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Officers and Privates

from North East Museums

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  • Dang Lan said:
    Wonderful!
  • gwyliecoyote said:
    Pretty cool, not dated? 1913 was the year prior to WWI.
  • Wooway1 said:
    Fascinating that part of the War effort would include apatriotic appeal to the blind. Any chance these are former servicemen blinded in the Great War?

Légion Irlandaise - Empire Francais. Badge of the Irish

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • derangedlemur said:
    The roundy yoke is a bit of cavalry armour (or derived from it, anyway - it's a gorget), and the horn suggests scouts, huntsmen or the postal service.
  • Paul O'Farrell said:
    I believe This belt plate and gorget are still in the National Museum, rare pieces indeed I would say.
  • Paul O'Farrell said:
    This is a nice piece on the Legion Irlandaise, militaryheritage.com/irish.htm
  • Mike said:
    The story goes that the King of France found the Irish brigade very unruly with their drinking and fighting. He complained to their commanding office by saying " the Irish troops are more troublesome than the rest of the French army"
  • Mike said:
    The reply from the commanding office was " yes your majesty, the enemy say the same"

The Garden, Longshaw Lodge Convalescent Home for Wounded Soldiers

from North East Museums