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Old 15-09-21, 01:19 PM
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Default Imperial Light Horse collection
Posting this amazing collection on behalf of William Surmon

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Old 15-09-21, 03:21 PM
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Very nice and impressive. Very nicely displayed as well!

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Old 15-09-21, 04:34 PM
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That’s a lovely collection, thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for sharing.
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Brilliant display, thanks.
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A wonderful display.

Thanks for sharing.

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Very nice! When were the large ILH shoulder titles (top right) worn?
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Wow!!!!
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Old 20-09-21, 04:44 AM
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Very nice! When were the large ILH shoulder titles (top right) worn?
Early years of the Transvaal Volunteer system. I believe most of the Transvaal Volunteers and some of the Natal units had cloth titles that were worn on the top of the tunic/jacket sleeve arc. Off hand I remember seeing pictures of soldiers with titles ILH, CMC, NMR
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Yes, now that you mentioned it I remember seeing a photo of NMR wearing similar ones on their shirts
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