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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: didactylos on Friday 15 November 13 21:14 GMT (UK)
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Found amongst some family stuff. Smaller of them are about the size of a twenty pence piece. All have pins to attach to a coat or jacket I assume.
Nothing on them to give any clues, the smaller ones all look Edwardian military, bigger one is intriguing as there is far less decoration and a very different style of hair.
Roger
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How lovely....they look like photo buttons but I don't think they would have pins attached unless they have been made into lapel pins.
Carol
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I read some years ago that at the time of the Second Boer War badges were sold which bore photographs of the military bigwigs of the day: I remember that in particular Kitchener and Roberts were mentioned. I'd hazard a guess that these are those badges.
Cati
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They are Edwardian Celebrity Pin Backs...if you google you will get lots of examples.
Carol
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The somewhat furtive looking gentleman on the second row is Field Marshall Sir George Stuart White.
Cati
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And bottom row far right is "Bobs" - Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts.
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Ok that shed a lot of light. 2nd Boer War. The bigger of them is Kitchener.
Brilliant folks, thanks.
Roger
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Top left is, I think, General Kitchener (as he was then)
Cati
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Bottom left might be General Hector MacDonald.
Cati
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And I'll hazard a guess at the final one - top row right - being General John French, later 1st Earl of Ypres, though it's not easy to tell from the photogaph.
A very nice little collection indeed!
Cati
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Does any one think that the younger one at the top, looks like the older one, on the far right at the bottom
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Just for a bit of fun
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Does any one think that the younger one at the top, looks like the older one, on the far right at the bottom
I'm reliably informed by a past president of the British Badge Collectors' Assciation (ie my Dad) that this type of badge was first manufactured in 1895. Kitchener lived 1850-1916; "Bobs" lived 1832-1914.
Edited to add: on yesterday's "Flog It" the second seller had a collection of WWI memorabilia, including the Kitchener badge (although no mention was made of the badge)
Cati