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Some 18th Hussars. The fourth image is interesting as it shows older and newer pattern badges being worn at the same time.
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#17
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Thanks! Have uploaded them.
Mick
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#18
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WW1 KDG soldier .
This is a RPC of a KDG soldier from the WW1 period.
It's interesting as he seems to be wearing a black button on his jacket. I was lead to believe this was a an unofficial tradition at the time where a serving soldier might do this if he had lost a sibling in the war? Cheers. Al |
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Yes, a "mourning button", though presumably not restricted to only commemorating siblings.
https://gmic.co.uk/topic/28394-in-mo...9s-buttonquot/ |
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A super image, lovely big badge.
QUOTE=leigh kitchen;483768]Yes, a "mourning button", though presumably not restricted to only commemorating siblings. https://gmic.co.uk/topic/28394-in-mo...9s-buttonquot/[/QUOTE] |
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And "not worn" on the SD cap as I recall?
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The cap in the photograph appears to be a Service Dress cap.
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#23
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Yes, and I believe that badge wasn't supposed to be worn on the SD cap?
Edit - add link: https://gmic.co.uk/topic/23715-the-1...-rough-riders/ |
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Where do those beliefs come from, the image does not look spurious?
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#25
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From, as I recall, Kipling & King (I'll check tomorrow).
The photo shows the "wrong" badge for the SD cap being worn in that form of headgear instead of the correct double spur collar badge. |
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Well, I certainly don't think that the photograph is spurious in any way whatsoever, it looks perfectly normal, moreover, there is enough evidence to suggest that members of the regiment concerned did wear their attractive and famous coat of arms on SD, officers actually having two versions of the cap badge for wear on Service Dress.
QUOTE=leigh kitchen;483775]From, as I recall, Kipling & King (I'll check tomorrow). The photo shows the "wrong" badge for the SD cap being worn in that form of headgear instead of the correct double spur collar badge.[/QUOTE] |
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Why do you keep using the term "spurious"?
Is there any suggestion that the image is "spurious"? My recollection is that Kipling and King state that the collar badge was worn in the SD cap. I am not in a position to check K&K at the moment. If I am wrong, then dreadfully sorry, but if there is plenty of evidence that the full size cap badge was worn in the SD cap, albeit that what officers wore may not reflect what ORs wore then it would be helpful if that information was divulged without having to dance around to-ing and fro-ing between posts. |
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It's one of those words I like, so I tend to use it far too much, I think the photograph is superb, but, I do not think it unusual in any way, I cannot comment on what HK might or might not have believed, I only met him on a single occasion.
I much prefer to see the evidence, as you have clearly shown in this thread, thanks again for showing it on here. Quote:
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Yes, I like the photo - but there's something about that chaps eyes...........
Somewhere I should have a scan of the full photo, there's nothing unusual about the uniform but it's always preferable to see the full image rather than just a magnified crop. |
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Keep the pictures coming so I can add them to the albums.
https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...lbum.php?u=344 Mick
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