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Unknown Sgt Major - new cuff.jpg
An unknown Volunteer/T.F. Sgt Major of the Northumberland Fusiliers with wife & sons, wearing the Q.S.A. & V.L.S.G.C. together indicating service with a V.S.C. prior to Victorias death. |
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My great, great uncle, 7th Hussars then 3rd Hussars, with QSA medal
Last edited by Nozzer; 09-11-12 at 06:29 PM. |
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Gents,
Thank you all very much indeed for your input and for the benefit of your knowledge and experience. Peter. (Not a Victoria Cross, Matti! I ask ya!!!) Last edited by Peter J; 18-10-12 at 09:09 AM. |
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I go along with the QSA KSA LSGC theory.
In general, greyscale photos pre-c. 1925 are ortho film which, with caveats, renders red/orange/yellow very dark, green neutral, blue pale. The caveats involve the amount of black or white [darkening or pastel] in the originals. Pure black and pure white show as .......... surprise surprise ...... black, or white. Simples! |
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Having had a few problems lately in trying to decipher medal ribbons from old photographs, I have found these notes very helpful. Thanks for posting them.
Cheers, JohnG |
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Lee, That is remarkable. Can I just throw a possible spanner in the works by asking; if the black areas of the badge appear so light, then why don't the other black/dark hues in the photo appear that way too (such as the lady's pupils, for example)? Could it have anything to do with the red background of the badge? Peter. |
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I doubt if ortho film was used in WW II
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I understand that there were restrictions on certain chemicals in WW2 which could cause some anomalies I think this badge is the earlier painted type with gloss black, perhaps some light bounce off the surface, but also note how dark the red looks.
Lee |
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When film finally came on sale again at the end of WW2 it was ex RAF Panchromatic film which was available, which I understood to be the type of film in general use by the services during WW2.
I think a very salient point was made above by the suggestion different effects were produced during the processing of the film, according to what chemicals were available. And for your information PJ, and your expert knowledge of the City of London, I would mention the first shop I knew of to sell the surplus film was in Houndsditch, right bang facing St. Mary Axe. I imagine it is long since gone in redevelopment after the WW2 bombing of that area. Cheers, johnG |
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bandsman, medals, qwr, westminster |
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