Odulf

#20 Posh

#19 A card game

#18 And there's music

#17 Our Italian bro's

#16 Where's food, there's bikers

#15 Eager beaver

#14 Out with the boys

#13 Burned

#12 Smile

#11 Lonesome rider

#10 The gang

#9 Tyre some

#8 Splash

#7 We're moving

#6 Proof by fire

#5 Repair shop

#4 Repair shop

#3 Crushed-2

#2 Crushed-1

The bikers of the Forces, riding the dust, mud, snow, but FREE!

Some pics from my collection.

I may add to the previous, that at the end of the war, when supplies beame tight, Beamter shoulderboards were also used as issue issue to the troops. The green cords were removed, and the HV monogram, but the underlays remained. So when you come across a shoulderboard with a green underlayer and white Waffenfarbe, don't toss it aside, it may well be one of these late issues to an Infantry Lieutenant (former Zahlmeister).

Unfortunately, I have no photographs to back-up this story, but I have had some of these in hand from undisputed sources.

Does it have the British WD mark? If it does i would love to see a photograph... i believe some australian regiments with scottish links used these well past WW2

No, however there is a washing mark in the reverse. Kaki heavy cotton, Size: wide 63 cm, high 68 cm; the sewn-on pouch (sporran) wide 15 (top) -17,5 (bottom) and high 23 cm.

http://verzamelen.marktplaats.nl/militaria/377544701-apron-kilt-cover-voor-highland-regiments-schots-brits.html?return=eJwFwdsJgDAMAMBdOkCrIH6kiLMEDDb0YWiiUMTdvUOY4WWYosK6gKsjJjOBEB7q%2BRJqvmLPJgXR1LcSbqWOR%2BUW6vCSZLchtBVW43aqi98Pmwgdxw%3D%3D&df=1

Gentlemen,

1- As to the suggestion that the snake buckle would date back to the Vikings, I must disappoint you - the Vikings (c. 800-1100) had completely different types of clasps and buckles.

2- As to the "Why" of the design; the snake buckle was easy and cheap to produce and thus popular for a long period by many uniformed organisations.

These above are front aprons, I believe used from the Boer War up until WW1, when the "full wrap" kilt cover was introduced.... that wrapped around from front to back, as shown below.

To my knowledge these aprons were still used on Cyprus post WW2.

I have one on offer. I'll have it photographed in the next week.

A rare photo of two infantry signals soldiers (101st Inf.Rgt., late 1930s) with messenger dogs. The man in th right is wearing a bundle of small containers for written messages hanging from his belt on the right hip. The pouch on his left contains a messages writing block.