Rare Brass Spanish American War Cavalry Hat Paperweight

Publication: Privately cast, n d (ca 1904), N P

First edition. About 4" x 3" x 2" antique brass hat with two tassels around the brim and under the front edge are the imprinted words "6-4 Campaign Hat." The brass color is similar to a Rough Rider Hat. A major Theodore Roosevelt collector-dealer (Pete Scanlin, New York) told Bill Walton he thought it was a Teddy Roosevelt Rough Rider hat as a paperweight maybe from the 1904 Presidential campaign.

Inventory Number: 38795