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Hi guys,
what is the insignia present on this helmet :
best regards
seb
what is the insignia present on this helmet :
best regards
seb
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Bill
toutfou
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help on Toronto Scottish emblem
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Bill- Moderator
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Do you have a date for the photo? The Tor Scots were authorized a regimental flash, but it is not like this one. See http://www.servicepub.com/helmetflashes.htm. The Tor Scots private does not have a division patch on his tunic, while the officer has the officers' 2 CID patch.
toutfou- Member
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Hi Bill,
i found this picture on "servicepub" same web link , no more information
perhaps a dragoon ?
seb
i found this picture on "servicepub" same web link , no more information
perhaps a dragoon ?
seb
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Not sure what you mean by a dragoon? The soldier with the rampant lion decal on the helmet is wearing Toronto Scottish shoulder titles. The Toronto Scottish were the MG support battalion in 2 CID. The officer is wearing a great coat with the 2 CID patches.
toutfou- Member
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thank you,
I thought the animal was a dragoon, but you give me the information.
It is a lion like one this picture :
What is the backing color for the Tor. Scts ?
thank you
seb
I thought the animal was a dragoon, but you give me the information.
It is a lion like one this picture :
What is the backing color for the Tor. Scts ?
thank you
seb
Bill- Moderator
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No idea. They use hodden gray for their tartan, maybe transferred to the helmet marking?
toutfou- Member
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the colors are identical to the shoulder title,
so perhaps the lion is Red, and the backing is Yellow.
seb
so perhaps the lion is Red, and the backing is Yellow.
seb
Bill- Moderator
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Maybe, but black and white images can be tricky when transposing to colour.
edstorey- Member
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It would probably help if you knew the photograph's metadata - place, date, who, what, when, etc.
sarge5020- Member
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Maybe he just borrowed the helmet from someone else?
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These staged photos are always a pain. I know that black and white photos can play havoc with true colours, however, the insgnia on the photo (my best guess) seems to be red on yellow background.
Do you have any information on the origins of this photograph? Place and date would be quite helpful.
Do you have any information on the origins of this photograph? Place and date would be quite helpful.
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edstorey- Member
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I made the same comment early on in the post. It would not surprise me if the person with the helmet was British and not Canadian.
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qsamike- Member
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Good Morning......
No really my field but I would like a guess.....
Just above the Toronto Scottish flash you can make out at least one pip or possibly crown for an officer.....
The helmet flash could be British and the Officer could possibly be a CanLoan Officer......
Would they still wear their original flashes or the flash of the unit they were assigned to????????
Just a guess on my part......
Mike
No really my field but I would like a guess.....
Just above the Toronto Scottish flash you can make out at least one pip or possibly crown for an officer.....
The helmet flash could be British and the Officer could possibly be a CanLoan Officer......
Would they still wear their original flashes or the flash of the unit they were assigned to????????
Just a guess on my part......
Mike