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22-02-11, 11:30 PM
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Arab Legion Photos in Colour.
From the Life Magazine files, some excellent colour photographs showing members of the Arab Legion,their badges and titles and uniforms.
Jo http://images.google.com/hosted/life...36d3c2d770be26 http://images.google.com/hosted/life...56ec0311e85512 http://images.google.com/hosted/life...54a8a48d3aab0c
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23-02-11, 06:40 PM
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cheers for that jo, handy to know how the keffiyeh drapes when open. M
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23-02-11, 06:53 PM
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Glad you like.Thanks.
Cheers Jo
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28-02-11, 05:01 PM
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Those are nice - hadn't seen that method of wearing the headcloth before with the spare corners crossed behind the head and tucked up in the agyl
The medal ribbons are the British GSM for Palestine 1945-48 and the Jordanian medals for the 1948 war with Israel. Here is a similar set belonging to 1255 Aref (Cpl) Odeh Mjeid of the Arab Legion. Is there a date for that Life? Eddie
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28-02-11, 05:40 PM
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Hi Eddie, I found some similar photographs from the same photographer and the date was 1st December 1956.
Jo
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28-02-11, 06:08 PM
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Palestine Policeman.
Another photograph,showing a Palestine policeman in uniform,probably taken in 1956 by Howard Dochirek.From Life Magazine files.
Jo http://images.google.com/hosted/life...9986204fda64eb http://images.google.com/hosted/life...23336659a6af08 http://images.google.com/hosted/life...e8daab64d27ec8
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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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28-02-11, 08:00 PM
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OK - nice pictures but not a Palestine Policeman - they are actually Arab Legion Police. Same badges, only the helmet and collar numbers mark them as police. Can anyone read what the chest badge visible in one shot reads? Something Police?
Eddie
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28-02-11, 08:28 PM
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Security Police .....???? second letter looks like a "E".
Jo
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