This C&C Sutlery exclusive hat device is hand made on a dark Navy blue field with gold embroidery and features exquisite attention to detail. The hat decive measures approximately 2-3/4" tall by 3-1/2" wide. 

Balloon Corps, civilian aeronautical unit (1861–63) created during the American Civil War to provide aerial surveillance of Confederate troops for the Union army. Balloons supported Union campaigns from ground stations and naval vessels in the Peninsular Campaign, the capture of Island Number Ten, the Savannah Campaign, and the Battle of Chancellorsville. Gould, Kevin. "Balloon Corps." The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica.

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