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Use this tag for questions looking to identify or classify an object, image, or person, or to otherwise place them in historical context. Make sure to include as much detail as you already know about the mystery object, preferably including photographs, if applicable.
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What uniform is this man wearing (circa 1940's)?
The photo is blurry and the provided backstory is thin on details, so this partial answer is conjectural. One thing is clear to me, though: this is a picture of a happy man.
The subject is wearing wh …
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Please help with identifying this uniform, taken in Turkey 1940s
A provisional answer. A web page shows several stages of Turkish Army rank insignia history; the fifth illustration, for 1933-1947, with caption
With the Decree dated 23 May 1933, the shapes of the …
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Does anyone know the history on this artillery shell I found in my grandfather’s shed?
This museum catalogue entry describing item number P19960033050 has the following description
6LB ROUND: CYLINDRICAL PIECE OF STEEL WITH POINTED TOP AND LEATHER PAD ON BOTTOM. HAS FLUTED COPPER COLL …
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Does anyone recognize this uniform?
This is a placeholder for an answer. This is definitely
a Polish uniform. The cap shape and collar decoration are distinctively Polish. The cut of the uniform looks World War I-ish. I don't think …
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Can anybody help identify this uniform ? Circa WW1
This is a partial answer. This looks like a German Hussar uniform, as shown on the web page. This style of jacket (called an "Atilla") seems to be a distinct part of the uniform of Hussars. The cap …
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Can anyone identify this possibly Czechoslovak uniform?
This summarizes my since-deleted comments into a slightly more coherent form.
It is only a partial answer to the originally posed question, and relies on the photographs the OP added after their origi …
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Can anyone help identify the name of the white vessel in this photo w/the masts and funnel?
On reading the question I had the hunch, "looks like a US Presidential yacht", and googled "presidental yachts of the united states" and found a page with a photo that looked very much like the OP's p …
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