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    Andrew Clark

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    1. It's a common asian made repro in cast brass for the AWI market. A similar style was used by the Foot Guards during the napoleonic period The originals were mounted devices and much finer work plus the base was raised copper with turned edges.
    2. The Society for Army Historical Research produced two special publications on eppaulettes back in the 60's. One for officers (No 6 ?) and one on O/R's (no 7?) The officer's book has a series on the evolution and progression of designs and patterns with numerous references to sources, though few illustrations. Herberts pattern books, (about 5 or 6 volumes) in NAM describe various regiments, their eppaulette patterns and lace though unfortunately has few surviving tracings.
    3. It's a half size mock-up of an infantry cartridge box of the napoleonic period, prabably made for a child's fancy dress or a display item. Although it has the rough size of a shoulder pouch, it's construction has the rear strip for passing the crossbelt through, but is missing any iron buckles below for fastening them. As a shoulder pouch it has no mountings for a belt to attach to the sides, which while they might be missing, makes it unusable. It's construction method is neither one nor the other and appears to be a wooden frame with glued leather or heavily lacquered cloth, neither of which are a contemprary style till much later. Cartridge boxes didn't have a badge on the flap at that date, and the pouchbox wouldn't have such a crude construction method. Overall my impression is it's a victorian display piece or prop rather than being a military item as such
    4. Looks pretty good from the front. 71st HLI worn between 1841 and 1881. Studs and hooks look similar to the styles work around that date, particularly the shaping on the top hooks. (Unlike a cast O/R/s the stud and hook were soldered in as part of manufacture rather than the riveted mushrooms of the O/R's style. ) Rear chamoise is common on the rear, but can be used to mask things. There should be flate plate pins with wires holding the silver parts fro removal and cleaning as they were rarely ever riveted down. Should have hallmarking stamps on the large bugle as I would expect it to weight over 7 grams. (but not always even though legally required) Should be traces of bare brass and overlap from firegilding to the front of theplate, but later (post 1860/70) plates were beging to be electroplated too.
    5. 7th is a french napoleonic chassuers a cheval, but is a theatre or reenactment copy. Lace looks to be modern granby pattern and the fringe ouround the outside looks like a mylar thread rather than a proper metal thread or bullion drop you'd see on the originals.
    6. These (along with 77th, 18th, and 92nd) were produced for the 1960's Charge of the Light Brigade film and have been extensively reproduced ever since. All are roughly 1850's pattern and were probably taken off an original initially, as they were die stamping mostly at this date. One easy indication is the mushroom studs. At this date they were heads added onto stepped pins and riveted and polished down rather than integral to the item itself.
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