#1 Sweatband with HJ address. It has the 13 Old Bond St. on the sweatband. My understanding is that this was made around the same time frame the Raiders hats would have been. The sweatband appears to be the same color and stock used for the Raiders hat that is currently on auction.
#2 Sable Color. It has a paper label that reads "Sable" and appears to be the same color as the Raiders hat. Obviously, there would never be a sure way of telling if it is the same exact color without actually holding the Raiders hat and matching it. But, if this is the same color and made during the same time frame at least I have a better idea of what the exact color might have been.
#3 Satin Laber instead of Liner. I don't know if this has ever been talked about or considered but in this HJ bowler-derby there is no liner, but instead a satin label. Is it possible that the original raiders hats never had liners but rather just the label? In the pictures/videos that have surfaced of the propstore raiders hat that is currently on auction, there is no liner leading me to believe that it never had one. It would seem a bit odd for HJ to do that when they obviously produced hats that had very nice liners before that. Anyways, I would love to hear what your thoughts are on all of this.
Below are some photos to show the comparison of the 2 hats.
