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23-02-20, 06:24 PM
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What are these, please, a small family lot?
Hi All,
I haven't actually got my hands on this lot, just yet, but I have agreed to buy them off of my cousin. Just wondering what a couple of the bits are and what '5 MAA' would stand for. I know some of the history on that part of my family, but they are a married in line so its a bit vague. The small discs with the hinged loops? The small metal piece on the right? The small button with SO/OS on it? Thanks for any help, Phil
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23-02-20, 06:44 PM
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Many thanks to you for that ID. Cheers, Phil
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23-02-20, 07:15 PM
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The other side of the strange item. Cousin is not the best macro photographer
 Also, I have googled the SO pins and you are spot on, its from the 1940/50s period.
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#5
23-02-20, 07:21 PM
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Small discs with handles, could be handles for very small drawers.
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23-02-20, 07:28 PM
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Your circled four pins are from an Artillery Board used to hold the arc and maps or charts, when run out of the last silver pin is a standard (well it was once) issued drawing pin (thumb tack).
The Royal Regiment of Artillery SNCO's gun badges are of a pattern and shape I have not seen before. Marc
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23-02-20, 07:56 PM
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Thanks, Marc. Thats not what I was expecting at all, thats a bit more interesting than I thought they would be.
The owner of the dog tags was a ship's gunner. Could he have been RA on ship?
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23-02-20, 08:17 PM
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23-02-20, 08:21 PM
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RA Plotting Board
Royal Artillery Plotting Board No 3
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23-02-20, 08:44 PM
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23-02-20, 08:45 PM
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23-02-20, 09:20 PM
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From my cousin, she has sent photos of documents relating to the RA items. Harold was 3rd Maritime Anti Aircraft Regiment, RA and also 3rd Mountain Regiment, RA, India Command. He was a Sergeant in the latter.
Harold was her grt uncle. So the SNCO badges, Marc, are probably/possibly Indian made. The RAOC items, are her grandad Albert's. So the DW and Essex items are likely Great War period from her great grandad/uncles.
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23-02-20, 10:16 PM
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DW titles
Phil,
The DW titles date from 1931, so probably WWII. Rob
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23-02-20, 10:30 PM
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