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LOT 2404
German Prinz Heinrich Cap
EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
10 in. (187 grams, 25.5 cm).
Wool cap with 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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