Another historical police helmet for this thread. Although a Queens crown example the old West Sussex Constabulary was amalgamated when Sussex Police was formed and so these are becoming harder to find.
Leigh, thanks for posting this and thanks for the detail regarding the Normandy photo. As you stated it is a well known and often published image and nice to get some first hand information about it. :cheers:
Merv, a little off subject here but I thought this item would link in well. A World War 2 issued Special Constables armband for the Kent County Constabulary which I had until recently in my collection. This armband is manufactured from a waxed parchment type material with a flimsy black elastic and metal hook fixing. I would imagine that as with the Great War era there was a sudden need for extra Policing and this armband would have been a cheap way to 'uniform' volunteers. The blue ink stamp has sadly faded but shows it was issued by the Deputy Chief Constables Office of Kent County Constabularly in 1941.
I would like to thank new member John Callcut for this newspaper obituary photograph of C T Hills, the subject of this post. Welcome to this excellent forum John and good luck with your research. :cheers:
A new arrival from Germany is this unit photograph. The rear of this postcard sized image bears a printed photographers stamp from the town of Belzig which I believe is in the Brandenburg area of Germany.
I would agree with everything said regarding the use of warm water and a soft brush. The other thing I have always done is a to dry the washed area immediately after with the other halfs hair dryer on its lowest setting. The dry heat gets everywhere and ensures there is no water left in any of the medal detail.
Theodor, again superb photos, thanks for showing them. In your photo in post 39 the aircraft has the Military Order for Bravery painted on the fuselage. Is there a date on the photo, it was my understanding that this marking was replaced pre war to the black saltire on a white square background?
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