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There was a Charlie and a Cecil Card in the ASC. Wonder if it was one of them? Tony

Must be before the organ grinders were issued with monkeys and therefore had to take whatever they could find (in Greenwich park if he's a navy boy).

Thanks for the confirmation Gerd. Those are great pics, the card I have belonged to a former KZ prisoner too, towards the end of the war he was put in a penal battalion and sent to the Eastern Front. He was taken PoW and the Russians released him more or less staright away. He then walked home from Frankfurt/Oder to Bielefeld. Bet his feet were hurting. Apart from that, I don't any of his WWII history apart from the fact that he was a member of the SDP. Tony

Great War tags showed the unit, I believe the standard for WWII was as in Mr. Bloor's fibre tag above. I don't know when the British army changed back to aluminium tags, could he have stayed in a bit longer than the duration? Mine were aluminium but didn't show the regiment/corps. Tony

Thanks Glenn, It would have been nice if there were some names on the reverse too, to try and find out if they survived or not. Tony

They didn't come from the Birmingham area did they James? Tony

Ah yes, sorry about that. I'm wondering if the special benefits had something to do with housing or work.

Hello, Can you help me out on the ranks please, are they NCOs? Also, what's the meaning of the double breasted lighter coloured grey tunics? See this then & now thread if interested http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1707...mp;#entry165785 Cheers Tony

Hello, This falls more into the history of post 1945 Germany. Has anyone seen an ID card issued to persecutees on political, racial and religious grounds? What was the reason for it, was the holder handled in a different way than the average Fritz in the street or a PoW who had just returned home after a few years in a British, French, Canadian etc. camp? The card was issued in March 1947 and is numbered 44. Tony

Great stuff there Jim, the poster from WWI showing the nurse is a cracker. Tony

Jim, Are the bottles the old blue enamel type or the green ones? If blue, do they have the fitting to stop the lid from going missing or not? We used bits of 37 Pat. webbing in training but I imagine it was shipped of to the Irish army afterwards ( Kev). Tony

The second scan

Brian, I'd imagine it would be as in the Great War or maybe as in the post above (No. 21) but am only guessing. Here are 2 scans, showing a kind of cloth stripe I've never seen and one arm (on the right) with what appears to be the standard brass type. Tony

The same area today showing roughly the position of where Regina Trench was.

Regina Trench corrected to 18.10.16

Never knew Diggers had a slightly different type, is there a patent number on the undeneath of the stripe itself? I've noticed the stripes on many WWI photos of Brit soldiers appear to be of a different type of cloth stripe as seen in any of the above posts. If I can take a half decent photo of what I mean, I'll add it. Tony

Hello Naoki, There are no maker marks/hallmarks at all. Tony

Thanks Ken! I'll have to dig my trench maps out and try to find the spot. The attack also gets a mention (Regina Trench, 8th Oct.) in The German Army on the Somme, on pages 319 & 320 but I haven't got that far yet, I checked what was happening in October. Tony

Thanks again for the comments. Mike, I never thought about tarnish inside the holes and have just tried takng some close ups. I should point out that the photos above were taken quite a while ago (last spring/summer), since then, everyone who has handled the cross has rubbed their sweaty thumbs over the holes making the corners look a little lighter. Tony

Thanks Joe, I was thinking along those lines too. It is the first of its type I've ever seen though. Tony

Thanks Chris, probably soon after 1906 then which ties in with the nickled scabbard that Rick mentioned. Yes, they are great photos and I wished I had more but I haven't seen any like them for ages now. Tony

Dan, Where's the Webley? A lovely Webley, that's something to set your sights on too. A great collection you have there. Tony

Don't know if you remember Chris, you had it in your mitts last year.

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