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A line drawing showing both the badge of the Regiment and the design of the Regimental button. The 4 shields on the badge show the arms of Lincoln Inn at top, Inner Temple on the right, Grays Inn at the bottom and Middle Temple on the left. Simon

Mark Another image from my archives of this formation sign badge in wear. Simon

Leigh A very 'under photographed' Unit in my experience which makes your image all the more interesting. thanks for posting. Just thought I'd add that in Ray Westlake's book 'The British Army of August 1914' he lists the 'Inns of Court Officers Training Corps' as forming part of the Territorial Force with its headquarters at 10 Stone Buildings, Lincolns Inn, Holborn, London with three Companies (A, B & C) and a Cavalry Squadron. Simon

Have to agree with Scabbyrat here. When I was an instructor at the Guards Depot we would put great emphasis on bayonet drill with all sorts of 'extras' added to enhance the training for the recruits. Pits of fire, buckets of blood and offal, pipers playing and machine guns firing blanks. All good clean fun and if done properly one of the most physically exhausting ways of building up controlled aggression in any Infantry Soldier. The US Armys loss in my humble opinion. Simon

Robin Probably way off the mark but the base of the entwined badge puts me in mind of the rope and piton represented on the Gebirgsjager arm patch. :cheers:

My pleasure Paul. I visit every couple of months or so and can photograph any graves members may require for their research (if I can locate it!) Simon

Seadog A most comprehensive collection. Welcome to GMIC, keep it coming and thanks for sharing your knowledge and collection. Simon

These sets are difficult to find in my experiance, the only others I've seen have been in museums and are an important part of the history of the liberation of occupied Europe. Simon

Finally the headphones.

The wire anttenae wrapped around the original fibre type board.

The power pack for the set.

The valve boxes covering the various frequencies.

The set itself with valve box attached.

Gentlemen Following on from Brian's excellent posts on the Wireless set no19 and the Fullerphone I wanted to show an example of a rare piece of World war two communications equipment that I had in my collection until a short time ago. The MCR1 receiving set was issued in large numbers to the various Resistance movements in Occupied Europe often being air dropped in a silver coloured 'Huntley and Palmers' one pound biscuit tin. The set was only able to recieve communications and was designed to be powered by a 90 volt B+ power supply or from a plug in companion power supply unit which allowed the receiver to operate on four ranges of AC mains voltages. The set itself comprised of the compact receiver itself and five plug in valves and coils covering various frequency ranges. A wire anttenae was also supplied with the set along with 120 ohm headphones. Unfortunately the set shown had been seperated from its tin container but apart from that was in almost complete condition. The excellent Amberley Open Air museum in Sussex England has a number of examples of ths set, one complete with its tin. My example was passed to me by the son of a Major who served with the Royal Signals in the Far East during World War Two and then in a Signals School postwar. The first image shows the set with its accessories. Simon

Mervyn I'm afraid I do not have access to any of your books regarding police truncheons but is this the type of truncheon or baton that would be issued to the RCMP. I had the opportunity a number of years ago to visit the RCMP whilst in the Edmonton area of Canada and as far as I recall all the batons I was shown were of a long pattern. (perhaps a tradition dating back to their horse borne days) Would the RCMP have both long and short pattern truncheons similar to our old Uniform and CID pattern, and if so surely a man retiring as a saddler would have been given the 'mounted' version as his leaving gift? Simon

Many thanks again Bernhard I presume that Swinemunde's location on the coast would explain the profusion of Marine SA members on the course. Simon

Its what he's covering with his hands that worries me!!! :whistle:

Bernhard and Uwe Many thanks for the speedy reply, My German is not great but am I correct in thinking then that this is a course photo for a Kreiss level training establishment in Swinemunde which took place between the dates mentioned? Simon

The handwriting :cheers:

Gentlemen Have had this photograph for a while now and as can be seen, it shows a mixture of Marine SA and Political uniforms. Regarding the hanwritten inscription I can make out the 12 at the begining and the date 18-20.10.35 but the rest is unreadable to me. A unit designation? Any assistance greatly appreciated. Simon

Tomas Thank you for showing this excellent flying helmet. Are there any unit markings or indeed war office marks to show this was an issued or a civilian purchased item? Nice to see a post in this under visited section of the forum Simon

Regarding the weapon on the left of post 3 and in post 6 I believe this to be the 15cm Schwere Feldhaubitze SFH 13 with a combat weight of approximately 2.2 tons. The gun fired a 93 pounds HE shell to a range of 8,600 metres and the gun elevated from -4 degrees to +45 degrees with a traverse of 9 degrees left and right. Simon

Chris Just had a chance to dig through some of my library and can give you an identification for the artillery piece shown in your posts 9, 11 and 23. This weapon is the 10.5 cm Leichtes Feldhaubitze M98/09. This gun had a combat weight of 1.2 tons and fired a 28 pound shrapnel shell to a range of 6,300 metres. The gun elevated from -10 degrees to +40 degrees and traversed left and right 20 degrees. This weapon saw continuous use throughout the Great War after several modification and was still in use in the early stages of WW2. Hope this helps and will see what I can find out for the other posts. Simon

Chris Superb photos! Wish I had a stash hidden away I'd forgotton about like these Mervyn is going to have his hands full and his keyboard buzzing when he see's these! Simon

Cussonneau Many thanks for that information, it helps enormously with my research and understanding of the French military system Simon