I see ads from 1944-1955
This hat has the 1917 logo and paper tag so its not earlier that 1947, but there are plenty of 1950's hats without plastic protectors--not a useful dating device beyond very limited specific hats so no way to distinguish it from examples up to 1953 or so and then only...
Nice to see the Portis again Che! It did have a wind trolley originally but it didn't survive a cleaning. The Portis and Royal DeLuxe pre date that patent but likely a similar process--check out some of the supporting prior patents for the above
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