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Finally...17th/21st Lancers Motto shown worn....
A Valentine tank crew in Tunisia reading letters by the side of their vehicle, December 1942.
Click on the pic... http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...at=photographs Jo
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Good find!
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Hi, Only just joined site and found this thread.
I believe I also have a picture of the motto being worn. Can anyone tell me if the mottos/badges below are real? Thanks 20120611_222548.jpg 20120611_222558.jpg 20120611_222620.jpg |
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After all this time, still no answer from anyone..... Jo
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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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Little wonder they are not smiling!
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I like the example on the left, rather more than the other!
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Thank you Frank.
JO
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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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The motto on the left is worn on the cap and the one on the right is a SNCO's Arm Motto and it is know as a Chadd. Hope that this helps. Regards Phil. |
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It seems that Balian left the forum in Dec.2017.......sad.
Jo
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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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