popularity, post-war, in the States. This was likely THE Jewish black hat.

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The ad, for a Austrian pram-seller, is likely from the 1930's based on the phone exchanges used.

Jeff, Again Super find! It has a Type - 4 Paper Label. The CM size was added to the paper labels in the 1930s. The FP 5 1/2 is the Block Size.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/26044488@N04/albums/72157719036974144/

As I mentioned Mauerer Wien is a famous Vienna Hat store that is still in business. I have a number of JHS hats sold by Mauerer Wien.

https://www.hut-online.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoqXOUutg_W7U4axvUnYInF7520-gYIW_4izJFZJZpGROfqNcPLq

 

[Pellie]

A. Breiter München, der hutmacher am Dom. I really like this color brown red and the purple lining! Don't know anything about the age, but i think it's not that old. Maybe Steve @mayserwegener does know? Bought this one for 4 euro, so a real bargain.

 

[mayserwegener]

A. Breiter München, der hutmacher am Dom. I really like this color brown red and the purple lining! Don't know anything about the age, but i think it's not that old. Maybe Steve @mayserwegener does know? Bought this one for 4 euro, so a real bargain.
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Marcel, Great looking hat! Possibly 1990s but could be a little later. I know Breiter is currently making women's hats but I have no proof of past men's hat production. I believe it was made by R. & M. Wegener. Here you can see a similar era R. & M. Wegener. The construction and wording is typical of R. & M. Wegener.

 

[Pellie]

Marcel, Great looking hat! Possibly 1990s but could be a little later. I know Breiter is currently making women's hats but I have no proof of past men's hat production. I believe it was made by R. & M. Wegener. Here you can see a similar era R. & M. Wegener. The construction and wording is typical of R. & M. Wegener.

Thanks Steve. My suggestion was 90's too because of the label. 2 90 maybe suggests february 1990? Who knows?