The beaver top hat that he is wearing was in vogue during the Civil War period
the ship-of-the-line Vermont of 1848)
Footnote: with the establishment of the Independent State of Croatia in 1941
2) A Commemorative Sudetenland medal
marked on pinback with “15” for maker Friedrich Orth
Germany, Third Reich. A Lot Of Badges And Insignia Hold The beaver top hat that(Drittes Reich Abzeichen). A lot of three badges and insignia, including a Wehrmacht Drivers Proficiency Badge, Bronze Grade, constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, with a central steering wheel, affixed with dual attachment prongs to a zink backplate, unmarked, measuring 42 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition; a Jugendburg Stahleck badge, constructed of zink, vertical pinback,