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21 photos and 2 illustrations tagged pistols, from 10 members of Flickr Commons.

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Two women on a trek with rifles and cartridge belts

from Provincial Archives of Alberta

  • Mr. Sable said:
    This is fantastic!
  • marinela 2008 said:
    Congrats on Explore !
  • Ilia Alshanetsky said:
    great capture
  • Provincial Archives of Alberta said:
    This is one of my favourite photos from the Godby family fonds.
  • jamica1 said:
    I'm hoping their names are not Thelma and Louise.

Art McKee showing group the coral encrusted pistol he found - Plantation Key

from Florida Memory

  • KenjiB_48 said:
    Rolleiflex and red bathing suit are nice touches.
  • Christian Schwartz said:
    !!

Relief

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Patrick Castelli said:
    Who's who in this photo?
    Th officer (I'm going by the cut of his uniform) has Flying Corps wings above his campaign ribbons. campaign ribbons are also worn my the man to his right.
    By the look of cap badges (a harp surmounted by a crown) and the dark uniforms they might be members of the RIC . The presence of a khaki clad officer also makes me think of RIC Auxiliaries, aka Black and Tans.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    I'm assuming he's Auxiliary - those men were recruited from ex-WWI officers including the Royal Flying Corps. Most of the others seem to be Black and Tans. So many men (mostly WWI veterans) responded to British Government appeals for recruits to bolster R.I.C. (Royal Irish Constabulary) numbers, that there was a severe shortage of uniforms. Hence the Tans mostly ended up with khaki trousers and dark tops, either R.I.C. (dark green) or British police tunics (dark blue) - and hence the nickname...
  • Peter Mc said:
    For more on this attack, and some fascinating details on participants from both sides, see this link - irishconstabulary.com/topic/755/Q-Company
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Peter Mc Thank you! Absolutely fascinating, and allowed me to tag with Q Company...
    With regard to the "liquid fire" spoken of on irishconstabulary.com, the Irish Times reported that:
    "... A sinister feature of the attack was the use of gas bombs and of bottles containing a thick red-brown corrosive liquid, which gave off nauseous fumes and partially choked the police occupants of the hotel..."
  • Patrick Castelli said:
    Peter Mc Very interesting, I read the account of the attack, fascinating!