as requested, more pics. of brencarrier, John.121483512148361214837
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as requested, more pics. of brencarrier, John.121483512148361214837
Flying flea and james ML plus uniforms etc.121384312138441213845
The Army Air Corps were having an officers mess dinner at Yeovilton Naval Air station on the 7th. June to commerate the Normandy landings. They came with a 40ft. transporter to pick up my brencarrier...
your red/very dark blue arms of service stripe would be worn with the dark blue strip to the front for a member of the R.E. John.
Your cloth badge is for the Royal Engineers to be worn on the bush hat or the pugree of a pith helmet, John.
Another very interesting variant of the dennison smock,from the picture I think that it is an all green one, am I correct. If all green it is one I have never seen and am delighted that you bought it...
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My small selection of 78th. Div combination titles, John.
I have no idea what you are saying. What has Portuguese or hitler youth knives have to do with the above knife. The knife under discussion is with out any doubt a genuine RAF airfield servicing...
Also issued to RAF servicing Commandos, John.
If you post these on the British and Commonwealth badge forum there are people on there who will give you the answers, John.
Thanks to everyone who above who liked my restoration of the two fleas. I have added a picture of the petrol tank showing the stencils and you can understand why I bought the second bike because of...
Something went wrong for the last picture, will try this.
This is the second flying flea that I have restored. The picture above shows the parts being painted. This flea has the frame NO. 11115, the same no.is on the engine. I did not intend to buy this...
897400Hope this picture helps, John
The cloth badge is for a unit in the Royal West African Frontier Force, at the moment I cannot recall which one. John.
Flying flea parts being painted, John.873598873599873600
Flea is now finished and pictures of the "bones" of the next one to restore, John.872183872188872189872190
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I bought the very rusty flea and the remains of another one and the pictures show the very rusty one and the progress so far. John
Thats O.K. one of the members on the British and Commonwealth badge forum, one who gave a lot of the info, asked me to ask you if it would be possible to have a clearer picture of the arm with the...
The badge above the stripe is a brass badge worn only on the left sleeve by the 9th.Royal Tank Regiment. Awarded by the French in 1918 for the battle of Souvillers.Brass bursting grenade within a...
You might be better off posting it on the British and Commonwealth badge forum, if you want I can do this for you. John.
793115I have a matching pair of Quaker badges, it is true that they wore a uniform so that if captured they were afforded protection under the Geneva convention. Having said that the Japanese did not...
fairly sure it is a jerkin made in India, John
Not a re-work at all. Genuine issue knife all be it a little rough. John.
The crash site was found on Portland many years ago, it crashes right on the railway track. John.