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Pellie

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

One Too Many
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Jerusalem, Israel
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.
 
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Judgmentalist

Practically Family
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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.
 
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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
 

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