Irish Buttons

[Zombie]

I have two pictures, I'm trying to place which Bn the gentleman was in.

The button has the harp which can be seen clearly, There appears to be something on either side of the harp. A guess would be the initials E. R. Rumour has it he was in the Irish Guards.

[auchonvillerssomme]

Could it be I V ?

Irish Volunteers

Mick

[Zombie]

Hi Mick, maybe but looking at your web page I wonder if ite only the marks from the attachments!

I would post the pics but the format I have is too large.

Regards David

[museumtom]

This is an Irish Army button;

http://cgi.ebay.com/Irish-Volunteers-Army-...1QQcmdZViewItem

Regards.

Tom.

[Zombie]

Thanks Tom,

Question was the Irish Volunteers strictly a home army?

[Zombie]

Thanks Tom,

Question was the Irish Volunteers strictly a home army?

Pat_Doran.zip

[Zombie]

Here is the second pic. Sorry about the zip format - it was compressed with microsoft built in one.

my apologies for the double post.

Regards David

Irish_Army_2.zip

[museumtom]

Yes the Irish Army only operated in the 26 Counties of Ireland until the UN overseas service began in the 1960s where they were deployed on peace missions around the world including the Congo. If you have a picture of his uniform I should be able to tell you a year and if you have his number it would also help.

Regards.

Tom.

[Zombie]

Hi Tom, I have posted two pics in compessed format above.

Regards David

[museumtom]

I cannot tell if they are Irish or not. Its too blurred. Where did you find that they are Harp buttons?

Regards.

Tom.

[Zombie]

The two lower buttons on the great coat

Regards David

[museumtom]

When I download it its just fuzzy can you post a scan of the buttons you mention.

Regards.

Tom.

[Zombie]

I'll see what I can do Tom. I'm quite challenged at this and I no longer have a youngster in the house to do it for me!!!

Regards David