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Seaforth Highlanders:

And Seaforth Highlanders again:

Seaforth Highlanders again:

Seaforth Highlanders:

Cameron HIghlanders fromn the badge on glengary & cantle. Wearing WWII medals, 1950's - 60's?

Great subject, I'd wondered about a thread like this in the past but don't actually possess a sporran & don't know a lot about them. A thread on The Argyll & Sutherland Highlander's Sporran. I don't know if they've carried over their kilt & sporran distinctions into "The Royal Regiment of Scotland" now they're the junior battalion of that regiment, I think that the whole regiment has adopted the Government tartan - the "Black Watch" tartan for their badge & hackle backings & I think the whole regiment wears it now for kilts & trews? http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/28369-the-badger-head-sporran-of-the-argyll-sutherland-highlanders/page__p__268064__hl__argyll__fromsearch__1#entry268064

It is if it's meant to be an Imperial German item............ (Sorry, could'nt resist it).

This brassard has been identified on The British Military Badge Forum as being that of 38 Engineer Regiment, nothing to do with postal & courier functions. 38 Engineer Regiment used to be based at Ripon, the yellow horn represents the "Wakeman" of the city of Ripon (whose task was to maintain law & order & enforce curfew), a stringed version of it appears on the city arms.

A chromed badge of the Royal Engineers, John Gaylor in his "Military Badge Collecting" states that this badge was worn by RE bandsmen, but some collectors consider it to have been worn by RE units serving with The RAC.

Nice cards, I have a few sets of WWI onwards, the usual Players 1930's sets on cap badges, colours, RAF crests, that sort of thing. Quite a few "silks" on regimental crests & the like, including some of Lee's buttons - small square patches of silk that are supposed to be wrapped around padded bits of card to mak "button badges". I have the usual mixed bag of Kensitas flags of the world type silks. Father in law gets away with having a couple of big frames of RAF crests & aircraft on the walls, the best I can manage to have on display in my house are a batch of silks showing items of Chinese porcelain. To a "proper" collector condition is all important, but I'd rather pay a few pence for a scruffy card than loads of money for a mint condition one, my interest is what's on the card not how pristine it is. Some of the cards on cavalry drum banners & the like are about the only reference to the subject around, but whereas some are very accurate, others are very inaccurate. I like some of the decorative albums too, they used to be had for pennies as the cards were glued in & thereby "ruined" but nowadays they seem to have really increased in price. Keep them coming please, they are very interesting & attractive.

The Green Howards traditionally recruited from North Yorkshire & Teeside, their Regimental HQ being in Richmond. They were one of the few line infantry regiments to survive unamalgamated into this century, but now form 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, that regiment being formed on 6 June 2006 from the amalgamation of The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire (14th/15th Foot), The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) (19th Foot) & The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (33rd/76th Foot). Despite the badge on the beermat being the same as the cap badge introduced about 1970-71, the costume of the civilian before he transmogrifies into the soldier & the uniform of the latter appear to be earlier. The civilian is wearing clothing more appropriate to the 1950's or 60's, possibly Teddy-boy "drapes" & "drain-pipes" of the 50's? The soldier appears to be wearing Battledress which was replaced by olive green Combat Dress in the 1960's & is armed with with a Self Loading Rifle introduced into the British army in 1957, although on trial before that. I'm guessing 1950's - 60's for this one.

The Green Howards were a Yorkshire Regiment, the design of badge shown on this beermat was the same design as a cap badge introduced in 1970 for officers & in 1971 for Other Ranks. Prior to that The Yorkshire Brigade badge was worn from 1958, & prior to that a version of The Green Howards badge without the "XIX", from 1951.

I think this is the only "999" wehrpas that I have - a member of a fortress unit, killed in the Balkans in March 1945. Entry "Bandenkampf" in Greece, December 1943 - February 1944. Poor photos I'm afraid, as provided by the vendor when I bought it some years ago, I don't have the wehrpas to hand.

Absolutely - I chose the "Drummer Boys" in quotes as a thread title in reference to the popular (well, in Victorian times anyway) concept of the boys in the military - plucky, patriotic little lads from humble backgrounds displaying great fortitude whilst all around is going to ratchet. Michael mentioned "Drums of the Fore and Aft" (posts no.42 - 44), I have'nt read it but it sounds rather different to this book published about 1883 (post no. 14). This little book It contains stories by a Mrs J. Ballard, widow of General Ballard, CB, of the Royal Engineers & appears to be a good example of Victorian mawkish sentiment - the "little bugler" is taken ill on campaign & dies back home in England. During your period Peter Drummers would be involved in parleys & truces? I take it that they would simply accompany those who did the negotiating rather than fulfil the role of the old heralds?

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