Vintage Roman Pro New York Yankees 8 panel Cap cooperstown size 7 1/8 hat, RARE!

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The Mecca of Vintage Yankees Caps, Traditioal Navy blue low profile, green under visor. Perfect condtion! Every Yankees fan or baseball fan needs to own this cap. Short Bill unstructured cap, no crown Up for sale is a VERY RARE Roman Pro Cooperstown collection vintage Yankees Cap produced in the early 90's short rim style which I perfer over the modern day caps. The Yankees wore this cap in 1922-1927 . The 8 panel cap is preowned but in great sha pe . Size 7 1/8..... Roman pro caps in my opinion were the best made vintage reproduction caps with leather bands, even better than Cooperstown Ball cap Co who did not produce the 8 panel. I have two of them so I am letting one go. These are now impossible to find, , no holes or stains...the leather band is perfect. it really is a beautiful hat for your collection or to start breaking in. It will last a lifetime. Here is a little about the Roman pro company from Wiki...... Check out my other Items for sale on ebay, posting more very rare Yankees caps. Immediate payment is required when auction ends. If you have a rating of Zero then please email me before you bid or I will retract your bid. No Refunds so size correctly Here is some background information on the company that made made these caps, the Roman Pro Cap Company. I found this onlineRoman Manufacturing Corp. was started in 1936 by Larry & Olga Mazzola creating monogramming for fine linens, handkerchiefs, towels, fur coat linings and more.During the early years the company name was changed to The Roman Art Embroidery Corp. They developed many clients in the sporting goods manufacturing industry and became a major source of embroidered logos for the uniforms of the professional sports teams. The Tim McAuliffe/KM Pro Cap Company, founded in 1896, used Roman’s embroidery for their caps. All teams until expansion in the 1960s used KM Pro caps at one time or another. After expansion Roman did the embroidery for more than half of the new clubs. Roman didn’t just supply embroidery for McAuliffe/KM Pro; they also supplied the embroidery under private label for Wilson. In the late 1970s the KM Pro Company closed its doors. It was decided that Roman should start manufacturing baseball caps. Roman Pro Cap Company was created. Teams such as the Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, Montreal Expos, and Los Angeles Dodgers are a few of the teams that used Roman-made caps for a time. In the early 1980s, Roman Pro began remaking old style caps, commonly known as “throwbacks.” They were advertised in sports magazines and were available via mail order. Roman became the first licensed cap company to make the old style caps, and were the first company to carry the “Cooperstown Collection” label. Roman's caps, embroidery-wise, were 100% accurate as they kept all of their embroidery designs in their archives (New Era did NOT archive their embroidery). The Roman Company ceased to exist in the mid-1990s, partly due to the 1994 players strike which shut down the retail business for all baseball caps for the year. Roman had made commitments to vendors for new equipment and MLB would not vary from its contract which forced the company into bankruptcy. The company recovered shortly thereafter and was then sold to a venture group who proceeded to lose its business and ultimately shut it down. Roman also made caps under Mitchell & Ness for a time in the 90s. In the late 1990s Roman was resurrected and the company decided to further develop their custom digitizing and embroidery division. The company then became known as Apparel 2000 LLC. They are no longer affiliated with professional sports, including Major League Baseball, and likely never will be again. Their embroidery patterns are still in their archives but are not available to the public. You cannot buy these caps anymore unless you get lucky on eBay, and they don't show up often. The Yankees caps are naturally "floppy" as they do not have backings under their front panels, just like way back when. No company today can compare with the accuracy of Roman'... read more

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