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69th dragoons belt with mixed badges attached
Hi
everyone an interesting recent find dragoons belt with 2nd south Canterbury rgt taranaki xi rifles rgt natal & o.f.s 2nd s.african inf plus other british badges any ideas as to date and how this belt would have been put together where it may have been at that time hopefully it has a story to tell any help/ info would be great many thanks enjoy Regards to all Alan |
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Alan,
It appears to have a post 1952 Queens Crown RAPC collar badge on it, so after that date. regards
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69th Dragoons Guards
What country do the "69th Dragoons Guards" originate?
I always thought that they were referred to as Dragoon Guards. There have been a few of these for sale by auction recently and I wonder if they are real. Rob |
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It is typical a British Army title, but the Canadian Army had a Dragoon Guards regiment from 1903 until present (on the Supplementary Reserve since 1965). The OP gave this thread the title "69th Dragoons ...", thus imho he means Dragoons and not Dragoon Guards. That said, the highest numbered British Dragoon regiment in history was the 33rd Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (1794-1796). Thus, like you, I have no idea what the 69th Dragoons is/was.
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Blowing up the pictures, as Rob says, the title on the buckle is "DRAGOONS GUARDS ". Some more examples :
https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-us/a...a-a53f00a3f396 and: http://www.bamfords-auctions.co.uk/b...-belt-buckle-/ but nothing for a regiment called the 69th Dragoons Guards on a Google seach P.B.
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Well, English is not my native language, but I wonder if "Dragoons Guards" is proper English (the second link above describes it as Dragoon Guards, thus it seems that proper English writing is stronger then reading what is on the buckle).
Indeed, what is it?
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Could the buckles have been made as film props as Google brings nothing up on a Regiment with this name ?
P.B.
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Hello Henk
"Dragoon Guards" is the correct term, at least for a British regiment! Like the others I have never seen it spelt "Dragoons Guards". As there seem to be a few about, any chance that they are a movie or TV prop? I can't offhand recall any films or programmes that featured a fictional "Dragoons Guards" unit but who knows. Roger Sorry Peter, you just beat me to it! |
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Two of you guess a fictional unit. I tend to agree.
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Just came across this interesting list of fictional British Army regiments!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...e_British_Army No 69th Dragoons Guards at a quick reading but some interesting regiments in there! Roger |
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It looks to have a double Headed S**** Hawk on the buckle but KDG it ain't.
Last edited by sketchley kid; 23-02-17 at 04:42 PM. |
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The sad thing is that, if this does turn out to be a "made up " buckle, then two other examples appear to have passed through the hands of expert firms of auctioneers who presumably thought they were genuine military collectables.
Do these firms actually research the items that they sell? P.B.
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As far as I can deduct, none of the large European armies (France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia) ever had a dragoon regiment with such a high number. Most lists end at about 20 or 30.
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69th Dragoons Guards
As Peter says auction houses should always research the militaria they are selling, perhaps this is why Bosleys achieve high results.
Rob |
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I read nowhere that they say it is military. The Salesroom one is in the category "Specialist Collectors" and says that the items going with it are military. Not if the buckle is military or Boy Scouts or ..... The Bamfords one is "Victorian, Edwardian and General Sale". Which does in fact says almost nothing. I understand your frustration, but this is business, not collectors pampering.
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