wulsten Posted 12 July , 2021 Share Posted 12 July , 2021 Anyone have any ideas, not very clear, anything appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 12 July , 2021 Share Posted 12 July , 2021 Looks like a clay pipe to me😁 Definitely struggling with this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wulsten Posted 12 July , 2021 Author Share Posted 12 July , 2021 2 minutes ago, Knotty said: Looks like a clay pipe to me😁 Definitely struggling with this one. Knotty, yes very unusual, the photos are on an embroidered picture and a naval scene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 12 July , 2021 Share Posted 12 July , 2021 Have you managed at all to see if there is anything written on the back of the photo, or is it inaccessible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wulsten Posted 12 July , 2021 Author Share Posted 12 July , 2021 9 minutes ago, Knotty said: Have you managed at all to see if there is anything written on the back of the photo, or is it inaccessible? Knotty ,no not at moment it's behind glass and a bit delicate to be honest , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 12 July , 2021 Share Posted 12 July , 2021 Oh I see, you’re a brave man trying to open such a delicate object. Forget I suggested it Wulsten. It looks like a family tribute, one lad in the army, perhaps another in action serving with the navy and 3 additional siblings. Plenty of detective work for you😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wulsten Posted 12 July , 2021 Author Share Posted 12 July , 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, Knotty said: Oh I see, you’re a brave man trying to open such a delicate object. Forget I suggested it Wulsten. It looks like a family tribute, one lad in the army, perhaps another in action serving with the navy and 3 additional siblings. Plenty of detective work for you😁 Pity I'm not that good a detective *** Edited 13 July , 2021 by wulsten F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 12 July , 2021 Share Posted 12 July , 2021 Look forward to the results😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 13 July , 2021 Admin Share Posted 13 July , 2021 It might be Green Howard's with something put in front of the badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wulsten Posted 13 July , 2021 Author Share Posted 13 July , 2021 Thanks Michelle, good point, wondering if a local thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 13 July , 2021 Admin Share Posted 13 July , 2021 Calling @FROGSMILE and @CorporalPunishment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepoy Posted 13 July , 2021 Share Posted 13 July , 2021 Could this be a slightly bent shoulder title being worn as a cap badge with the glare from the flash obscuring the lettering??? Another alternative is that it is a broken Ox and Bucks Light Infantry badge or similar. Sepoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorporalPunishment Posted 13 July , 2021 Share Posted 13 July , 2021 Just a wild stab in the dark, allowing for camera flash and the possibility that half the badge might be hidden behind the strap, it might possibly be South African Heavy Artillery. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wulsten Posted 13 July , 2021 Author Share Posted 13 July , 2021 (edited) Thanks for the replies any avenue to look at is appreciated Edited 13 July , 2021 by wulsten F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wulsten Posted 13 July , 2021 Author Share Posted 13 July , 2021 Looking via a spy glass, it looks like ribbon with attachment?? 3 hours ago, Michelle Young said: Calling @FROGSMILE and @CorporalPunishment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 13 July , 2021 Share Posted 13 July , 2021 (edited) Behind the pipe shaped object appears to be a small badge, perhaps of star shape, but I’ve no firm idea what it is. As for the pipe shape it seems bizarre, and nothing I can recognise. He wears a typical early war cap and a simplified emergency jacket so a date of around 1914-15 seems likely. A proper view of his left shoulder might reveal a shoulder title. Edited 13 July , 2021 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exXIX Posted 13 July , 2021 Share Posted 13 July , 2021 given that the photo is alongside a naval scene of a typical gun engagement, could he be a Royal Marine service, Artillery or a Tradesman for instance... The whole piece looks like a commemoration of a lost or survivor of recent ship loss and his family, perhaps created by the lady in the photo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 13 July , 2021 Share Posted 13 July , 2021 Do we have any idea of what the naval scene is depicting? It looks like a large German battleship/cruiser type in dire straits and being harassed by a destroyer/light cruiser, if we know what action it represents it might just go a little way to solving who the family is, unless you know who they are yet Wulsten? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonyb Posted 13 July , 2021 Share Posted 13 July , 2021 Looks like a very stylized scene of a major engagement with a line of battle cruisers in the background. On the other hand, it may be a totally imaginary scene. The mast/funnel configuration does not match anything I can find in the German fleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 13 July , 2021 Share Posted 13 July , 2021 12 minutes ago, Tonyb said: Looks like a very stylized scene of a major engagement with a line of battle cruisers in the background. On the other hand, it may be a totally imaginary scene. The mast/funnel configuration does not match anything I can find in the German fleet. Same conclusion here Tonyb, a stylised depiction, could be reference to Jutland perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 13 July , 2021 Share Posted 13 July , 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, exXIX said: given that the photo is alongside a naval scene of a typical gun engagement, could he be a Royal Marine service, Artillery or a Tradesman for instance... The whole piece looks like a commemoration of a lost or survivor of recent ship loss and his family, perhaps created by the lady in the photo... I think that’s quite likely as not only is the central photo specifically Naval, but so too are the flags. There is a Union ‘Jack’ of naval usage plus the three ancient ensigns relating to the original three fleets, ‘white’, ‘red’ and ‘blue’ that each at one time had its own admiral. The badge worn by the soldier isn’t recognisable as a globe and laurels, but it’s not that dissimilar from a Royal Marines Artillery badge. Again, seeing the left shoulder would be of great assistance. Edited 13 July , 2021 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wulsten Posted 13 July , 2021 Author Share Posted 13 July , 2021 Thanks everyone, I have tried to google the naval battle scene without success, but wondering if associated with marines etc, certainly baffled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 13 July , 2021 Share Posted 13 July , 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, wulsten said: Thanks everyone, I have tried to google the naval battle scene without success, but wondering if associated with marines etc, certainly baffled Perhaps the battle of the Dogger Bank, or of first Heligoland Bight. Edited 13 July , 2021 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wulsten Posted 13 July , 2021 Author Share Posted 13 July , 2021 Could be an early engagement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 13 July , 2021 Share Posted 13 July , 2021 (edited) I see we are moving away from the unidentified cap badge question to the naval engagement the fickle world of the GWF😁 The Germans lost the SMS Blücher & Mainz,Cöln and Ariadne at those respective engagements. Edited 13 July , 2021 by Knotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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