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Vintage Stetson - The Sovereign?

carouselvic

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DickWhitmanMM This is a vintage late '50s Stetson Sovereign.[/QUOTE said:
You might be right about that, but not by the reason you gave. That crest and the Sovereign name were used for many years after Stetson shut-down. They may even still might be in use now, HATCO could give a definitive answer there.
 

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DickWhitmanMM said:
AMC (Janie Bryant) is very very particular about wardrobe, so I'm sure it's period-specific; late '50s, early '60s at the latest...


Not the point. All that I was saying is pointing to a logo means nothing by its self when it comes to dating a Stetson of any era.
 

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billyspew said:
If it is a black sweatband, it's early 60's maybe, Adam Hats had from what I've discerned, switched to black by '64.
All hats I've seen from the '50's still had brown.


In the Stetson Book the Buck Jones hat has a black Sweat and it was from the 20's. I personally owned a Stevens that was made in the early 50's, and that sweat was as black as the ace of spades.
 

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I just purchased a black Stetson Homburg and the sweatband is embossed with the name The Sovereign.
The crown is very pliable and you can wear it with a pinched front for a more casual look or without for the more traditional Homburg look. All in all it's a really nice hat for $65.00,shipped.
This hat may be in the 50's to 60's era from what I researched?
 

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Just saw this thread pop up and figured I should throw one of my Sovereign hats here

Sovereign Twenty Mode Edge

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Sent from my iPhone while orbiting the earth in a sea foam green 1957 Cadillac
 

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I've been trying the center dent on a few hats lately.... hard to make it look quite right for my taste. Your's is spot on!
I agree about it being difficult to make look right ... I always love the way it looks just sitting there ... on my head is a different story
 
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The current catalogue calls out Royal, Royal DeLuxe, and Excellent, I think.

On phone and catalogue is on my hard drive so I'm going from memory here.


Sent directly from my mind to yours
 

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Why do some Stetson Temples have Royal DeLuxe embossed on the leather sweatband and some have the Sovereign?
 

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