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WW1 1914-18

Royal Regiment of Artillery

George VI

Royal Engineers cap badge worn by
Royal Engineers Signals Troops


Wilhelm II. 1888-1918 Bronze medal 1913. (Oertel) To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Crown Prince Dragoon Regiment. Bust left with spiked helmet / Leaping horse left. 35mm, 15.45g. With eyelets


Thanks to Thorsten Straub, From Germany for ID
Hi Gary, I think it is a medal to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the foundation of a certain cavalry unit "crown prince dragoons" The unit was founded 1818. So the medal was issued 1918. In 1918 Wilhelm 2nd was German Kaiser and king of Prussia. He was the last German Kaiser and forced to resign end of 1918. "Wilhelm II Deutscher Kaiser - König von Preussen" means Wilhelm the 2nd German Kaiser - king of Prussia "Z. Feier des 100 Jähr. Jubiläums d. Kronprinz Dragoner" means Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the crown prince dragoons.

Circular bronze medal with eyelet for suspension; the face with the helmeted head and shoulders portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm II facing left, circumscribed ‘WILHELM II DEUTSCHER KAISER KÖNIG VON PREUSSEN) Wilhelm II German Emperor King of Prussia), signed ‘OERTEL BERL’; the reverse with a horse salient centrally, inscribed below ‘WATERLOO / 1813-1913’ all within a circular laurel wreath, circumscribed ‘Z. FEIER 100 JÄHR. JUBILÄUMS D. KRONPRINZ · DRAGONER-REGTS.’ (In celebration of the 100 Year Jubilee of the Crown Prince Dragoon Regiment), a five-pointed star at the base; on original tired ribbon in the regimental colours mounted on a trapezium-shaped brass hanger and with pin to the reverse for wear.

The Medal was issued in 1913 to celebrate the centenary of the 2. Hannoversches Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 16 (Crown Prince Dragoons).

The Regiment was a cavalry unit of the Prussian army founded on 24 September 1813 as the Estorff’sches- or Lüneburg-Hussars. It fought in the Napoleonic Wars and was accepted into the service of the Kingdom of Hanover on 25 January 1814, being renamed The Prince Regent’s Hussar Regiment (in honour of the Hanoverian Price Regent, later King George IV of Great Britain) on 9 March 1815.

The Regiment took part in the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815 and afterwards was granted permission to wear the inscription ‘WATERLOO’, seen on the reverse of this medal, on its bonnets.

In 1820 the Regiment was designated the Crown Prince Hussar Regiment and later became the Kronprinz Dragoner-Regiment (Crown Prince Dragoon Regiment) of the Hanoverian army.

In 1866, Hanover was part of the German Confederation fighting with Austria against Prussia and after Prussian victory and the annexation of Hanover by Prussia, the Regiment was taken into Prussian service on 30 October 1866 as the 16th Dragoons. On 7 November 1867 the Regiment was named the 2. Hannoversches Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 16.

The Regiment fought in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 at Mars-la-Tour, the siege of Metz, Orleans, Chartres and Le Mans. In World War I, the unit moved into Belgium, past Liege and into northern France. After the retreat from the Marne, it moved to Russian Poland where it remained until the end of 1915, then being split into combat roles in a number of theatres. It later took part in the Romanian campaign.

In January 1919, the Regiment returned to Luneburg where it was demobilised and disbanded on 15 March 1919.


ANCIENS CJF

PARIS - NICE DRAGO


Chantiers de la Jeunesse Française


Hello Gary: What you have is a French badge, from the
"CJF" stands for "Chantiers de la Jeunesse Française", which, according to my automatic computer translation, stands for "Building Sites of the Youth" (I am sure that the translation is off a little) organization known as
AMICALE NATIONALE ANCIENS CHANTIERS DE LA JEUNESSE FRANÇAISE , which is part of Fédération des Amicales Régimentaires et d'Anciens Combattants de Lyon et de sa Région, CJF appears to have been some type of Vichy created youth organization, probably along the lines of the Hitler Youth in Germany, or the Pioneers in the Soviet Union (e.g. quasi-military), and probably for teenagers and young adults. I did find a reference to the Germans ultimately banning the CJF from the occupied zones of France, so it was probably strongly nationalistic, enough so as to make the Nazis uncomfortable, despite its association with the Vichy regime.

George VI
Army Service Corps badge

Royal Scots Regiment
Collar Badge

The Worcestershire Regiment
The inscription reads HONI. SOIT QUI MALY PENSE FIRM was the Regiment's motto and the Worcesters stood firm at Rolica in 1808,
at Gheluvelt in 1914 where they saved the BEF from disaster, in the Western Desert at Tobruk in 1942 and in the jungle at Kohima in 1944.
300 years of service at home and abroad.

Middlesex Regiment Cap Badge

The Badge of the “Die-Hards”
The badge so proudly worn by 46 battalions during World War I, A badge to be seen in every theatre of war of these years, and in many climes since, is one that has never been sullied. The detectorist could dig in the sands of the desert, detected on the ice in the Arctic, hunt in the Italian Alps, France, Flanders, or Greenland’s icy mountains, hunt in Russian Riga, Hong Kong or the China Seas. In each of these places he is likely to unearth in bronze, in brass or in silver this insignia of the "DIE-HARDS"


Thanks Don from the USA for Identifying.
Hi Gary: According to a reference book on Canadian WWI badges this is a collar badge from the 2nd Battalion, Western Ontario Regiment of the Canadian Expiditionary Force of World War I. The regiment was organised on Aug. 6, 1914 and disbanded on Sept. 15, 1920. The illustrations in the reference book are hand drawn and the outline of the maple leaf there is slightly different from your picture but I am 99% sure that this identification is correct.
Nice find! Don

The Church Lads Brigade.

The Church Lads' Brigade has a long and
glorious history.
It was formed on St. Martin's Day, November 11, 1891 in the parish of Fulham in London, England by Walter Mallock Gee.
Just one year later, it was started in Newfoundland due to the efforts of a young man named Harold Blackler, who eventually became the first Sergeant in CLB. Through his efforts, a CLB company to be started here. The first parades were held in the basement of Mr. Blackler's house, 72 George St., in a room in which his sister ran a private school. Our history has been uninterrupted since that date.

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UNIVERSITY / OTC / OF LONDON shoulder title circa 1908-40


Origin of “The Last Post”
The Last Post originated in medieval times, about the year 1622 and was known as the “Retreat”. It was usually played at 2200 hr to call “the soldiers to retire for the night” at the end of the day. It then became custom over the years to play the Last Post at military funerals and commemorative functions where the closing sounds of the music sounds out the sad farewell to “Lights Out, Lights Out”.

THE WORDS TO THE LAST POST
Come home! Come home! The last post is sounding for you to hear.
All good soldiers know very well there is nothing to fear while they do what is right, and forget all the worries they have met in their duties through the year. A soldier cannot always be great, but he can be a gentleman and he can be a right good pal to his comrades in his squad. So all you soldiers listen to this – Deal fair by all and you’ll never be amiss.
Be Brave! Be Just! Be Honest and True Men!.
WW1 1914-18
Royal Regiment of Artillery