Tom Y

That's all for him.

And ooover we go.

Here's a series of photos, obviously staged, of an altercation somewhere in the mountains. The British uniforms seem to be WWII vintage, the others anytime from the Crusades to today.

Wait til you see the whites of their eyes.

Look out behind you!

Russian and French... POWs perhaps?

Need bigger size to see details.

The armbands are apparently a sign of POW's. In my post Kriegsgefangene you can see them on the Belgian prisoners.

The sidearms in #2 appear to be bayonets, either the M1866 or M1886/93/16.

A group of Belgian POW's doing roadwork, more or less, while being guarded, more or less, by 3 rather inept looking grunts while the brass and their drivers take a much needed break.

A blaues Blut hobnobbing with a democratic fellow named Mack

Oh, tempora, oh mores!

How about early R.A.D.?

Kevin in Deva.

That was my guess.

Zoom in further and the man on the right near the top of the pyramid has what appears to be a folding rule in his belt.

Who the heck are they?

as you zoom in you have to revise the date.

At first glance this looks like a standard WWI group photo

but...

The Kokarden don't look like they're the black and red of Württemburg. More like the cornflower blue and white of Bavaria or green and white of Saxony.

It's my understanding that the star mark is Austrian to denote base metal to be replaced by precious metal after the war. Could these all be Austrian made?

I believe the collar tabs are Freikorps, but don't know what rank. Obviously high :rolleyes:

Certainly not cheap these books via Ebay... I'm hoping to pick them up in some small secondhand bookshop.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Australian-Army-Badges-JK-Cossum_W0QQitemZ330353367701QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_15?hash=item4cea985a95&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Colin

Try Abebooks

This may be a little bit , but many years ago I had a badge from Oz with a kangaroo leaping over a clear plexiglas(?) boomerang. It seems to me it had 2 rings on the back for a "cotter pin" type attachment. Anyone recognize it?

I wonder who sent that e-mail

Great uniform. What's in the holster?

r

If the flag has one star surrounded by a cluster of smaller ones it's Burmese. Can't tell from the scan. Nin Haj is Chinese for the month of May. Have no idea how that relates. The leather backing makes me think it's from/for a flight jacket.

The "notch" represents an elephant's head. In the attached photo you can see the trunk, called the Belalai Gaja and the smaller point which represents the elephant's tusk called the Lamba Gaja. In some later examples this has all but disappeared but in the older blades it is quite prominent. Thanks for giving me the nudge to do some more research, Mervyn.

Regards

Brian

Considering the Hindu link it could be a tribute to Ganesha, the elephant headed god, remover of obstacles. An enemy could definitely be considered an obstacle.

Thanks,Mick. We had hoped to dig deeper into early Aussie badges - your info. is a help. You had better tell them what a 'chook' is ?

The most polite definition is a chicken. By extension a rather slow witted person, a wally. I'm assuming Mick means the former ;)

Just got this little gem yesterday from Porschestadt. Not Godet, but still a spiffy little Cross.

The core seems to be baked enamel.

with a nice clear MM.

Dunno whose mark it is, but for some strange reason I don't think it's Hofbrauhaus :lol:

I guess I can fit this in here, since he's wearing a 70/71KDM.

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Any idea what this guy's ill-fitting uniform is? From the top hat my guess would be carriage driver or postillion. No rabbit, so that leaves out court magician :D

With big bro.

From Württemberg.

Hello again,

a german collector also said, it could be a part of "R". It has the typical "Godet" core and the second MM in the small ring. "7" ?? I thought, numbers were used during the time of the "Third Reich"?

maja

I have a3 and a 7, both appearing to be wartime or early postwar issue.

I doubt that yours could be a partial R Here are 2 R's, both horizontal and vertical.

The horizontal, let's call it the lazy R, would have to be turned 180 degrees to match your mark.

Mervyn, Tom an Keenan,

Thanks for your kind comments.

I?m sorry for having expressed my frustration so openly, but I couldn?t help. The feedback was so great when I posted this Royal MM34 on collectable guns-oriented forums that I wrongly hope to read the same here ? which is a more medal oriented board.

According to a copy of the MM34's instruction book that was sent to me by a fellow collector the rate of firing is the following:

Position 1: 2-3 shots per second

Position 2: 5-6 shots per second

Position 3: 9-10 shots per second

The device works as an additional recoil spring, slowing the rate of fire by increasing the tension in that piston.

Douglas

So, light spring 9-10

Heavy spring 5-6

Both springs 2-3

Verdad?