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Title: WW1
Post by: magicnanny on Monday 22 June 15 12:07 BST (UK)

Hi Can anyone help me with these items i have  from a soldier serving in ww1 thankyou .
so sorry this is the wrong pic can someone take it off thanks

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: magicnanny on Monday 22 June 15 12:20 BST (UK)

belonged to a soldier ww1

Title: Re: WW1 items
Post by: magicnanny on Monday 22 June 15 12:39 BST (UK)

and this please

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: magicnanny on Monday 22 June 15 12:41 BST (UK)

sorry i have had to put then on separate.

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: MadaboutRoses1883 on Monday 22 June 15 23:28 BST (UK)

First pic is an identification tag, (I have my grandfather's from 1914), it has Devonshire stamped onto it and his service number, usually there is his name but I can only make out Mix?. They are made of some sort of Bakelite so they didn't rot.
And in the 2nd pic, there is his metal shoulder badge of his regiment , dogtag, and what looks like a pencil. Is that one of his Star medals? Perhaps the 14/15 Star?

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: Jebber on Tuesday 23 June 15 00:36 BST (UK)

The star looks to be  badge rather than a medal, it has a blue centre and appears to contain the letters SSB.

The shoulder badge says New Zealand, not  the the name of a regiment.

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: magicnanny on Tuesday 23 June 15 09:59 BST (UK)

Hi thankyou for your replies   yes the blue star is a badge with ssb i think . dont know anything about it the small long item looks like ivory. and i dont know of any connection with new zealand did this come from a jkt or hat maybe ? The soldier was in the middlesex reg ...duke of cambridge own reg name was Henry J Devonshire . thankyou once again magicnanny .

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: KGarrad on Tuesday 23 June 15 10:10 BST (UK)

The details of the dog-tag look like:

239411, Devonshire, 8 Bn Middlesex Regiment
Religion - Church of England

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: IMBER on Wednesday 24 June 15 09:43 BST (UK)

That's what the Army called an Identity Disc. It's actually made of aluminium and was introduced in 1907 and was issued until August 1914 when a new asbestos fibre disc gradually replaced it.

Imber

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: magicnanny on Wednesday 24 June 15 17:13 BST (UK)

Thanks for your help but still trying to find the blue star ssb out any idea where i could find out moe about it  thankyou .

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: still_looking on Wednesday 01 July 15 15:55 BST (UK)

Don't know where you might find out more, could try the ww1 forum on this site.

I was going to suggest that it might be an unofficial badge for something like the Sixth or Sixteenth Service Battalion but that doesn't help in terms of being able to identify a regiment.

Asking in the WW1 forum is likely to be your best bet.

S_L

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: magicnanny on Tuesday 07 July 15 11:57 BST (UK)

Thankyou one and all for info still no further with my little blue badge ,but i am still looking not even sure if it has any thing to do with the army items .thankyou again