Laurence Strong

Very nice display Jon

Nice Christmas present

Actually those are the first set of SB's I ever bought. Here's a collage of junior Officer boards.

I happened to find that the other day, so I knew exactly where to go. Here's a set of Major's Boards, I think I have a single collar tab coming, just not sure of the neberfabre.

The shoulder straps show the letters HV in white metal for non-officer officials, officials of the reserve (Lt - Major), officials with Generals rank. Yellow metal for active officials with the rank of Leutnant to Obrest. Hope this helps.

Thanks for your help guys. here's the answer that was given: From the initiator of the question: ".. This answer for this question is not taken from a work of fiction, but from the 1835 writings of the officer of the 95th rifles who had the job. As a very big clue, the officer held the position of adjutant for his battalion.." The response to the correct answer: "...it is indeed Captain Sir John Kincaid. In his book "Random Shots from a Rifleman", he speaks of the difficulty in selecting the members of the forlorn hope from the large number of volunteers eager for honour. Incidentally, Cornwall's "South Essex Regiment" is a fictitious unit. Cornwell acknowledges that he purposely did not give the South Essex a number so as not to take from any other British regiment of the line, all of which were numbered..."

Hi It's a question on another forum http://army.ca//, If you can substatiate that the 95th were not there I would appreciate it. I am under the impression that, thats the way the story line went in the series, but that in real life they were not at the seige? Is this correct?

Can any one help me with the answer for this question: Who was the officer of the 95th Rifles responsible for selecting personnel of that unit from the excess volunteers for the storming of the breaches (forlorn hope) of Badajoz?

Here's my latest for the Wehrmacht, it has the Brown Nebenfarbe. I would like to know what it signifies, in the Luft the brown is for Fire Protection. I will post more over the next few days.

You are missing "Dunkelgrun" or Dark Green for Wehrmachtbeamte, Nautiker. I like what you have done, in both. Thanks.

Thanks Glenn, she's definetly a beaut.

A side shot of the cross. Many thanks to darrell and marcus for their help and input. Thanks for looking, all comments and opinions welcome.

The reverse

The obverse of the cross, a little paint lifting and what looks like some rust.

The interior, I need to get a better shot.

The 2 ends

The case.

Makers name on the side

This came in the mail yesterday, a nice unissued EK1, the outer carton.

The reverse. Thats all for today, thanks for looking and comments and opinions always welcome

Administartive Elevated Medium grade official, what do the different waffenfarbe colors in the middle of the tabs signify? Both buckram backings have a waxy finish to them.

The reverse

Beamten Administrative Elevated High Grade official, it looks like copper or brass wire used in it. the obs

Infantry Unterfeldwebel with a field promotion?

IR 87, I have the Wiemar era one coming.