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LOT 2523
German Prinz Heinrich Cap
EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
10 1/2 in. (146 grams, 26.5 cm).
Wool cap with short brim and braided chin strap with anchor buttons; maker's badge inside. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson.
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