That's right, a shirt full of beer caps with the logo, "Last line of defense". Cool, eh? On top of the "line" are three new babies, cork liner USA caps fresh from their tour of Australia.
Our babies du jour lead off with a 1954 Oertel's 92. On its side is "Kentucky beer tax paid 7 5/7 cents- Oertel brg. co. inc., Louisville KY" Which explains the little blue symbol (which also showed up on that Falls City Hi-Bru I got a while back) which finally dawned on me it was part of the KY state seal. Next to him is a Heidel-brau from @ 1959. It says "light pilsener" above the brand and "Beer" below it. It bears the mark of MCC, which is the Mundet Cork Company. Funny thing is, not long later this manufacturer of cork, insulation, and asbestos, was bought out by Crown cap and seal, the monster of the industry. Crown quickly- within 90 days- sold off everything but the cork crown business, but it was about this time that asbestos became material non grata. A ton of lawsuits directed at Mundet ended up in Crown's lap- and they had to sue to get their liability cut down to the $7 mil they paid for Mundet. Finally, we have a Fauerbach from 1939 (according to Tavern Trove; CCCI gives a range of 1933-68). Fauerbach was from Madison, WI and shut down in 1966. Their historical webpage is pretty cool.
My son and daughter in law are going to Ireland soon. I have asked them to collect you a few caps. I will need an address so I can mail them to you. Any idea how to exchange this info with out going public?
ReplyDeletegot it.. The tickets are booked and they are not going for a few weeks. But they will get you some caps from there.
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No, thank YOU... bask in the appreciation of an obsessive cap collector!
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