Today’s carboot finds

Discussion in 'WW2 Militaria' started by vespa100, Oct 15, 2017.

  1. Guy Hudson

    Guy Hudson Looker-upper

    31139 Henry TRAINER 7th Machine Gun Company M.G.C.
    Born 1893
    25 Valley Road, Anfield, Liverpool
    Enlisted 25th October 1915 Age 22
    Posted to the Machine Gun Training Centre Grantham 11.4.1916
    Posted to France 13.7.1916 to 18.4.1919 2 Years and 280 days
    Injures his ankle while assisting the cooks chopping wood for fires 13.12.1917
    Transferred to Class "Z" Army Reserve on demobilisation 28.5.1919
    His father, W.j. Trainer, acknowledeged receipt of Henry's War and Victory medal on 7.2.1922

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  2. vespa100

    vespa100 Member

    529239E3-11D3-409B-878A-5944545CFCC4.jpeg Thanks Guy the carboot sale was in Liverpool where I found it, here is a close up of the badge. I don’t normally buy medals but I didn’t want just to leave them
     
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  3. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    Hi vespa100,

    With my research and subject matter, Liverpool would the best and only place worth me visiting carboots.

    I live in London!!
     
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  4. Guy Hudson

    Guy Hudson Looker-upper

    Vespa 100,
    How does it fasten on the back, very unusual?
    Guy
     
  5. vespa100

    vespa100 Member

    I wonder if it maybe some sort of sweet heart badge Guy F56A56E2-DBBB-458B-A531-4C9C70F3748B.jpeg
     
  6. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

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  7. vespa100

    vespa100 Member

    Thanks again Tricky I thought it was an American military badge, I need to find a Austin car collecter now.
     
  8. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    Well at £35 each that should cover a few more trips to car boot sales

    :whistle:
    TD
     
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  9. vespa100

    vespa100 Member

    I hope people do not mind me posting my carboot finds, due to them being Ww1, thanks for every ones help
     
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  10. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    Foe me its not a problem at all - WW1 is just as important to me as WW2 - relations in both - fortunately didnt have much else on this Sunday

    TD
     
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  11. vespa100

    vespa100 Member

    I don’t normally buy medals but couldn’t leave these
     

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