TacHel Posted December 2, 2009 Posted December 2, 2009 Great collection! I truly enjoyed it! Hope you'll add to this post when you acquire some more of these superb Canadian artefacts!
army historian Posted December 13, 2009 Posted December 13, 2009 Bravo, an excellent and beautiful collection. George Albert
Brian Wolfe Posted December 13, 2009 Posted December 13, 2009 A very impressive post. I throughly enjoyed viewing your collection, thanks for taking the time to post it. Regards Brian
leigh kitchen Posted December 13, 2009 Posted December 13, 2009 Yes, I like the older ones, & those helmets, lovely....
servicepub Posted June 22, 2010 Author Posted June 22, 2010 About time I added another helmet to the gallery. This from the 6th Canadian Cavalry Regiment (Hussars) of Montreal, ca 1879. Unusually for a Hussars regiment this unit adopted a white metal dragoons/yeomanry helmet in lieu of the more typical Busby. The artwork is by Bunnett and dates from ca 1885.
Sailor Ed Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 Excellent stuff Clive thanks for sharing. I especially like the helmets.....
servicepub Posted May 29, 2011 Author Posted May 29, 2011 (edited) Two more helmets. First up an example of an officer's helmet to the Corps of Guides - forerunners to the Canadian Intelligence Corps, ca.1905 Edited May 29, 2011 by servicepub
servicepub Posted May 29, 2011 Author Posted May 29, 2011 And an officer's helmet to the 19th Battalion, Canadian Militia (later the 19th, Lincoln Battalion of Infantry), ca. 1880
Stuart Bates Posted May 29, 2011 Posted May 29, 2011 Clive, excellent helmets, please remember me in your will. Stuart
servicepub Posted May 31, 2011 Author Posted May 31, 2011 Clive, excellent helmets, please remember me in your will. Stuart But Stuart, I already have. It's on page 7, third paragraph, where I say "Hi Stuart". See, I remembered. :rolleyes:
jocktamson Posted July 7, 2011 Posted July 7, 2011 Just came across this, that's a lovely collection. Don't know how i missed your post first time around.Thanks for posting it.
servicepub Posted July 7, 2011 Author Posted July 7, 2011 Don't know how i missed your post first time around. Probably because Stuart has been hogging the bandwidth.
Stuart Bates Posted July 7, 2011 Posted July 7, 2011 Clive, give me a break. I am still trying to think up a reply to your last jibe on my collection thread Stuart
servicepub Posted July 8, 2011 Author Posted July 8, 2011 Clive, give me a break. I am still trying to think up a reply to your last jibe on my collection thread Stuart It's just my way of manifesting my jealousy over your wonderful collection. I'll be good, I promise.:beer:
Stuart Bates Posted July 8, 2011 Posted July 8, 2011 And I am jealous because I can't think of a good enough comeback Stuart
servicepub Posted October 28, 2016 Author Posted October 28, 2016 It has been a while since I last posted and thought that I would share a recent acquisition. This cap, circa 1880, to a Colour-Sergeant of the Governor-General's Foot Guards - an Ottawa, Ontario based regiment, was found by a friend at an estate sale in Phoenix, Arizona. It was advertised as an "Eastern Star, Masonic Order Lad's Cap". It shows that rare items can show up anywhere. A corner of my basement. I couldn't resist adding the caption to the photo.
TacHel Posted October 30, 2016 Posted October 30, 2016 WOW! The national war museum should be so lucky to have such a collection! Outstanding!
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