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This great Mayser Homburg belongs to RobStc on the FL. Probably mid 1950s.

"Colour in real life is a far richer, darker chestnut brown. Condition is pretty much perfect. Picked it up a while ago in a bunch of German hats that appeared in my local vintage shop. Any idea on age of this one?"

This beautiful Wegener belongs to Manfred (Fritz).

Wide-brimmed 2-3/4 and high in the front 4-3/4 with bash.

Out of the Box:

After brushing and steam: It is a black beauty, is my opinion. The felt again stiff and strong

Here are a couple pre WWI postcards of J. Hückel´s Söhne k.u.k. Hof-Hutfabrik Neutitschein, Austria (today Nový Jičín, Czech Republic).

This one (side view) in German.

This one (rear view) in Czech.

Vintage German sourced ribbon I picked up.

This is the supplier which is no longer in business.

This one belongs to Manfred (Fritz).

The Imprint on the sweatband shows "Abt. Oberländer" / Dept. UpperCountry in English. We mean it was an alpine Hat, it is for Rehfus a Hunting Hat.

That hat was "The racer from the house Rehfus was the "Oberländer", a hat made of waterproof tumbled fur, found mainly in the hunting circles very popular and was made after the First World War as a normal Street Hat in all colors and shapes.

Rehfus gave himself the nickname Oberländer.

Enter 1907 the additional name "Oberländer" at the Karlsruhe Department of Justice did.

Carl Johann Rehfus Oberländer-died in 1926.

This Book was written by Carl Johann Rehfus-Oberländer.

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Hückel Durit Velour, size 6 1/2 Point. This is the beat up one with the rivets and no ribbon. I sent it off to Optimo and it came back looking great. As usual the JHS Velour finish is fantastic. It is unfortunate the liner logo is faded because it appears to be customized. I have a few other hats from Brömme Nuremberg. I am pretty sure this pre WWII. Martin Brömme died in 1949 and JHS was nationalized as TONAK at the end of WWII.

Continued.

A colony of workers' houses, which provides cheap and healthy housing for 100 families, houses for civil servants and foremen, as well as the company health insurance since 1868, the already existing disability. Insurance of civil servants and factory leaders, the insurance of their widows and orphans, adequately endowed old age, widows and orphanage fund of workers testify to the care the company devotes to its employees. The company can proudly point out that the good relationship between his and her workers has never been clouded.

The company's achievements have been recognized at a number of exhibitions by receiving the highest honors: in Vienna in 1873 with the Progress Medal, at the World Fair in Philadelphia in 1876 with the highest accolade, at the World's Fair in Paris in 1876 with the Great Golden Medal and 1900 with the Grand Prix. The merits of the owners for the creation and development of their industry in Austria were also highly appreciated, such as the award of the GOLDEN MERIT CROSS WITH THE CROWN to JOHANN HÜCKEL, the founder of

the industrial enterprise, the Order of the IRON CROWN III CLASS to AUGUST HÜCKEL, as the current elder of the owners, and the title of K. U. K. HOF HUTFABRIKANTEN to the brothers AUGUST, JOHANN and KARL HÜCKEL proves. and more recently the awarding of the Order of the Iron Stars III. CLASS to JOHANN HÜCKEL.

Publisher of J. Hückel's Sons, Neutitschein.

Printed by Christoph Reisser's Sons, Vienna V.

Continued.

He sent his sons AUGUST, JOHANN and KARL into the world after the first two had learned the trade in the old way and let them get acquainted with the technical and commercial operating forms in the most outstanding foreign places of the hat industry. Equipped with a wealth of technical and commercial experience, his sons returned home and their own. In 1865 he was the first person in Austria to introduce the mechanical operation of hair felts production. A 3-horse steam engine and some work machines came to the lineup. But soon the system proved insufficient. The brothers AUGUST, JOHANN and KARL HÜCKEL took over, supported by their father for a decade and promoted, on 1 January 1868 under the company J. HÜCKEL'S SÖHNE the young factory. They acquired a conveniently located plot outside the city and built a large-scale factory there, which equipped them with the most modern technical equipment. They soon succeeded in obtaining a product that was equivalent to the most outstanding foreign brands and could successfully compete with them on the world market.

The war, which lasted between Germany and France in 1870, 71 paralyzed the sale of these two countries, which until then had dominated the world market, and thereby offered the company an opportunity. to gain a foothold abroad, especially in the overseas countries. The company understood how to make good use of this opportunity. The successes achieved stimulated new expansions and improvements in fabrication, which enabled the company to retain and further increase the sales area gained through hard work.

In particular, the company was the first hair felts hat factory to introduce mechanical hair cutting as its own business. Although the old master craftsmen, including AUGUSTIN HÜCKEL, had already operated the hairdressing by hand, only with the introduction of the hair-felt hat factory had the production of the raw material become an independent branch of industry that flourished in Belgium, Germany and France but was not represented in Austria at all was. In the same way, with the sole exception of lining materials, tape and leather, the company took over the production of all other aids necessary for the completion and dispatch of its products, so that it was able to produce almost exclusively its own resources Raw materials to produce the product that can be shipped.

Thus, the company grew to its current size, which made it necessary to include the sons of the former sole proprietors, HUGO, OTTO, HANS and FRITZ HÜCKEL (the fourth generation), as employees in the company.

Today, the factories cover a floor area of 44,500 m2 (square meters), the factory and warehouse building alone 18,800 m2.

Two fur magazines store the raw material procured at home and abroad of hares, rabbits and nutrias.

Approximately 16,000 skins are processed every day, and the hairdressing shop, the machine shop, the mill, dyeing, dressing and bar dyeing companies make their way to the packing rooms to leave the factory as ready-made hair felts. Our own carpentry, turnery, locksmithery, foundry and printing works - each company to the extent of a small factory - get the necessary tools. All working rooms are light and airy and with the most proven heating. and ventilation equipment (Sturtevant system). In the walk and dye rooms, the hot air blown in through a wide-ramified pipe system prevents any formation of haze; in the other workshops, suction devices operate with such success that the dust developed in the factory is eliminated to barely noticeable traces.

The machine equipment of the factory corresponds to the current state of the art. The most modern innovations and improvements in the field of machines are in use here.

Twelve steam boilers and four steam engines provide the operational power of 1100 horsepower.

The actual factory operation uniformly procured a steam engine of 600 horsepower, of which 250 are transmitted by electric means of 25 electric motors.

Two steam engines of 250 horsepower each serve the electrical lighting and the ventilation systems. The fourth 250 horsepower steam engine is the reserve. Feeding the boiler requires three wagons of coal daily. The factory currently employs 2000 workers and a corresponding number of civil servants and factory managers; It is designed for a daily production of 5000 hair felts. The company has always been concerned with caring for the well-being of its officials, plant workers and workers.

J. Hückel´s Söhne 110 Year Anniversary. I was lucky to find this booklet back in 2012 and decided to upgrade the translation.

MEMORIAL WRITING

ON THE OCCASION OF THE HUNDRED AND TEN YEARS

OF THE COMPANY

J. HÜCKEL'S SONS

K. AND K. HOF-HUTFABRIKANTEN

NEUTITSCHEIN VIENNA

From small beginnings, our company has developed over the course of a century to its present size and significance. Founded in the traditional forms of craftsmanship and continued for two generations, it owes its fame. and its flowering, the timely application and exploitation of all technical advances and the commercial prudence and energy of its owners.

The founding of our company dates back to the year 1799. In that year JOHANN NEPOMUK HÜCKEL, born in Fulnek in Moravia, the hatmaker JOSEF HÜCKEL and the ELISABETH GOLD "marital son", was accepted by the hatters' guild in Neutitschein "as an urban master".

Twelve years later, in 1811, his younger brother AUGUSTIN, who had been a milliner in Fulnek since 1808, came to see him. Also he was accepted by the Neutitscheiner Hatter guild on a master job just completed. Each of the two brothers ran the business independently. In 1835, JOHANN HÜCKEL, son of AUGUSTIN HÜCKEL, acquired master craftsmanship and took over the business of his uncle JOHANN. When his father died in 1848, he also took over the business of the AUGUSTIN HÜCKEL and led both together in the previous craftsmanship form on. Manual labor was still active in all stages of production, and the old forms of tools were still in use, which had been in use for manual operation from time immemorial. The finished goods were offered in town and on markets; the shipping and commercial operation remained within the narrowest limits.

But JOHANN HÜCKEL proved his full understanding of the demands of his time. He saw the great advances in technology and realized the need to factory-design his business.

Hückel Weilheim Special, 58cm, light Gray. Probably mid 1950s and in great condition.

This one belongs to Fritz (Manfred).

Mayser Supra Homburg (date stamped 1950) belongs to Fritz (Manfred). This is the oldest documented soft felt Mayser I have encountered. Fantastic bow work!

This Mayser (date stamped 1968) Homburg belongs to Fritz (Manfred).

No that is new information to me. It is possible they shutdown recently. I will try sending them an e-mail.

I tried to e-mail but it was kicked back. It doesn't appear they are in business anymore. I wonder if it was the same company?

Oberbayerische Hutfabrik gmbH. Miesbach

This beautiful Trachten Hut belongs to Josh on the FL. The paper label actually contains the production year of 1954!

Crown Height: 5 1/2 Inches Open

Brim Width: 2 1/2 Inches raw edge

1950s

Frauenschulstr. 140, Miesbach

1960s - 1980s

 Frauenschulstr. 37, Miesbach

Echter Borsalino, size 5 1/2, probably pre WWII. It's rare to find a older one like this.

Natural Light

M.W. Diamant

Size 54cm, NOS with the original size tag. My guess is late 1950s. I haven't been able to find any information on M.W.. The paper tag behind the sweatband has M.B.W. .

Max Wiese Herrenhüte G.m.b.H

Berlin - Steglitz Hubertusstrasse 10

Wegener Colonel, size 59cm. This one is probably late 1950s and in new condition. Really nice ribbon work which is a trademark of Wegener. Also very wearable!

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Trachten Hut Companies

Zapf is still in business making high quality Trachten hats.

One of the Neutitschein greats!

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Also editor of the publication

At this time known as Brothers Dobesch.

New company to me plus fantastic ad!

JHS of course!

Österreichisch-ungarische Hutmacher-Zeitung (December 15, 1912)

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B.B. Hat Machine Ad

Österreichisch-ungarische Hutmacher-Zeitung (December 1, 1912)

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