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Australian Slouch Hat
Would someone be able to tell me the age of this Australian slouch hat and badge?
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Slouch hats are usually marked on the inner sweat band with a maker's name and usually a date. Can't tell the age of yours from this photo but I can tell you that the badge is a fantasy badge and NOT military. We have had a thread on these before. They were made up by the disposals stores to help sell surplus slouch hats, in the 1980s I think. It is against the law to wear (but not to own) a genuine army rising sun badge because you might be impersonating a member of the defence force.
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Thanks for clarifying Kingsley probably as old as the box of chocolates it is sat on then.
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Hi, just to follow on from Kinsley's post, the hat is probably a 50's or 60's period hat but what gives the badge away is the map of Australia, no genuine Rising Sun badge ever had a map of Australia, there was a short lived version with a star on it.
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