Civil War Veterans Gar Felt Slouch Hat with Cords
About this listing
This aggregated auction listing is being sold by HiBid in Willoughby, Ohio. The auction has 21 days remaining. BidProwl's Flip Score puts it at 80/100, which scores well above the median for military surplus.
Description from HiBid
Felt hat with rolled brim, hat band, and hemmed brim. Has wreathed "G.A.R." Grand Army of the Republic badge in the center. Also has black & gold hat cord with bullion wire gold "acorns." Inside the hat, there is a manufacturer's name on the leather sweatband. Roughly a size 7. Excellent. The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army (United States Army), Union Navy (U.S. Navy), and the Marines who served in the American Civil War. It was founded in 1866 in Decatur, Illinois, and grew to include hundreds of "posts" (local community units) across the nation (predominantly in the North, but also a few in the South and West). It was dissolved in 1956 at the death of its last member, Albert Woolson (1850–1956) of Duluth, Minnesota. Lin...
