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General => Armed Forces => Topic started by: meowkat on Saturday 02 February 13 16:09 GMT (UK)
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Can anyone recommend any good sites for identifying uniforms, insignia and medals?
I did have a good site for identifying medals, but I seem to have lost the link. I've just spent two hours on the web trying to find a site to help me identify a uniform with no success. Surely such a resource must be out there, or at least a book, one with good photos. I'm mainly interested in UK military.
Thanks for your suggestions.
Kat
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Best on the web is Rootschat Armed Forces Board ;D ;D ;D
If you have photos you can always post on here. It's not often the experts are completely stumped (if there are clues in the photo of course)
There isn't a one-stop-shop website you can refer to - although there are various books and websites on a variety of subjects. Nothing which is comprehensive though which is where the combined knowledge of rootschatters come in.
For medals you could take a look at
the Medal Yearbook 2013 (guide to British Commonwealth medals) (Published by Medal News)
or British Campaign Medals 1914-2005 (Shire publishing)
Milly
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Good evening Kat,
Try these;
http://www.britisharmedforces.org/pages/nat_british_badge_gallery.htm
http://www.petergh.f2s.com/flashes.html
http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/uniforms_ww1.htm
http://www.worldmedals.co.uk/Rib/Britrib/britribb.htm
http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/
That should give you a start but post pictures and we will help all we can.
John915