HMS Ark Royal tally.

[Farkas]

Hi Gents,

 

I’m hoping someone can help me with this tally please

 

 

 

 

 

HMS Ark Royal (91), British aircraft carrier launched in 1937 that participated in the Second World War and was sunk by a U-boat in 1941. 

HMS Ark Royal (R09), an Audacious -class aircraft carrier launched in 1950, decommissioned in 1979. 

HMS Ark Royal (R07), an Invincible -class aircraft carrier, launched in 1981, decommissioned in 2011.

 

Over the years i guess thousands of sailors served on one of the HMS Ark Royals so there must be quite a few tallies knocking around... & i’m sure there must have been many copies made, some for legitimate reasons and others to deceive.

 

So although i like the feel of it.,,

i’m hoping for a knowledgeable eye to tell me whether it is a genuine RN tally and if it is also what period it is from? 🤞

 

Any thoughts & comments welcome as always.

 

cheers

tony 🍻

[Terry37]

I am not an expert on RN cap tally's but the back of hfe stitching is at least back to 1982 as the few Falklands Conflict tallies are like that. The newer and fake tallies  have a solid looking rectangle of gold on the back of the stitching. I'll try to take some pictures  of both and post them. Until then here are some of mine. 

 

Terry

[Farkas]

On 26/11/2023 at 05:51, Terry37 said:

I am not an expert on RN cap tally's but the back of hfe stitching is at least back to 1982 as the few Falklands Conflict tallies are like that. The newer and fake tallies  have a solid looking rectangle of gold on the back of the stitching. I'll try to take some pictures  of both and post them. Until then here are some of mine. 

 

Terry

I’m pretty sure this was claimed to be from the Falklands period, that was what I was after. As long as it’s not any newer I’m happy 😊 

 

tony 🍻