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|post =A cigarette card c.1939, probably showing an Edwardian Border Regiment soldier's uniform I reckon? |
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|post =Here's an image from the booklet: [[Short History of the Border Regiment|A Short History of The Border Regiment]].<br>Very striking looking chaps and the same, well very similar too, the cigarette card. |
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|post =Note the soldiers on your card have "The King's crown" on their helmet plates - hence Edwardian/George V regalia, as dated 1914. |
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The following text has been archived here from our sister site, the Border Regiment Forum, which is set to close in January 2018. A wiki-based copy of that original post has been preserved here for reference purposes. Note: only selected posts from the forum have been archived (find out why). |
Posted by plbramham » Sat Dec 20, 2014 6:59 pm | plbramham General Global moderator Posts: 1369 |
A cigarette card c.1939, probably showing an Edwardian Border Regiment soldier's uniform I reckon?
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Posted by kerchi » Sun Dec 21, 2014 1:36 pm | Kerchi Field-Marshal Administrator Posts: 2160 In memory of John Bardgett (15309 L/Cpl.) 11th Border Regiment Who died 1st July 1916. |
Here's an image from the booklet: A Short History of The Border Regiment. Very striking looking chaps and the same, well very similar too, the cigarette card. |
Posted by plbramham » Sun Dec 21, 2014 3:24 pm | plbramham General Global moderator Posts: 1369 |
Note the soldiers on your card have "The King's crown" on their helmet plates - hence Edwardian/George V regalia, as dated 1914.
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