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Not a bad price as they do not often come up for sale.
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From my collection: two different pairs of ILH/KR epaulettes slip ons, in KD. One of the titles has cracked as it quite often happens....
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Good evening Brian,
I just wanted to add my thanks for such a good post which Iain bought to my attention a week or so ago, I don't go beyond 1918 with South Africa, but, as the 6th South African Armoured Division did so well I have had to make an exception with this! Thank you again and kind regards Frank Quote:
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Frank
Glad you liked it, I am attaching a pic of the award document. It was sent to me by a mate and he cannot remember where he found it? However it needs to be shown, but will remove if it offends the owner, appologies in advance. Brian |
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Hello Brian,
Well, I would not have seen it if Iain had not pointed it out to me, I am still quite new on here, the titles are quite nice things and hard to find too! Kind regards Frank |
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A similar sort of thing was the Canadian "Maple Leaf" badge awarded to the North Irish Horse for supporting the Canadian infantry in the "break out" battle at Monte Cassino in May 1944.
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Another one to lookout for, I'm not a yeomanry collector, where was the leaf worn on the uniform?
This part of the war is facinating, WLSC described Italy as "the soft under belly of Europe, Mark Clark was perhaps more accurate and said "what a tough old gut it was" I tend to agree with him, it was a really hard campaign. |
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"The day after the battle, for their part, 25th Tank Brigade, of which the North Irish Horse was the senior unit, was awarded the Maple Leaf of Canada, a silver replica of which was worn on uniform sleeves."
http://www.northirishhorse.net/articles/15-3.html http://northirishhorse.net/personal/honours.html
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BWEF
Thanks for sharing this, I'm sure there are a few of these little gems that are largely "under the radar" to the mainstream collectors. One can but wonder how many of these have ended up in scratch boxes as "unknowns" ? Brian |
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Guys
This is of interest regards affiliation between the Guards and the Pretoria Regiment...Frank you will like this, see picture at bottom of the article: http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol131as.html Brian |
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Hello Brian,
That is a most interesting read, that little fellow, with his 6th SA Armoured slip on worn on his battledress too! Regards Frank |
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Brian,
thanks for sharing this link, very, very, interesting! Iain Quote:
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Iain
Yes, I hoped it would be of interest to collectors and it answers your question in the other thread. Hope you KZN stay was enjoyable? Brian |
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Hi Brian,
had a great time thanks, I wasn't impressed that the Jokers have changed all the street names in Durban though, even NMR Street! Iain
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I trust West Street still remains?
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