Box, Hat
- Object Name:
- Box, Hat
- Object ID:
- 1968.019.03
- Date:
- 1923
- Description:
- Tin box containing hat and pair of epaulets worn by Lieutenant Walter Emerson Holden (1891-1967), U.S. Navy, 1923. Rectangular black painted tin box with hinged cover. Hat fits over oval tin container with hinged lid; container is attached to bottom of box and contains four brass clips. Attached to interior of back are two hinged supports for epaulets. Printed label adhered to front left corner of cover exterior: "Lieut. Walter E. Holden / U.S.S. Sirius, c/o Postmaster / New York City, New York".
- Material:
- Metal
Tin - Dimensions:
- H-6.1 W-18.7 D-8 inches
- Provenance:
- Hat and epaulets were worn on the occasion of the visit of King Christian X of Denmark to the battleship USS Arkansas in June 1923.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Charlotte M. Holden, in memory of Walter Emerson Holden, Captain, U.S.N.
- People:
- Holden, Walter E. (1891-1967)
- Subjects:
- Naval parades & ceremonies, Naval personnel, Battleships
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