A few recent finds from the 2019 Show of Shows

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For those of you not familiar with this show it is presented once a year in Louisville, Kentucky by the Ohio Valley Military Society. In a word it is "Huge" almost overwhelming. I attend every year to sell a few things but mainly to "roto-till through dealer tables and offerings.

From a British badge collectors viewpoint it can be feast or famine. It is at this show that I can see the volume of reproduction British badges that have silently filtered into the U.S. market. No real specialists to speak of but a number of dealers with bit's and pieces mixed in to their other offering. There are a number of British collectors and dealers whom I recognize that make the trip every year.

So this year I purchased a nice grouping of cloth items that had come out of an older collection here in the U.S.. Much wire embroidery and large sleeve pieces. Here is one item from the group. QOCH ??.. Looks to be a later Victorian era piece. Quite large as referenced by the ruler shown. Unsure how this was worn exactly.
Comments and thoughts are always welcomed.
Jack