I picked up this well used, salty US Navy officers hat a couple weeks ago. It is white, but, a little dis-colored. It does have a wicker frame, I didn’t get pics of that. I like the look of it, it has a lot of character. No damage to it, but, it has some age. I just wanted to post it for others to see, thanks for looking, Rob.

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A year after opening their first "embassy" on French soil, they issued this travel certificate to air-lift this Soviet citizen, a German, back to the USSR.
The issuing officer was a covert NKVD official stationed in Algeria at the time.
Could this be a German, important enough, to be smuggled out to Moscow? or just an innocent Soviet citizen returning back home…
His face looks familiar in any way?
Apologies for this odd question…

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