French hats???

[rajko84]

I got this two today. I think the smaller one is french because of the maker, but the other one I do not have idea. Some kind of dress mining hat?
So any help would be appreciated.

regards Rajko

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[uscob]

By the Cocade I would say french too. The large one is a german Parade Hat for Miners. Maybe a Bandsmen.

[ppp.p]

The first is parade hat of Polish miner
http://www.odkrywkowy.pl/2010/09/za-...iczym-tez.html
Piotrek

[rajko84]

The first is parade hat of Polish miner
http://www.odkrywkowy.pl/2010/09/za-...iczym-tez.html
Piotrek

What year is it? It is made very well.

[ppp.p]

What year is it? It is made very well.

I'm not sure, but not too old and still in use.
Piotrek

[rajko84]

I'm not sure, but not too old and still in use.
Piotrek

Thank you

[just]

Hello rajko
the second is a képi of french postman, era 1900
cordially
Didier

[rajko84]

Hello rajko
the second is a képi of french postman, era 1900
cordially
Didier

Thank you. I was hoping it is military, but I did not pay to much.
Regards Rajko

[Gordon Craig]

rajko84,

Unless there are some definitive markings in your miner's hat that tell you it is Polish it could just as well be German. These hats are private purchase. What the miner wore could vary widely from mine-to-mine, country-to-country etc. Here is a picture of one I have in my colection that I bought from Germany as a German miner's parade hat. It is unmarked and other than look exactly like those worn in period fotos, and the fact that it came from Germany, there is no real proof that it was German. It is unmarked inside. It also looks like one of the hats in the link to the Polish site shown in this thread.

Regards,

Gordon