Black fabric hat with red cross stiched on the front center and three black buttons on back. Formed edges to retain shape and padded interior for wearer's comfort.

Makedonomachos , Macedonian Freedom Fighter, uniform. Collected by Maria Fakonas, to honor Pavlos Melas (3/29/1870-10/13/1904), an officer in the Hellenic Army, he was among the first who organized and participated in the Greek Struggle for Macedonia. Maria's father Demetrios G. Karageorgis left America to return to Greece in 1912 to fight for the freedom of Epirus and Macedonia.

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