Details
Leather exterior with top handle and securing straps with buckles, lined with crimson velvet, the top embossed WINSTON CHURCHILL and with an oval brass plate to the handle engraved No. 4;
[With:] a photographic postcard of Winston Churchill wearing his trademark black homberg hat
914 in. (23.5 cm.) high, 1212 in. (31.8 cm.) wide, 1214 in. (31 cm.) deep

Provenance
Anonymous sale; Bushey Auctions, Bushey, UK, 8 December 2010, lot 184.
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Lot Essay

Originating in the town of Bad Homburg in Hesse, Germany, as a hunting hat, the Homburg hat was popularized in England in the 19th century by public figures such as King Edward VII and Sir Winston Churchill as an alternative to the more formal top hat.

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