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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 kind of US Army uniform is this?
That is a standard US Army shade 44 Class A uniform blouse adopted in 1954 in replacing the pre WW2-WW2-post WW2 "pinks and greens".
The one we see here in your photo is that of a private second class …
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What can these photos say about my father's service for the British in WWII?
In the second photo he also seems to sport an RAF single wing device on the left side – this the correct placement. This could be any of several what are known as brevet devices, but are correctly ai …
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In WWII, how were all pilots/soldiers able to identify enemy vehicles?
See for example:
Early war identification manuals
Italian aircraft - http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/NHC/NewPDFs/USArmy/US%20Army%20Field%20Manuals/USArmy,%20Basic%20FM%20Mil%20Intell.%20ID.%20Ital.%20Aircraft …
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What organization/agency/unit wore this uniform?
The apparent wear of these civilian employee uniforms was for ready identification of their status among the occupying forces.
The picture in the OP shows none of these. …
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Need help identifying the military service and rank
Typical World War II era US Army uniform, this an Army Air Force example as evidenced by the winged propeller branch insignia on the lapels. Rank shown is a Lieutenant, probably 2d Lieutenant. Wings …
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Help identifying a strange uniform jacket
Very, very late, but this is not a USN blouse. Color is too blue, not enough navy blue. It does, however, look like a cadet blouse from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. The star on the sleeve indica …
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Which military uniforms are shown in these photos?
I would suggest that the upper photo is of a sergeant, probably artillery, of a state militia unit. Frock coats of regular USA enlisted men of the period were single breasted not double.
And the low …
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Which WWII Medal and ribbon are these?
Left to right
The gold eagle is an honorable discharge lapel pin which was for wearing on the label of a civilian suit coat. When one was discharged a similar, but cloth, patch was sewed over the rig …
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Can you identify this military uniform?
Most assuredly this is a USN Special Evening Dress uniform. As noted, the all gold aiguillette on the right side is reserved for those officers assigned to the White House as naval aides. This unifo …
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What time period is this uniform?
This uniform is from the 1902 regulations effective in 1903. The cap is a dead giveaway, an improvement over the 1895 regulation cap, the 1902 was a further step towards the modern army uniform. For …
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Can anyone identify the military branch and rank of the man in the front row? This is from G...
It is not an Imperial, Weimar, or Third Reich naval uniform.
It does, however, appear to be a Weimar period reichsbahn (railroad) police uniform . . .
Some discussion in a collectors' forum here
http …
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Can anyone identify this European ?naval uniform from photograph and likely date (belle époq...
This gentleman, indeed, appears to be a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy in the full dress uniform worn in accordance with the regulations of 1891 as published here in 1893. The absence of a pip above th …
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