Questions tagged [uniform]
A special kind of clothing to identify people as belonging to a specific group. Possibly military, police, or other govermental units.
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Can anyone identify this uniform, the rank and if possible the date
Can anyone identify and date this image:
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WW1 Italian Uniform Identification
Can you tell me anything about the uniform in the picture? I believe the picture was taken around the time of the first WW in sicily. The insignia on the hat, the hat itself, the boots and sword makes ...
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Which army uniform is this (2nd Boer British or WWI US)?
Hi all,
Wondering if anyone can help me identify which army uniform this is? My GG Grandfather (b. 1878) signed up for the Second Boer War in the British army as an Irishman and possibly WW1 in the ...
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Did the Roman legions wear this type of boots?
I was looking at this drawing of a Roman soldier
(copied below)
About the boots: Is this pair of boots plausible for a Roman soldier (in any era/province of the Roman Empire)? I would like to confirm ...
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Is this a US Civil War uniform?
Image is a photo of an original tin type (photographic method introduced in 1856, in popular production until roughly 1867), hat appears to be U.S. Civil War - Union, "X" patch on right front breast ...
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Can anyone identify this uniform from SE Asia?
Can someone identify this uniform? I suspect it is from WW1 and was taken by an Australian photographer.. tho obviously not in Australia. It is part of a bigger historic pic.. a glass plate amongst a ...
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Can anyone help identify this soldier's uniform?
The only info I have about this photograph is that it was taken in WW1. The badges were a bit too grainy for me to match them up with others that I am familiar with so hoping someone else with more ...
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What is this Soviet Uniform? Made in 1975
I recently got this uniform off a Russian website, but I the website did't specify which it was, and I haven't been able to identify it using google searches? Anyone here know?
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Identify uniform worn in photograph
This was taken in Detroit and was in my Grandmother's photos. (She was born in 1873). I'm not sure whether it is a Fraternity uniform or a military uniform.
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What uniform is this man wearing?
I have one piece of information: a grandmother of a 20-year-old had this photo in her house.
I'm told the grandmother was born and raised in the US, but that her roots are in Italy and Lithuania.
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Trying to identify a military uniform, ca. WWI
I've recently come into a a large group of dry glass plate negatives, and this is one of the first images I've come across. Most of the the other slides I've seen, so far, are likely from the early ...
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Can you identify this Soviet uniform from the 1970s to ~90s
I really like this uniform, but I don't know what the name of it is or where to find one.
It would be really nice if somebody could identify this uniform for me.
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Can you identify this military uniform? Montana 1850-1920
Portrait taken in Montana-best guess between 1850 and 1920. WWI?? Slouch hat. Single-breasted coat with 5 or 6 buttons. Breast pocket on each side; diagonal, flap with button. Knee-high boots. Curvy ...
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Can someone help me ID this insignia?
Charles Miller - fought with US Army at battle at Wounded Knee - this photographer took images during and after the Battle. Anyone recognize the insignia? He later became a Mason? Could it be from ...
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Can anyone confirm the identity of these WWI uniforms?
The photo below was found among some other WWI photos. It seems to be from a book (rather than an original photo) and has been (firmly) glued onto a piece of board (so impossible to see any text on ...
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Can anyone identify this early 20th century uniform?
Maybe US, British or Irish. Might be military or civil. Early 20th century. Medals on right chest? Commemorative or mirror image?
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Help identifying a strange uniform jacket
I've got nothing to go on here other than this is quite old. Thick navy wool with dark gray (or black) Corded striping. One gold star on right sleeve. Handwritten tag is hard to read, has a long ...
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Can anyone identify this uniform, approximate year, and aircraft?
It's U.S. from the interwar years, but I don't know much more than that.
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1920s French uniform - Anyone know what kind of uniform?
Anyone know what kind of uniform this is? The picture was taken in Versailles around 1921, and it looks like his cap has a number on it - maybe 58?
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Are these Spanish American War uniforms?
Can anyone identify the uniforms these men are wearing? The young man in this picture may be my Grandfather, who fought in the Spanish American War. He was underage when he joined to fight.
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What type of military uniform is this?
I'm researching a CDV I bought this past summer and am having great difficulty finding what type of uniform this is. I have it narrowed down to a French military uniform, likely post 1900. I was able ...
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Could someone identify this uniform? The photograph is a tintype
I am trying to identify the uniform worn by this confident young man. Is it a military dress uniform? The photograph is a tintype, so I think that the probable date is ca. 1860-1880.
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Identify this button/rivet
Naval button?
I found this at an former telegraph, pony express and stage stop in NV. It looks like a rivet used mostly for leather or pouches from my research but I really can't ID it for sure
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Can someone identify the era, nationality, crew and type of boat from this albumen photo?
Can someone identify the era, nationality, crew and type of boat from this albumen photo? Note small cannon on far left. Thanks
We can add few more close-ups if necessary.
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“Ridiculous” military haircut in Spanish California
According to the reminiscences of José Maria Amador, as translated by Gregorio Mora-Torres in "Californio Voices", around 1820 recruits at the Monterey Presidio received an unusual haircut:
After ...
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Could anybody identify the rank/regiment of this soldier?
Image of British soldier, probably taken in the late 1800s. Born in 1825, died in 1899.
Could you help me identify his rank and regiment?
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What uniform does PewDiePie wear in this picture?
There has been a recent controversy with the YouTuber PewDiePie accusing him of being a racist/Nazi. This is a video where he is wearing a brown uniform while watching a Hitler video is considered ...
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Can you identify this military uniform?
My Dad bought this painting and this is the only photo he sent me of it. I started out looking all over to find resources with military uniforms through history, but they seem to leave out the dress ...
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Is Malenkov wearing some sort of uniform in this picture?
Or just a mildly ridiculous sailor suit?
He is the third from the right.
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Can someone identify this uniform?
This was my great great grandfather. He arrived at the port of Tampico in Mexico in the second half of the 19th century. Identifying his military uniform would help me a lot knowing where I come from.
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Can you please help identify this military uniform (1700's)?
I came into possession of this painting recently. It was displayed at the Winterthur museum in the 1800's...and was owned by Henry Francis Du Pont. There is paper taped to the back that says this ...
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Identifying a military uniform from the early 19th century
I would like to identify this military uniform from someone related to my family in Portugal. It is probably from the early 19th century, and it may be from the Portuguese, British or Napoleonic Army ...
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Did the Confederate States use a plain oval CS buckle during the Civil War?
The discussion at treasurenet.com has some well informed people on it. But one point it raises is not confirmed by anyone who seems to know. (The link comes from Why were US "Cavalry" belt ...
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Why were US “Cavalry” belt buckle backs filled with lead?
Growing up I heard it was so if need be you could swing them as a weapon at the end of the belt. I even heard soldiers would melt bullets to add more lead to their buckle to make it a better weapon. ...
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What was this a buckle for?
I got a buckle in Gettysburg around 1970 that looks like this:
These are very widely known as civil war belt buckles. But the farmer/shopkeeper who sold it to me said it was actually not for the ...
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What uniform is this?
At a family reunion in Alberta my brother showed me a photograph of a young man in a dress military uniform. The photograph was on paper using a process common at the turn of the century. I can't find ...
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Was there any practical use for German spiked helmets (Pickelhaube)?
In 1916, during the First World War, the Germans dropped the idea of using the pickelhaube because it wasn't practical in the trenches. I read the wiki, but I am left with one question:
It remained ...
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What kind of uniform is this?
This is a picture of an uncle and his friend taken about 1925 or 1930. I don't know if he was in the US military or not, but this seems to be a US Infantry uniform. Can anyone identify the uniform?
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French Military uniform identification
I'm trying to identify the uniform in this picture of my great-great-great uncle Leon. The picture was taken some time between 1860 to 1890 we think. I've done image searches for uniforms from that ...
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Are these Red Army uniforms authentic?
This image attributes all three uniforms to the Red Army of 1918-1922. I wonder whether the proposed time frame and/or details authentic. For me the first one looks like it was taken from the 1940s ...
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How did soldiers in WWI who wore jackboots keep the boots from being sucked off in the mud?
In the trench warfare of the First World War, the mud was often knee deep, although it sometimes reached well above the soldiers' chests. These conditions were obviously horrendous, and made it ...
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What is that gold plaque Scottish soldiers wore around their necks?
If you see pictures of Scottish officers in traditional dress, sometimes they are wearing a gold plaque hanging from a chain around their neck. It is usually kind of kidney shaped. Does anyone know ...
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French WW 1 infantry field uniforms
In the photo below, my grandfather is photographed center with another 29th Division soldier during World War I and a person on the left whose uniform I cannot identify. Is it French? My grandfather ...
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What does the skull and crossbones on the Nazi uniform represent?
I was watching The Boy in Striped Pyjamas, and I saw this skull and crossbones on this Nazi's cap.
Why is it there? (That is, what does this represent?)
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Are these uniforms credible for American sailors just after WW2?
In the 1961 French film Lola (set in the Atlantic French harbour Nantes), American soldiers wear the white uniforms seen below:
Was this uniform typical for these soldiers in Nantes following WW2?
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How were shields fastened to soldiers' backs?
I'm researching armor (from all time periods, though most of my reference is from the medieval era) and I found there's little reference for how soldiers traveled with shields. Some shields have a ...
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Why did the Streltsy in Russia have no summer uniform?
As noted in this answer, the typical well-know-from-paintings red coats and hats uniform of Russian Streltsy guard was both a winter and summer uniform.
Is there any reason why an (obviously warm, to ...
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What was the summer uniform of the streltsy?
The Russian streltsy (shooters) of 17th century are usually depicted in winter uniform wearing fur hats and dress. What was their summer uniform?
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Was “Golden Pheasant” used pejoratively in Nazi Germany?
Students of nazi Germany will know that high ranking nazis and those who joined the NSDAP early on (the "old fighters") were known as "Golden Pheasants" because of the colour of their party badge, and ...
