keane
Entraînement
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Post by keane on Jan 11, 2016 13:24:08 GMT -5
Found this on a board on Face book I haven't seen that much about the caps.  |
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Post by lew on Jan 11, 2016 20:17:38 GMT -5
Take note of the Hitler Jugend knife on the para at the right.
I'm getting some caps made up. It will take a while, but I'll post pictures of them and the originals I have.
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Post by lew on Jan 12, 2016 19:55:57 GMT -5
Both of those appear to be 6e BPC. Almost everyone in 8e Choc at Dien Bien Phu had the special caps, so the chapeau de brousse was rare (nonexistant?) in that unit at that time. The caps pictured looked to be those of 6e BPC (casquette Bigeard). Two more hints (granted the sample size is small): 1) All the caps pictured are of the British Windproof fabric; 8e BPC's were in both Windproof and US "Frogskin". 2) The Mle. 47/52 tenue TAP: 8e BPC was not issued this uniform, while 6e BPC was (in small numbers).
Cool pictures, regardless.
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Post by Étienne on Aug 22, 2016 9:36:20 GMT -5
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Post by lew on Aug 23, 2016 13:12:25 GMT -5
How could I forget that excellent series. Again, well done, M. Étienne.
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Post by Étienne on Aug 23, 2016 18:23:57 GMT -5
merci! I've gotta try and keep up with you somehow!  |
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Post by lew on Aug 24, 2016 12:29:30 GMT -5
I am merely a shirker and a shammer compared to you.  |
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Post by Étienne on Jan 16, 2017 21:35:39 GMT -5
haha...you're probably hand-knitting perfect reproduction socks as we speak (well, uh, type)
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Post by lew on Jan 17, 2017 13:02:04 GMT -5
I don't knit, and my wife's too lazy to do socks.  I do have both patterns of 8e Choc caps, though. Again: |
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I do have both patterns of 8e Choc caps, though. Again: