Miscellaneous British Servicemans' Items
Article about: I recently picked up a small lot of items with a 1914 Princess Mary Christmas tin. The tin was something I've been after for a while & the badges etc will make nice additions to my growi
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Last edited by brickie501; 08-23-2019 at 07:48 AM.
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Initials on the matchbox cover look like W.F to me.
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That's what I've been thinking (having ruled out "P" based on style used in Poperinghe - although that side is more like 'block caps') … but I'm no calligraphist
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I would go with W. S. myself.
Nice group.
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At least its not just me that finds it difficult Trouble is neither really works in the context of surnames in my family ... at least as far as I know right now. There's no 'story' for it so it's possible it didn't actually belong to a relative... Looks like I need to do some more advanced genealogy & see if there's a name that would make sense!
Last edited by brickie501; 08-24-2019 at 07:40 AM.
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'Rope' Lighter & Trench Art Matchbox Cover
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brickie501
... can anyone familiar with 'fonts' of the time tell me what the second initial on the matchbox cover is more likely to be? An "F" or maybe an "S"?
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BlackCat1982
Initials on the matchbox cover look like W.F to me.
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Ubique
I would go with W. S. myself.
Nice group.
So if (& it is an if) my trench art matchbox cover actually was made by / did belong to a distant family member, I may have found the connection in some family history notes from my cousin
The chap whose house it came from (when I was helping my grandparents clear it after his death) was my Nan's cousin. His step father (which was why I didn't immediately get the surname beginning with F or S) was a Joseph William Simms (born May 1875); known as William or Bill Simms... so that might support it being made by/for him as "W S"!
While not William's natural son, as Nan's cousin was an only child, its logical enough the matchbox cover could have ended up with him. Sadly that is as much as I am ever going to discover now but its a nice possibility...
Now my recently acquired 'rope' lighter is definitely not an original pairing but does complement the matchbox cover well I think. Still not found anything else quite like it though... don't think its handmade in this case? So does anyone recognise it? Is it actually of a contemporary age do you think?
Last edited by brickie501; 08-30-2019 at 10:41 PM.
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Hudson / Acme Whistle
As with the lighter, I'm still trying to research my recently acquired "Acme City" whistle:
The internet tells me the mouthpiece & lanyard shape, along with Acme branding & style of Patent info date this to between 1908 & 1920. But most detail out there refers to 'The Metropolitan' (the model of my 1943 service whistle shown for comparison) rather than the 'Acme City'. I think this one is most likely to actually be a scouting or similar whistle, however there is a slight chance it was a private purchase WW1 item. Can anyone help/point me towards other info?
Last edited by brickie501; 08-30-2019 at 10:42 PM.
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