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Cool find, Richard. The mark on the sweatband is the same as in my hat, though it is certainly of more recent manufacture. The registration of Vanzina trademark by Borsalino shows a first use in trade of 1972 but the purchase of the company took place earlier than this - perhaps during the 1940s under the leadership by Teresio Usuelli. There are some notes on the company that mentions the purchase of Vanzina here.
My first Whippet. A German Stetson (I now have an English Stetson and a German Stetson, but still don't have an American one... yet ). I'm sure it's been discussed before, but to save me searching any ideas who made them in Germany?
My first Whippet. A German Stetson
Loz - a porkpie works well on you.