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364: Carl Thorvald Henriksen, volunteer in CEF

Posted by on Wednesday, 8 February, 2012

Her en beretning om en fynbo i den canadiske hær under 1. verdenskrig. Danske frivillige i de allieredes hære under den første verdenskrig er et kapitel som endnu ikke er blevet fortalt. Når jeg skriver de allieredes hære mener jeg de franske, britiske (England og Dominions) franske og amerikanske hære. Normalt benævnes de Vest allierede […]


367: 4th Irish Dragoon Guards, 7th Dragoon Guards to 4th/7th Dragoon Guards

Posted by on Saturday, 22 October, 2011

4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards Introduction Like many other cavalry regiments formed in 1685, this unit was created by merging several existing troops of cavalry. It was established to shore up King James II’s powerbase in London less than a month after the defeat of the Monmouth Rebellion, but three years later it went over […]


#365 Gurkha Special

Posted by on Tuesday, 30 August, 2011

This blog is provided by karunakaran Narayanan Kuttan Pillai who is collector of Gurkha militaria.


365: The Royal Warwickshire (1751) & The Leicestershire (1686) Regiment

Posted by on Sunday, 31 July, 2011

Royal Warwickshire Regiment Previously titled the 6th Regiment of Foot and The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, was an infantry regiment of the British Army. In 1968, it was absorbed, with the other Fusilier regiments, into the four-battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. The regiment traces its origins to the 17th century. In Holland in 1674 the government retained two regiments of English troops, two of Scots and one Irish. In 1685 […]


309: German Air Force Luftwaffe) patches

Posted by on Friday, 15 July, 2011

308: RAF Royal Air Forces patches for sale

Posted by on Friday, 15 July, 2011

307: Flyvevåbnet Qualifications

Posted by on Friday, 15 July, 2011

306: Denmark pocket badges/lomme skjolde

Posted by on Friday, 15 July, 2011

305: US Air Force patches for sale

Posted by on Friday, 15 July, 2011

363: Sverige Sweden Army supply corps

Posted by on Thursday, 17 March, 2011