Tony

Obviously you can.

Yes, please add more and anyone else who has patriotic porcelain. Tony

I've just photographed the whistles, the 1917 whistle has standard non welded links and a broad arrow on the ring. The ARP whistle is next to it for comparison, same manufacturer, slightly smaller, no date stamp and a smaller, thinner ring. Tony

That sounds slightly smaller than average to me, about 56cm in metric. Tony

I have the same type, I'll have to dig it out and look at the links and broad arrow. I have a WWII version of the whistle too, exactly the same as the standard army/police issue whistle but with ARP stamped on it. Tony

It looks almost homemade with that roughly cut plate, thanks for showing it. Tony

Jock/Jerry, When I bought my example I was given the name of the officer it belonged to, a man whose surname I've now forgotten so, perhaps there is something different concerning the stencil for a PC and WPC. Do your ones have a smaller sized liner? Tony

Is that Victory medal in a little frame? How is the medal fixed in place? Tony

Jerry, Why is it thought to be for a WPC? I only have one MKII police helmet so have no idea about variant stencils. Your named MKI - was JH Schwarz a US soldier or Brit./Commonwealth? Obviously a German family name, I always find that interesting and have come across a few medals named to men whose parents were born in Germany but have never come across any documentation/named photos of German soldiers with Anglo names. Tony

Jerry, That's a great plaque the first time I've ever seen anything like it, I imagine many have been broken over the last 90 odd years. Tony

I only get the blank default search page when I click on the link. It's sad that the name has eight possibles. After a quick look online, none of the above appear to have service records that survived the bombing of WWII. Tony

You'll probably find it's real silver too. Tony

Chris, that's a lot of Feldpost. Where are you finding them or have you bought someone's collection? Tony

Jerry, you must have a very tolerant wife The MKII Brodie pictured top right has A2059 stencilled on it, do you know the meaning? Tony

An interesting post. I have a few photos of men in this Regiment and their regimental history. Tony

Peter, they were free in the UK, all you had to do was fill up at Texaco and you got a badge for a certain amount of gallons/litres. Tony

If you don't have access to ancestry I can look up details of the other four men for you. The plaque may be very desirable to the person who has the DCM medal group as well as the first day Somme casualty's medal group, that's if they don't already have a plaque named to Robert Adamson. Tony

They don't show up in the link so I've pasted them in below. There are 8 men in total with the name Robert Adamson who were killed, four of them show on the CWGC site as R. Adamson so I cross referenced them with Soldiers Died on ancestry. ADAMSON, ROBERT Lance Corporal S/43262 23/03/1918 21 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders United Kingdom Bay 9. ARRAS MEMORIAL ADAMSON, ROBERT Lance Corporal 10158 01/07/1916 West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) United Kingdom Pier and Face 2 A 2 C and 2 D. THIEPVAL MEMORIAL ADAMSON, ROBERT Private 40982 04/10/1918 36 Royal Scots Fusiliers United Kingdom Panel 6. VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL ADAMSON, ROBERT Private 32337 10/09/1916 30 The King's (Liverpool Regiment) United Kingdom II. A. 19. BOIS-GUILLAUME COMMUNAL This one is also a Robert: ADAMSON, R Private 1924 03/01/1916 23 Northumberland Fusiliers United Kingdom IX. D. 70. CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES Name: Robert Adamson Birth Place: Amble, Northumberland Death Date: 3 Jan 1916 Death Location: France & Flanders Enlistment Location: Alnwick, Northumberland Rank: Private Regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers Battalion: 1/7th Battalion (Territorials) Number: 1924 Type of Casualty: Killed in action Theatre of War: Western European Theatre And this one and he won the DCM: ADAMSON, R Company Serjeant Major 200024 09/04/1918 27 King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) United Kingdom IV. C. 1. BROWN'S ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, FESTUBERT Name: Robert Adamson Birth Place: St. John's, Barrow-in-furness Death Date: 9 Apr 1918 Death Location: France & Flanders Enlistment Location: Barrow-in-furness Rank: A/W.O. Class II Regiment: King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) Battalion: 1/4th Battalion Number: 200024 Type of Casualty: Killed in action Theatre of War: Western European Theatre Comments: D.C.M. And this one: ADAMSON, R Corporal 10098 17/10/1916 27 East Lancashire Regiment United Kingdom II. E. 3. DARTMOOR CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT Name: Robert Adamson Birth Place: South Shields, Durham Death Date: 17 Oct 1916 Death Location: France & Flanders Enlistment Location: South Shields Rank: Corporal Regiment: East Lancashire Regiment Battalion: 2nd Battalion Number: 10098 Type of Casualty: Died of wounds Theatre of War: Western European Theatre And the last one I've found is: ADAMSON, R Private 20/1207 01/08/1918 Northumberland Fusiliers United Kingdom 1859. RETHEL FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY Name: Robert Adamson Birth Place: Gateshead-on-tyne Death Date: 1 Aug 1918 Death Location: France & Flanders Enlistment Location: Newcastle-on-tyne Rank: Private Regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers Battalion: 14th Battalion Number: 20/1207 Type of Casualty: Died Theatre of War: Western European Theatre I think the manufacture of plaques moved from Acton to Woolwich Arsenal in about 1920, I don't know how many were made at Acton but the vast majority were manufactured in Woolwich so most will have the WA stamp although it can sometimes be very faint. Tony

What, the plunge into the skip to get it out or did you actually buy it Either way Jock it's a nice find. I saw a WWI flare gun in France years and years ago at a market, ground dug and you could still cock it but I pondered too long and someone else bought it. I'm still kicking myself. Tony

The crown doesn't look British, I'd have a guess at it being Belgian or Dutch. Tony

Great! All we need is a place to meet up, a few bombs and a tall building. Oooh that would be such fun. Tony

A very nice watch. I found a forum here http://orologi.forumfree.it/?t=67184056 however, it's Italian and I can't understand what they've said about the watch. If you can read Italian or know someone who does it might give you a little info. Tony

It's from the 1970s. Tony

Jock, I have a complete one somewhere, my mum was going to bin it but I remember collecting them when I was little so kept it. Don't know where it is now though. Tony

I'm only guessing but wouldn't the body have been made of something simple and inexpensive like steel. Tony