Need some help in identification, please.

[Spats McGee]

Fellow Loungers,
The hat pictured below was my grandfather's dress hat. If I may impose upon you, I would appreciate some help in pinning down its age, and any other information that you may be able to give me on this.

I know that it's a Dobbs fur felt. The ribbon is 1 7/8" high, and the brim is 2".




The brim is turned under and stitched, which I think you can see, even if the picture is a little fuzzy.


The tag inside the sweatband appears to be glued in and is very, very faded. You can't see it in the picture, but it looks like it says, "F0108 Cotton" in the "style" blank and lists "steel" as the color. The size is listed on a separate tag as 7 1/8 (way too small for me . . . )



Thank you in advance for any information that you might be able to give me.

 

[GWD]

My best guess is Late 50's to mid 60's.

 

[Dinerman]

newer than that. '80s?

 

[Brad Bowers]

newer than that. '80s?

That's exactly what I was thinking, or even '90s.

Brad

 

[jimmy the lid]

newer than that. '80s?

I agree. Looks like a fairly recent lid (relatively speaking, that is).

Cheers,
JtL

 

[RBH]

Early to mid '80s.
My grandfather had one just like it. [different ribbon ..no feather]
Had not seen one like it til now.

 

[Spats McGee]

Thanks, everyone. I had initially thought it to be older than that, but I was pretty much shooting in the dark on the age. My grandfather wore his fedoras for years and years, but because this was his "dress hat," I have no idea how often he really got it out.

 

[billyspew]

Looks an almost exact match for an old Dobbs Jet 707 that I have which I had guessed was of an equivalent age to that suggested.