Kinky Exotica

[Nick Komiya]

Here's another page from my obscure insignia and badges file. Ever seen a sailor's cap with the cap ribbon saying Southern Manchuria Railway?

[ghp95134]

...Ever seen a sailor's cap with the cap ribbon saying Southern Manchuria Railway?

Hmmmmm .... for school girls? HEY! A guy can dream, can't he?

Besides .... YOU'RE the one who wrote "kinky."

[tomp]

Now that is cool. I have never seen such insignia outside of the regular SMR emblem. I started a tiny collection of SMR/NCR items, but SMR stuff at least seems to be somewhat of a minefield over at YahooJ.

A somewhat related question for you, Nick. Does your information include any pictures of insignia/emblem usage for Central China Railways?


Tom

[lew07]

Lol 33 views. Well 34 if You count Me now. Naturally I just looked to make sure it was suitable for the rest of You

[Nick Komiya]

I knew this kind of stuff was up tomp's alley, so here's more Manchurian Chu-Chu stuff from 1913.
I only came upon this while looking for naval arsenal insignia, so I have not done any search on other parts of the rail. However, sometime ago I found the complete Manchurian army uniform regs and also uniforms for the Koumingtang Chinese Army.

[tomp]

Wow, that is some bizarre stuff -- made my day! Thanks, Nick!


Tom

[Nick Komiya]

This type of thing just spoils movies for us. Now we'll be complaining they got the Manchurian Railway Hotel's Bell Hop uniform all wrong.

[tomp]

Will have to watch this little gem again to see what's what. Probably no question of historical accuracy, etc. in this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzyE4m1BDkI


Tom

[ghp95134]

Will have to watch this little gem again to see what's what. Probably no question of historical accuracy, etc. in this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzyE4m1BDkI


Tom

100% authentic!

(^_____^)

--Guy

[Nick Komiya]

Continuing with the bizarre, here's what greeted you in Navy Prison. Note the crossed bones type jailor insignia and even their own dagger and swords.