arrestanddevelopment Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Picked these up recently, would love to confirm exact dat for them,believe possibly 1800/1850 may be wrong. Was told irish inniskilling regiment ??any advice please.Thankssteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Very interesting! What do the bottoms look like?They seem to be made out of copper, rather than brass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrestanddevelopment Posted December 5, 2008 Author Share Posted December 5, 2008 Very interesting! What do the bottoms look like?They seem to be made out of copper, rather than brass?Yes looks copper...not brass ,my have been gilded at some time, bottom has backing plates with old pins loocked in pretty fragile. Overall pretty heavy.cheerssteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Hello Steve,I can't help with the date but I did find this on Enniskillen.thanks,barryWaterloo Relicsby Bernard & Lachauxpage 71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 (edited) Hello Steve,I would guess 1840-1860ish based on the American boards. I have never seen metal epaulettes for the Napoleonic French. I've always been told that the cavalry and artillery used these type boards to protect during cavalry slashes.just guessing,barryAmerican Lobster boards Edited December 6, 2008 by Bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Stewart Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 I too are under the impression they may actually be later rather than Napoleonic, but I have none of my uniform books with me. The date Bear has given for similar boards on US uniforms seems to ring a bell with similar boards being worn by the British Army during the same time period.At the same time a castle wasn't peculiar to the 27th(Inniskillings) as it can also be found with the Suffolks, Northamptonshire, Dorsetshire Regiments and would have thought it would have been accompanied by a Foot number and perhaps "Enniskillen" as seen on the plate. At the same time, with the other three units with castle as part of their badge again a Foot number and perhaps "Gibraltar"; "Talavera" or "Primus in Indus" to identify the unit in question. Have you contacted any of these Regimental Museums relating to your items? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 I thought it was the castle of the WW! american engineering corps (blush) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh kitchen Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 The castle looks similar to the later standardised "Gibralter" castle, as it lacks a flag atop the central turret.The pre standardised castles were two turret versions for the Suffolks & the Dorsetshires, 3 turrets with central flag for the Northamptonshires & the Essex (although the Essex had a two turret version on a helmet plate centre).My first thoughts without comparing images were that it looks very similar to the collar badge of the Suffolks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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