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21st August 2022, 10:57 PM | #1 |
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Hi Mark,
I believe the lanyard went around the officer's neck as illustrated in this photo of an RCMP officer in dress uniform. Note that the loop goes underneath the epaulette straps. There used to be a b+w tv show series about The Legion from the fifties that I watched as a kid. As I recall Buster Crabbe was the lead role. Yes, I'm old. |
21st August 2022, 11:09 PM | #2 | |
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21st August 2022, 11:19 PM | #3 |
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Et tu, Jim?
This was one of my favorite Saturday morning shows! lol |
22nd August 2022, 03:04 AM | #4 |
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The best thing about collecting stuff is that it takes ya back to those times and all the adventures you dreamed of, but having the 'real thing' in hand all these years later is amazing. I hadnt guessed you and I were in the same age (era) but sure sounds like we are.
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22nd August 2022, 07:50 AM | #5 |
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Some time ago I posted Gras Musketoon on the ethic page, so here is a link to that short conversation. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...highlight=gras
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22nd August 2022, 12:05 PM | #6 |
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How would have been a legionaire and a native infantryman (tirailleur) circa 1840.
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22nd August 2022, 12:39 PM | #7 |
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You might like this... Deserted Legion fort at Tazzougerte at the southern end of the Oued Guir river valley.
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22nd August 2022, 04:06 PM | #8 | |
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It is so interesting that these situations in this desert context with the Tuaregs and other Berber tribes in the Rif have so many similarities to the American wild west. The US soldiers in forts, the American Indian tribes.....and the Indian rifles decorated in the same manner with those brass studs. |
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22nd August 2022, 05:43 PM | #9 | |
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So modern is the "Beau Gest" saga. Please (again) try an keep track not beyond the 1900's ... as per forum scope . |
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