Moustache Major

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And with that, I think it’s time that I retire my Twitter account. I won’t be posting here anymore but you can find me with the same username on Instagram and Facebook.

See you there!

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I've previously posted a smaller version of this poster, but this is the full sized version - about two feet by three feet in size. #MoMonday

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"In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That marks our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below."

We will remember them - Nous nous souviendrons d'eux.

#RememberThem

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#RememberThem

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To continue the current kit series, this is a trials tac vest from early in the war in Afghanistan. I'm not sure how many made it into use, but given the wartime need I imagine most of those made probably did. #RememberThem

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To continue the current kit series, this is a trials tac vest from early in the war in Afghanistan. I'm not sure how many made it into use, but given the wartime need I imagine most of those made probably did. #RememberThem

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This month, Moustache Mondays will focus on art relating to remembrance. For Veteran's Week 2019, @VeteransENG_CA issued commemorative materials including for the Italian campaign. This bookmark features nursing officer Maxine Bredt, who passed away in 2020 at 101. #RememberThem

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Remembrance isn't just about long ago wars - it's present-day, and this next series reminds us of that.

First up is a water carrier - I think this particular one is after-market, rather than issued, but from what I understand there are similar ones currently in the supply system

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I've gotten through the O'Keefe's prints, I've gotten through the Hiram Walker prints, and now this is the last UK officer print I currently have! Here's a Queen's Own Highlanders officer print.

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Today marks the 81st anniversary of the Canadian Intelligence Corps being authorized! As a sequel to last year's post, featuring the book Scarlet to Green: A History of Intelligence in the Canadian Army 1903-1963, here is the book covering the modern history of the C Int C!

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To cap off an Argyll-heavy week, here's an item from the Canadian Argylls - a piper's belt buckle. I don't have a black leather belt to fit it, to show it as-worn, so here it is on a black leather backdrop.

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It's Argyll week due to the anniversary marked today - Balaclava Day.

Honouring the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War, this is an especially important day for 5 SCOTS - the perpetuation of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in Scotland, also called Balaclava Company.

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Another week, another #MoMon! This time, another UK officer print - for the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.

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Lastly, to close out the week, here is another unique piece - a cap badge from the Pipes & Drums of the Canadian Guards. I haven't come across many CanGuards P&D items in my collecting, so I pretty much always grab whatever I see!

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Along the lines of other foot guards units, the CanGuards used a badge for the 'pips' used to denote officers' rank (along with 'crowns') that was unique to the unit. Pictured is one such pip.

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To follow in the #TBT buckle series, here is a CanGuards buckle! In the usual locket-style, the main motif is again the three maple leafs.

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The Canadian Guards is often referred to as being the first unit to recruit nationally. Here are shoulder patches from the band/depot, and 3 of the 4 bns stood up from 1953 to 57 (reduced to 2, and then 1 later on).

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Today, some cap and collar badges - the three maple leafs are a common element throughout the unit's insignia, as both a Canadian symbol and perhaps a convenient coincidence as the unit was the third foot guards unit formed in Canada.

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I missed last week, so to make up for it today's #TBT marks the start of a new series - what comes next alphabetically after bayonet? Buckle! This first one is a locket-style buckle from the Royal Canadian Regiment (RCR) & features the Royal Cypher of Queen Victoria to this day!

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Happy Thanksgiving! For this #MoMon, an interesting variation on the highland officers - similar to the Black Watch one we featured in mid-September, here is another mounted Highland officer. This time, a Seaforth!

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Another #MoMon, another officer print! This time, a Gordon Highlanders officer saluting with his sword on the march.