Dave Posted October 18, 2007 Share #1 Posted October 18, 2007 Now here's one I can't figure out... I bought this hat as it was advertised as "odd"... I thought perhaps it was an early senior Chaplain's dress hat, until I got it in hand and then discovered the "AV" embroidered above the eagle! The hat is of top quality, and was probably incredibly beautiful at one time (still is, just with patina now!) It is named inside to a Major A. Erland Goyette, who from a google search turned out to be a very wealthy industrialist in the 1920s and 30s and who owned an art/antique museum until his death in 1960. Any thoughts??? Thanks! Dave Only a weak society needs government protection or intervention before it pursues its resolve to preserve the truth. Truth needs neither handcuffs nor a badge for its vindication. -Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Peace is not the absence of war, but the defense of hard-won freedom. -Anton LaGuardia Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share #2 Posted October 18, 2007 And the name.... Only a weak society needs government protection or intervention before it pursues its resolve to preserve the truth. Truth needs neither handcuffs nor a badge for its vindication. -Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Peace is not the absence of war, but the defense of hard-won freedom. -Anton LaGuardia Link to post Share on other sites
GIl Sanow Posted October 18, 2007 Share #3 Posted October 18, 2007 Ya got me? Could it be VA for Veteran's Administration? G Link to post Share on other sites
BEAST Posted October 18, 2007 Share #4 Posted October 18, 2007 Interesting! Can't give you any more info on the hat but his bio was published in the HCCA (horseless Carriage Club of America) gazette. Here is a lik to their website:http://www.hcca.org/ . Maybe you can contact them for a copy. Gottlieb, Robert Bio. V19-6,p15 Gould, Randall Bio. V42-1,p10 Goyette, Major A. Erland Bio. V 6-3,p 8 GPS, Measuring Distance Art. V63-1,p50 " We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. " View my website honoring the men and women of Indiana: http://indianavets.wix.com/indiana-at-war and follow my updates on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/IndianaModernAgeofWar/ Interested in US uniforms? Join the Association of American Military Uniform Collectors! http://aamuc.org/or find us on Facebook! facebook.com/AAMUC.ORG Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Hudson Posted October 18, 2007 Share #5 Posted October 18, 2007 Interesting! Can't give you any more info on the hat but his bio was published in the HCCA (horseless Carriage Club of America) gazette. Here is a lik to their website:http://www.hcca.org/ . Maybe you can contact them for a copy. Gottlieb, Robert Bio. V19-6,p15 Gould, Randall Bio. V42-1,p10 Goyette, Major A. Erland Bio. V 6-3,p 8 GPS, Measuring Distance Art. V63-1,p50 Arthur Erland Goyette born 3 Oct 1887 - He ran banks in Peterboro NH, and started a museum or two. A civic newsletter used the honorific title "Major," but he shows up on the draft registration lists for WWI and WWII which would seem to indicate he was not a military officer at those times. I wonder if the hat is from a militaray academy? Link to post Share on other sites
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