THIS IS A RARE REGIMENT SIGNED 19TH CENTURY SLOUCH HAT FROM THE B BATTERY MASSACHUSETTS HEAVY ARTILLERY BOSTON. IT IS IN ORIGINAL AS FOUND TATTERED CONDITION WITH MOST OF THE SIGNATURES STILL LEGIBLE. IT IS SLIGHTLY FADED WITH A COUPLE OF SMALL HOLES AND THE SWEATBAND IS ORIGINAL BUT LOOSE. INDIAN WARS PERIOD THRU THE SPANISH WAR. IT IS SIGNED AND DATED THROUGHOUT AND UNDER THE RIM WITH ALL THE WRITINGS AND SLOGANS THAT READ LIKE A YEARBOOK. SIGNED AT FORT WARREN WHICH IS A HISTORIC FORT ON THE 28 ACRE GEORGES ISLAND AT THE ENTRANCE TO BOSTON HARBOR. THE FORT IS NAMED FOR REVOLUTIONARY WAR HERO DR. JOSEPH WARREN, WHO SENT PAUL REVERE ON HIS FAMOUS RIDE. I’VE NEVER SEEN ANOTHER SIGNED MILITARY HAT LIKE THIS AND WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY HIGH END COLLECTION. DEFINITELY ONE OF A KIND AND BELONGS IN A MUSEUM FOR ALL TO SEE. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. INSURED SHIPPING TO THE LOWER 48 STATES IS 10.00.
