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Thank you very much

I have a similar booklet. To my understanding it was presented to workers before the institution of the Deutsche Schutzwall Medal (on 2nd August 1939). This theory is supported by the postal stamp which your booklet accompanies, probably the date when it was sent.

I would like to connect: http://gmic.co.uk/topic/63884-der-bamberger-reiter/#comment-602126 This statue became an icon:... for many reasons

I am looking for an article about the ribbons of the Victory Medals. This was published in August 1989 (p.26). Would any of the Gents be able to help out?

The Multi colored badge looks like Spanish a police crest.

1802 Special Regiment...? http://www.ebay.com/itm/1802ND-SPECIAL-REGIMENT-D-I-PINBACK-/231607620659/?_ul=AR

A ludic Budenzauber (barracks room carneval) snapshot of some Labour Corps guys, with an unsheeted RAD-Hauer.

A Dictionary of Battles (1816-1976) Brigadier Peter Young DSO, MC, MA with Brigadier Michael Calvert Mayflower Books, New York, 1977 ISBN 0-8317-2260-6 Section 8 deals with 1st WW, Western Front; Section 9 with Non-Western Front & Arab Revolt; Section 10 with Air War

I would advice to get the book Knights of Orange - Orders of the Netherlands (2015) by Antti Ruokonen, announced here before. It contains an extended chapter abouth the Orde van Oranje-Nassau and it's manufacturers, and a most interesting chapter dedicated to halmarks in Dutch medals.

I think it is < C B * > the mark of Begeer, as used from 1868 until about 1919

XL years long service as an officer is not unusual to some field officers. In the Army Lists of the 19th century most generals have served 35+ years, but 40 years is about the maximum. When an officer was holding a honorary position (as a committee member of an AdC to the King/Queen) the years served after pensionig in the honorary capacity counted furter. I have seen one cross bearing the digit LX (for 60 years), in a private collection. Note the enclosed page from the 1890 Army List, the numerals in brackets are for the Officer's Long Service Decoration.

This uniform was worn by many thousands serving in Africa and East of Aden, so that is of no help. But the badge on the cap could be a lead. For that reason, can you make a high resulution scan of the head only, for us?

Here is mine, also padded. But when looking at the back and the stitching, it looks like the padding was more of a private job and not an official issue. Mine is from an undisputed source (the man served in the SAAF in England during the war).

Dressing up in historical costumes, was a popular past time in the 2nd half of the 19th century amongst students and gentry. Here we see a group of Scots Guards officers in 18th century fancy dress

Unteroffiziervorschule (NCO pre school)

All of the South African pilot's wings from that period are heavily padded. It looks all right to me.

Per order of 16-03-1867 Emperor Napoleon III announced that the Medal for the Mexican Campaign was also to be awarded to Belgian and Austrian soldiers: 5,913 to members of the Austrian Legion, and 1,222 to members of the Belgian Legion. The Mexican Ordre de Notre-Dame de la Guadeupe (created in 1823) was conferred to many French, Austrian and Belgian officers who also qualified for the Medal for the Mexican Campaign.

You could contact the staff of the Museum Huis Doorn, in The Netherlands. Here Wilhelm II lived in exile until his death; he was burried there. He arriverd with 60 train waggons to settle in this tiny castle. The museum has a vast collection of documents, uniforms, orders, etc. and also many portraits and photo albums, digitalized (note the link below). http://www.huisdoorn.nl/nl/ http://fotocollectie.huisdoorn.nl/ https://nl-nl.facebook.com/museumhuisdoorn/

In wear, a French Lt.Colonel and a Military Doctor

Like this... Belgian Captain of the 3rd Foot

There is no information on the reverse of the photos, I don't know their origine (I have gathered thousands in the past 45 years, and I did not keep records about their provenance), but the price (written in pencil on the back) is in Francs, so I think that I bought them there. The potos measure 11.4 x 16.2 cm, albumen print, and they show traces of paper indicating they were glued in an album. I would date them around 1870.

Here is mine

As Paul points out, during the reign of Napoleon III, the 1st empire was cultivated to a maximum. Old soldiers (neglected after 1815) were dug up (not literaly) and restored in glory (note the St. Helena Medal), and many of the old glory was restored. In the times of Napoleon I there was no photography, but 50+ years later this fashion was in full swing. So many revisionists, nostalgists, and others dressed up in Napoleontic uniforms, with rifles, swords, etc. (of poor quality) as props to furnish their houses or to be eternalised in photographic images. After one and a half plus century, most antiquity dealers and auctioneers, with little knowledge of militaria, sell these props and other souvenirs as the bees knees... but "let the buyer beware".... Also, note these romantic images, from the 2nd Empire.

I picked up 2 pictures today which may be of interest to you.. A German POW had his photo taken in the POW Camp at Miramas in Southern France (far away from the front lines). Pictures like these were sent to his family by support of the Red Cross, as evidence that their relative was alive and well. It is intersting to note that he is not wearing his Original uniform, but a kind of fatigues, market PG (Prisonnier de Guerre). A post card, sent 5 Sept. 1915 by the German POW Emil Schütz from his prison depot in Romans (Dept. Drôme). The building was previous a School Pratique.

Well, I suppose that is so Daniel... I see now also, that the introduction of yellow lettering is an assumption