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King George awarding VC.....
King George VI pinning the Victoria Cross on Sepoy Kamal Ram, 26 July 1944.
http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...at=photographs
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Indian Insignia
That insignia looks familiar!.....I have a couple that came with some Italian Campaign maps+ overlay+ very well used, burnt, pinned multi folded German map+Artillery 'charts' (I think)+one Royal Artillery shoulder title...........will have to post pics of insignia....never sure whether genuine or not.
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The flash is that of 8th Indian division.
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Yes
Fits nicely with my maps, etc...think owner was veteran who served in Royal Artillery and was attached to the 8th Indian Division during the Italian Campaign....My pair do look very much like the one in colour photo.
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I don't think that's His Majesty either.
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Hi,
It's King George VI. Here is link to a film of the occasion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLdZI8i6iVE Cheers, Tinto |
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"There truly exists but one perfect order: that of cemeteries. The dead never complain and they enjoy their equality in silence." - “There are things we know that we know,” “There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don't know.” Donald Rumsfeld, before the Iraqi Invasion,2003. Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese. |
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Great to see the actual wartime film footage. Cheers, Invest |
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So it is! He looked rounder in the face than I think of His Majesty being but that's a pretty convincing argument, Tinto! Well spotted.
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