Just looking for the makers of this sword.
I believe it’s a 1827 Pattern Rifle Regiment Officers Sword.
Issued to the Sydney Mines Volunteers in 1850’s blade is misspelled with Sidney Volunteers. It’s always been in my family, I have his hat, some military books and his spyglass. I have put the hat on Loan to a local military museum.
Thanks for looking.
Here is a part from a mail from mr. Gillain I got this afternoon about the situation.
I think it is needed to have patience at this moment and allow him to get done
what needs to be done. We must respect that:
I ask you all to understand what is going on at this moment!
Priority now is inquiry;
investigators have closed the first step before sending results to the national Belgian police, in Liège and Brussels. Now the matter starts to be international;
I have to check all items, one per one, in my files to be sure of those stolen (as quite some was sold just before in the last months). I have 5060 items to check;
I am meeting Webmasters and graphics to realize a Website where I will be able to show all my (stolen) interesting or rare items. I try to find all of what has been stolen in my……100.000 pictures-files;
be patient and tell contacts and forums it takes lots of research and energy before all is done;
I hope the collectors-world altogether, will help me to find my collection…
Philippe Gillain
I have recently purchased a British Surgeon field Kit roll complete with (possibly original?) instruments: thermometer, hemostatic clamps, bone chisel (?), suture/stitching needle and thread in a glass vial, presumably floating in alcol. The roll is dated 1943, instruments are not date, o not display the WD Broad Arrow but are unmistakaby British made.
A recent purchase:a Khaki Drill HBT US Made bush shirt, unissued, still displaying the tailor/cutter tags. The Bush Shirt does not sport any British WD label, only the label of the US producer, an this is pretty strange for a War Aid item. Could the shirt have a British WD label stitched on reception in the UK? Are there any other evidences of War Aid uniforms lacking the British WD acceptation label? There still another opens question: in British nomenclature, this would be a Bush Jacket, not Bush Shirt, that would have only two pockets and a half fly, being pullover. Any explanations? Thank you in advance for you help!
Asking on behalf of a Facebook user trying to research family, having drawn a complete blank with Northolt.
Can anyone help in adding information on this person or his uniform/capbadge please? He is Pawel Makarow born 26 March 1916 and Polish. The reverse of the photo is written "Athens Greece 1945". Only his post 1948 history is known.
I wanna share two "new" Mexican Adrians with you.. I sold them on ebay , but before they fly off to their new owners, i would like to show them here at WRF, for in case somebody´s going to do research on MX- Adrians, they can get some pics / comparison material here.
Both are complete and in good condition. As usual, the liner is missing (.. i have never seen a MX- Adrian with liner).
The Badges are usually removed, but here they are still present.
One is badged for INFANTRY , the other one for CAVALRY, both are French made, as they have RIVETS.
There are Mexican made "clones" who have no rivets.
The Mexican Army used the M26cAdrian from 1935 untl more or less 1948. They are getting rarer everyday.
At the last pics you can see the 4 Mx Adrians that i have at this moment, the 2 sold ones, and 2 from my personal collection.. I hope you like them..
Hello, If anybody has any of these orders they would like to sell and are attending the Max Show please let me know as I would be interested
Thanks
John
