Buffalo Nickel Felt Fedora - Large / Putty

This 100% wool felt fedora is classically styled. Ready for your outdoor adventure! Perfect styling for a man or a woman. Simple leather hatband that is finished with a replicated Buffalo Nickel Concho. It has a stampede string to keep your hat on your head when the wind kicks up. Water resistant and crushable. The brim is 3.5" and the crown is 4.5" This hat ships within 2 - 3 days. Introduced in 1913, the Buffalo Nickel was an early hit with collectors and a major circulation workhorse through 1938 when the series ended. Although aficionados prefer the name Buffalo Nickel, the official name of the coin is the Five Cent Indian Head. The popularity of the Buffalo nickel is rooted primarily in its design by James Earle Fraser with a right-facing profile of an Indian chief in a headdress on the obverse, and an American bison or buffalo on the reverse. The Indian on the coin is a composite image of (at least) three different Native American chiefs, while the bison was based on Black Diamond, who was held in the Central Park Zoo at the time. These motifs also tap into the American romance with the “Wild West” ever since the period of expansion that began in 1803 with the Lewis and Clark expedition that reached the Pacific Northwest by 1805.