Farkas

Hi Gents, Glengenie, Peter

On 04/01/2019 at 13:22, glenngenie said:

Having read the thread on the 9th lancers I now have my doubts it is authentic, which brings the whole lot into question.

Glenngenie 

i have had similar feelings about many of my badges....

i enjoy badges because they can be picked up at a good price in groups like this. I used to think if one or two were maker marked, if just one or two were genuine then it was worth it, it turned out maker marks and ‘age’ meant little!

So usually it’s a mixed bag....

Ive shared images of a few of mine and it turns out some that look good are bad and  some the other way.... 

let us know if you got any help on the other forum....

best wishes

tony

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Hi Peter 

On 04/01/2019 at 14:54, peter monahan said:

There is a British Badge Forum with a large section on Canadian as well as British badges and many badge experts too.  https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums

Helpful link thanks...,

tony

Hi Gents

i picked this up the other day with a few other postcards and pics.

it stood out when I had a proper look.

The French uniforms look old to me...

the reverse does not have postcard format.

i can’t make out the name written here either.

(I only paid £1 by the way.... not €100)

The front has been hand coloured in some places, the blue of the uniforms definitely.

i’ve not worked out who the artist is from google...

I hope you like it Gents.

Any thoughts welcome.....

tony

Hi Bayern

18 hours ago, Bayern said:

Hello tony, USA made and supplied. thats clear but which Free French unit ? please, what colour is the piping? in the pics its not very clear.the Free Frenchs after the landings in North Africa begins to be supplied with USA made uniforms.the sidecaps were  the most french item of uniform . and of a great variety.

my first inclination was it is ‘burgundy’ in colour but now you ask I’d say perhaps deep purple

i would also say the cap itself is a very, very dark blue,  not quite black...

Thanks Bayern

tony

Hi Gents

i bought a couple of side caps the other day. It included this.

It was described as a ‘Free French’ cap.

i was wondering if anyone has seen anything similar to this combination?

In particular, please, Is the red feather hackle a known ‘thing’?

im happy the cap is a US issue side cap, dated 1942.

I’ve seen another which was issued to a US nurse.

the badge is pin backed with no maker mark. 

The hackle is well secured , not just tucked in. I think it is reinforced with wire below the seam.

Also a small label (below) has been roughly attached.

Ive not found the same design of badge but there are many similar.

So....

Any thoughts welcome please Gents...

cheers

tony

Hi Gents

He might already be on here but just in case....

tony

hi Gents

tony

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hi GreyC

On 29/12/2018 at 15:57, GreyC said:

Hi nice pix. Would not think funeral. Too little black clothing.

GreyC

Good point, hadn’t thought of that.  

Cheers 

tony 

Hi Gents 

this one is an Rppc 

I hope the detail shows on it

#1 wears an Iron Cross Ribbon, Chequered and striped cuffs? with map bag....

also standing in a hole

On my phone camera it only picks out/focuses on man #2, stood to the left, with arms folded...

There at 15 men in this photo....

tony

Hi Gents

What a great photo....

21 hours ago, ErwinZ said:

A badly exposed shot. I tried to bring it back a bit.

I like the helmet covers on this one.

The one on the left, in particular, looks really young to me...

tony

On 26/12/2018 at 01:42, Bayern said:

Hello tony , Merry Christmas for you and all the believers in the Forum

Hello Bayern,

I see and enjoy a well worded reply....!

I hope you didn’t mind my salutation...

tony

Hi Gents.

On 08/12/2018 at 09:37, Jerry B said:

Show us the image and we can try and help you.

Hello again John,

apologies, once again I missed your reply,, but hopefully my thoughts are better late than never....No rush to respond,

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[[I hope you convince those kids of yours to try looking sideways a little, to look for that family not just backwards,  ]]

Anyway.

First please,

is there anything printed on the Back?  It looks like part of a bigger photo. If not framed Is there a Studio name on it? It might help date the picture....

On 23/12/2018 at 05:31, Cochrane37787 said:

Sorry I forgot about this website and having posted so only just seeing this. 

 

The soldier in the picture is who we thought was my grandad Serjeant John Cochrane, 37787, HLI 1st & 18th battalion. Died 25th March 1917. Anyway turns out it isn’t him as we have a picture of John Cochrane from Coatbridge and the Great War book.... we also have a picture of his brother William from the same book so we know it’s not him!!

Well anyway apparently the man in this picture is our family somewhere along the line but we don’t have anywhere to start... we aren’t able to scan the picture on to laptop so I’ve took as best I can of the cap badge on the hope someone can help and I noticed it looks very similar to many badges posted above! If we could get a regiment or a few to search through that would be fantastic. We want to be able to look at the regiments and skim the names to see if any match family members. 

 

Thanks for any help! 

John M

 

 

 

Quite a few insignia incorporate the ‘fleur de lis’ feathers .  

I think..  It ‘represents’ the Prince of Wales himself not always the country  ‘Wales’  

I reckon maybe some Gents would be able to narrow down the potential candidates.,.

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Its an interesting photo in its own right.....

I would love to see all of the picture if you can? Please post!

Despite your Mans rank, a senior NCO. he has no medal bar. It seems strange to me. More that one has been removed?

The belt buckle is likely WW1

and

No collar tabs.

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maybe the uniform was provided by the studio on the day, an older set of props....

Best wishes

tony

Thanks Gents

i had only hoped to hear back so soon!

6 minutes ago, BalkanCollector said:

They don't. It's a box for Austria-Hungary Merit Cross. Here's an example in the exact box: (photo taken from the internet)

 

6 minutes ago, speedytop said:

Hi Farkas,

please see here:

Verdienstkreuz mit der Krone

Uwe

thanks again both.....

tony.

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heres the lot.....

Shame they don’t match but I I’d prefer that box anyway...

Any thoughts Gents?

cheers tony

Hi Gents

just spotted this amongst a job lot with some other bits.  It includes a German ‘Hindenburg’ cross for widows on a trifold ribbon.

Do they belong together please ?

The shape of the medal that fits the box looks to have curved ends to its arms...

The cross

Cheers Gents

Thanks GreyC

On 29/12/2018 at 15:50, GreyC said:

Interesting cards.

Thank´s for posting.

GreyC

Hi Gents

This is another ‘Regimental Card’ .

Sadly it has been ‘cut down’/‘trimmed’ .., probably to fit in an album.

Of the “ 15th Mein Bataillon “  -  I presume pioneers?

Dated:

March 1912.

and

an older (surely) Artillery related card

no longer datable....

tony

Hi Gents

And from the 20’s

tony

On 23/12/2018 at 01:04, GreyC said:

Hi Tony,

as always, very welcome. This is an interesting lot. It´s late, so I won´t be taking out my books, but I dare say that

1) Gardegrenadierregiment

2) seems to have been comandeered to a school (Maybe NCO school) see light striped thread on shoulder flap

3)Einjährigfreiwillige of an Infanterie Regiment with a regiment that has a monogram on its flaps

4) seem to me like Kadetten

5) Firemen, first row muscians.

GreyC

Thank you GreyC..... always

tony

Hi Gents

im trying to post pics that are less ‘run of the mill’?((to me anyway.....))

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this Royal event is in my Austro Hung’  box...

...wedding or funeral?

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 Based on nothing I think he’s French?? But upturned collar always catches my eye! Maybe Austrian?

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Think this next photo i think is of training?

A Sign on the tree.

 To me their uniform and gear in good order... 

But maybe this is republic era? 

((( Bayern,

i think rifles look older?)))

tony

On 07/12/2018 at 02:31, Bayern said:

Hello tony , The men of the mounted Artillery ,carried sabre and pistol . The man in the last pic wears rosettes and not stars , probably due to the dark shade of his uniform he is policeman .

On 30/11/2018 at 02:04, Bayern said:

tony ,I am a 64 year old ,and i just entered into Internet at 57 yo.

Edit :

Bayern, you give me hope!

Hi gents

Nice one Markgraf,

9 hours ago, Markgraf said:

The 10th medal isn't the German Comemmorative Medal. It is 2nd class of the Service Cross for military officials. The crosses itself were the same, but the ribbons were different for officers, doctors/judges etc. and the military officials.

The HK abbrevation means Honvédségi Közlöny - the Army Gazette. It is a reference for the award.

The Cross itself the lower left on the picture (otherwise it is a rare medal).

Kásás Árpád wounded on 1916.09.20 on his neck. He spent 4 months on sick leave.

BTW the Hindenburg Cross awarded for German citizens only. 

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The picture posted by after our replies helps to cross reference....

Medals 1, 3 and 11 shown on the above picture are not listed on his records....

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On 29/11/2018 at 02:43, tifes said:

...just my 2cents

1. Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with WD and Swords

2. Bronze Military Merit Medal  (Signum Laudis)  - issue Karl

3. Silver Bravery Medal 1st Class

4. Silver Bravery Medals 2nd Class

5. KTK - Karl Army Cross

6. Medal for Injury - for one time

7. Commemorative Hungarian Medal

8. Commemorative Austrian Medal

9. Commemorative Bulgarian Medal

10. Commemorative German Medal

 

And both the

8: Austrian commemorative

9: Bulgarian commemorative 

are missing from the collection....

tony

On 30/11/2017 at 22:08, Ulsterman said:

As an aside-very few of the residents of Ostmark applied for and received an HK. The medal was authorized for Ostmarkers only in 1939 and frozen in early 1940. 

Edit:

A previous answer I had about a bar I have.

Cheers GreyC

On 23/12/2018 at 01:11, GreyC said:

Last one: Two massgraves of the 73rds from September 1914 in the gravel quarry in front of my shelter August 1916

The Füsilier Regiment 73 from Hannover was Ernst Jünger´s unit.

GreyC

On 19/12/2018 at 01:35, Bayern said:

Neudecker ,tony

Thanks Bayern.....

23 hours ago, Bayern said:

Hello tony ,Nice pic of a one year volunteer and corporal of the Deutschmeister , The 4 IR.

Cheers Bayern

Happy Christmas

tony

Hi Gents

These last two are related, the first  is dated 1908....

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tony

Hi Gents

and 

tony

On 10/12/2018 at 20:43, GreyC said:

Hi,

Martha Stökle

7 Kronen

Langenenslingen

Hohenzollern

So probably the address of a hotel where she was presently lodging or working.

GreyC

Thanx again GreyC

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On 20/12/2018 at 10:41, GreyC said:

Hi,

1) Stop working, it´s lunchtime!

 

2)  Female cousin to female thanks for parcel, will meet Xmas

 

3) Brother to sister thanks for parcel almost everything reached him unbroken.

 

  GreyC

Thanks and more again GreyC, 

tony

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just posted these elsewhere instead by mistake....

tony

Hi gents

tony 

12 hours ago, GreyC said:

Hi,

first one informs addressee that they have arrived in Berlin, won´t sray there long and visit soon.

2nd from Landwehr-Infanterie-Reg. 40 is to brother. A thank-you note for a parcel. Unfortunately can´t read the 2nd part.

Best,

GreyC

Ah thanks GreyC -

very kind (( and awesome!! )) again

Tonight i’ve chosen cards with nothing on them so you can take it easy!

t

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