finds from village jumble sale
Article about: hello this is what i picked up in one of my french village jumble sales. i bought all this from a retired english man. very old parade jacket about 1920 or before no date light infantry 4th
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Re: finds from village jumble sale
Excellent finds! You did very very well I think!
Cheers, Ade.
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What a top deal love the Kings crown cap badge in the chip hat
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What's a nice deal!
Can you advice about the bag?
This kind of bags was used in the battlefield in Estonia by Latvian Militaia ( Red Army) in 1941 year ( previously used by Latvian army in 1920-40's)
Regards,
Dimas
my Skype: warrelics
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Re: finds from village jumble sale
It is called the "Small Pack" in the British Army and RAF.
Cheers, Ade.
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Re: finds from village jumble sale
Regards,
Dimas
my Skype: warrelics
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Re: finds from village jumble sale
Used as a back pack. It carried the spare clothes, mess tin, food, etc.
But can also be worn as a side pack with sling (as shown) when the "Large Pack" was worn on the back.
Cheers, Ade.
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Re: finds from village jumble sale
Hi,
Nice finds :-)
2 points, the DFC was not the highest award in the RAF, the VC was however it was the highest flying medal, if you see where I'm coming from, however a very nice tunic. And the helmet you describe as a tank drivers helmet, I think is a British dispatch riders helmet, as the buckle and strap are wrong for a paratroopers helmet, british tank drivers IIRC mostly wore their black berets, lovely helmet though :-)
ATB,
Tom
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Re: finds from village jumble sale
Hi Tom, it is actually a Royal Armoured Corps helmet. The "Don R's" helmet can be seen on the forum in the World steel helmets section, as I posted mine there. Checkout the link:
https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/world...el-helmet.html
Cheers, Ade.
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I stand corrected, never seen one, same helmet different strap, still have never seen a pic of tankers wearing helmets :-) I've just been looking and can't find any pics of tank helmets being worn, tbh, with the odd strap it has it could well be a tank helmet, but as said, only photo's I've seen have the tankers wearing their berets. Plus what good would a helmet do inside a tank, afterall if a bullet goes through 3-4 inches of steel, it's hardly gonna be stopped by that :lol:.
Anyone got any photo's of this helmet in action?? I'm interested now :-)
Tom
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