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 the regiment and rank from this WWI photograph?
I am trying to identify the person in this WWI era photograph. I believe it may be my great great uncle John Hunt Marshall born Dec 29 1893 in Motherwell, Scotland. He graduated with a BSc from the ...
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Why didn't the ancients produce purple dye via admixture?
A great deal of prestige is attached to the colour purple - the hue of bishops and emperors alike - and, if you've read a little about the ancient world, you'll probably have heard the story ...
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Need to identify a European uniform from around 1900
This is my great grandfather...from somewhere in eastern Europe...family from Istria.
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Can anyone identify this possibly Czechoslovak uniform?
I have this photo of my Great Grandfather Antonin Hošek and his wife Elisabeth Hofrichter with my Grandma as a baby Alzběta Hošková. I am trying to find out more about my family's past and I'd love to ...
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Can anyone identify this uniform? Time period is 1841
This is a charcoal drawing of my great great grandfather. He was born in 1819 and I was told he served for 7 years. It looks like in the lower right hand corner it shows 1841. I heard he served for ...
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Can anyone identify the regiment and rank from this photograph?
Can anyone identify the regiment this officer belongs to and his rank please? He seems to be wearing an Indian General service medal (1895-1902 pattern) with a battle clasp, but I cannot make out the ...
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Did RAF fighter pilots wear ties while flying in WW2?
Did RAF fighter pilots wear ties while flying in WW2?
It seems like that would be uncomfortable, if not dangerous, while you are experiencing high-Gs and low oxygen. However, the above movie includes ...
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Help identify details from a Soviet military uniform?
My family on my great-grandfather's side came from Romania and I have a picture of one of his brothers in a soviet military uniform.
I know nothing of his involvement in the military and was hoping ...
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What collar badge did the 36th Battery of the Canadian Field Artillery in WW1 wear?
My Great-Grandfather fought with the 36th Battery CFA of the 9th Brigade during at least a portion of WW1. He was in three other units as well, I'm trying to collect the collar badges for each unit he ...
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Can someone identify this military uniform?
I would really appreciate it if someone could tell me anything about this military uniform. Thanks so much for any help!
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Can anyone identify what uniform this child soldier from Switzerland c1870 is wearing?
I don't have any information about this card apart from the photo itself. Carte de visite circa 1860-1880 from Lausanne, Switzerland. As you can see, this child is wearing a soldier's uniform and is ...
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Can anyone identify the uniforms in these pics, dated 1903 - 1904, Calcutta?
A little background... his father was a merchant with offices in Bremen and Calcutta; his mother tutored the children of the Viceroy of India. In later documents he states he was a member of the Royal ...
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Can anyone identify this military uniform (1900-1915)?
Can anyone identify this uniform? Uncertain of the time frame, suspect it is 1900 - 1915.
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What uniform is my great great Cossack grandfather wearing?
The man bellow with the medals and the beard is my great great grandfather. He was a cossack in the Urals, I have been looking for ages but I can not find what Cossack uniform he is wearing.
I really ...
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What uniform is Alexander Duncan McLennan wearing?
I am trying to identify this uniform. It’s a photo of my great grandfather Alexander Duncan McLennan 1861 - 1919.
He was born in Glasgow in 1861 so was Scottish. The only record I can find of an A ...
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Can anyone help identify this World War One uniform?
I have this photograph of my grandfather in uniform - taken in Seaford, Sussex, England, some time after 1914. Can anyone tell me anything about this uniform? He eventually joined 525 coy. 62nd ...
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What kind of uniform is this? (Circa 1940s, possibly Israeli)
This photo is in a photo album from Jersusalem, with mostly family-type photos, some with Hebrew writing on the back. Some of the photos are dated and they range from the 1930s to the 1950s, and this ...
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Can anyone help identify this uniform jacket?
I believe that it is a replica, but I do not know what of?
Does anyone know the nation and time period it is
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Can anyone help identify this uniform?
I found this in my great-aunt's pictures after she passed, but no one in my family knows who it might be. We're not even sure it's an American uniform as her side of the family came over from Germany ...
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Can you help me identify the rank and patch on this Royal Italian Army uniform?
Can you help me identify the rank and patch on this uniform on the far right? It's from around 1910. Thank you very much.
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Military Uniform of Great Grandfather
Can anyone identify this uniform? It is a photo of my great grandfather that a relative came across. I know he was in the US Army during WW1. He moved to the US from Italy sometime before that. Nobody ...
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What uniform is my ancestor wearing?
Can anyone identify this uniform?
I believe this man is an ancestor of mine, the picture was shared with me by my father 2nd cousin - whom we found through DNA matching. She does not know his name. ...
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Can anyone help identify this French military uniform?
Can anyone help identify this French Military Uniform?
The picture belongs to a woman – my father's 2nd cousin found through DNA matching – and she says it's her grandfather, who was a Frenchman. ...
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Can you identify this British Army uniform, worn in India circa 1920?
This is my grandfather, John P Lockton, and he was based at Raniket in North India.
My grandmother died in 1925 while giving birth to my twin uncles; both survived! My mother was only 5 years old at ...
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Can anybody identify this uniform?
This is an old family photo. Can anybody identify the uniforms in this picture?
My family was from Russia/Ukraine/Belarus.
Any other info would be cool -- about the medals?
Thanks,
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Did officers use cases / bags / pouches in the 18th century?
Military officers in the 18th century usually did not have any cases or boxes. Normal soldiers for example often had cartridge boxes.
I usually hear, that officers had servants/etc to take care of ...
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Can anyone identify this woman’s uniform?
Found this photo in a box of family pictures from England. Most photos were prior to WW1
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Seeking identification of a military uniform in a watercolor painting
Can anyone provide information for the uniform in this watercolor? It was discovered in an estate sale in New York City as part of a larger art collection (no other similar pieces). The lettering at ...
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Trying to identify what military service, war and rank by the uniform
I have been searching google images, tried a reverse search and found nothing. I have looked on many sites and cannot identify the service. I do know he has 9 buttons on his coat, 3 on the cuffs, red ...
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Can anyone help to identify and date this uniform or the medals?
Found in my late Aunt's possessions. Photograph of unidentified uniform:
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What is this Uniform and Medal Ribbon?
I am trying to help someone. She has sent me a black & white photo. I think the battle dress is post WW2? And the man could be an officer? Ie the wearing of a tie. I just cannot work out the ...
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What uniform is this man wearing in South Wales just before World War 2?
This picture is from a Swansea Facebook group. It was taken in South Wales just before World War 2. He was thought to be a member of the Coast Guard or Civil Defence.
What uniform is this man wearing?...
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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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Please identify this WW1 Italian Uniform
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
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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 probably either Lithuanian or Italian 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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What uniform is in this picture?
Believe he was in the Somerset Light Infantry based at Jellallabad camp Taunton sometime between 1890 and 1914. Any help from anyone appreciated. We cannot find his birth or death as he used ...
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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 ...
