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Anyone shed any light on these?
« on: Friday 15 November 13 21:14 GMT (UK) »
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.

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Neilson, Henderson, Stark, O'Hara, Anderson - Lanarkshire
Wilson, Hepple, Leech, Bell, Jenkins,  - Newcastle & Northumberland
Houston - Sunderland

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« Reply #1 on: Friday 15 November 13 21:24 GMT (UK) »
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.
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« Reply #2 on: Friday 15 November 13 21:31 GMT (UK) »
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.

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« Reply #3 on: Friday 15 November 13 21:42 GMT (UK) »
They are Edwardian Celebrity Pin Backs...if you google you will get lots of examples.
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« Reply #4 on: Friday 15 November 13 21:49 GMT (UK) »
The somewhat furtive looking gentleman on the second row is Field Marshall Sir George Stuart White.

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« Reply #5 on: Friday 15 November 13 21:52 GMT (UK) »
And bottom row far right is "Bobs" - Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts.
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« Reply #6 on: Friday 15 November 13 21:55 GMT (UK) »
Ok that shed a lot of light. 2nd Boer War. The bigger of them is Kitchener.

Brilliant folks, thanks.

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Neilson, Henderson, Stark, O'Hara, Anderson - Lanarkshire
Wilson, Hepple, Leech, Bell, Jenkins,  - Newcastle & Northumberland
Houston - Sunderland

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« Reply #7 on: Friday 15 November 13 21:56 GMT (UK) »
Top left is, I think, General Kitchener (as he was then)

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« Reply #8 on: Friday 15 November 13 21:58 GMT (UK) »
Bottom left might be General Hector MacDonald.

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