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Vintage military uniforms around the world

Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 8:39 am
by sofiya
Prettily adorned 20th-century British military uniform. Exhibited at the V&A Museum in London.

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Re: Vintage military uniforms around the world

Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 9:25 am
by sofiya
Military winter wear from Ukraine, World War I period (1914-1918). Woolen greatcoat and hood.

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Re: Vintage military uniforms around the world

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:42 am
by sofiya
Military uniform headpiece. Nice example of a World War I reproduction field cap aged by Warhats.com. The small button-type cockades were worn at the front of kepis and peaked caps.

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Re: Vintage military uniforms around the world

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 9:07 am
by sofiya
Historical military uniform. Uhlan or light cavalry uniform of the Imperial German army (the name given to the combined land and air forces of the German Empire of World War I). This is a tunic, 1910 Ulanka from the Imperial War Museum in London.

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Re: Vintage military uniforms around the world

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2020 9:23 am
by sofiya
Japanese kabuto – traditional warrior’s helmet, the 17th century.

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Re: Vintage military uniforms around the world

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2020 3:24 pm
by sofiya
Japanese lobster pot helmet, 1630-50. Very unusual shape of warrior’s helmet!

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Re: Vintage military uniforms around the world

Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2020 9:39 am
by sofiya
Sallet – medieval knight’s helmet, circa 1470-80. It protected the head rather well.

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Re: Vintage military uniforms around the world

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2021 8:48 am
by sofiya
Authentic knight’s armor. Maximilian I Jousting Armor, 1494, from Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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Re: Vintage military uniforms around the world

Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2021 9:09 am
by sofiya
16th-century knight’s armor. Bevor and Grandguard, 1560, South German.

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Re: Vintage military uniforms around the world

Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 8:04 am
by sofiya
Warrior armor. Armetca helmet, 1510-15, possibly British or Flemish, from The Met Museum

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