The greatest promotional video for a re-enactment group that exists (probably).
Have a watch and you may come to agree with me.
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Russian Army, the inside of a 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled 122mm howitzer.
Special thanks to @nonsensedotfi for the video!
IJN Mikasa
Launched in 1902 and photographed in the top image in 1905, the Mikasa is the only surviving pre-dreadnought battleship in the world. The Mikasa is now a museum ship, is actually embedded in concrete and is to be found in the town of Yokosuka on the Yokohama Bay.
The following article wriiten by Geoffrey Morrison and on CNET gives a great breakdown of the story of IJN Mikasa, the current museum and includes some fantastic images of the ship.
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Officer of the 2nd Royal North British Dragoons ( Royal Scots Greys), 1870, Orlando Norie
Awesome!
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The Pistol Armor of Charles Noe Daly,
Charles Noe Daly was an antiquarian who discovered this bizarre piece at Bordeaux in 1917. It was a steel cuirass mounted with 19 pistols. Here is a further description from Firearms Curiosa,
“…cuirass of steel … when brought into a right angle position may be fired in batteries of four and five by pressing the studs and levers, which release the hammers which are cocked by a hook carried on a chain.“ The armor also came with a pair of stirrups that contained two pistols, which would fire by pulling on a strap in case one is pursued or attacked from behind.”
Wow!
If you view the source, there is the added image of what looks to be a sabretache or similar type leather case which contains two concealed pistols; these are fired when the handle visible on the right is pulled.
Source: barchiel1.livejournal.com
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Wedding dress by George Henry Lee and Co., American, 1882-83. Cincinnati Art Museum.
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This video by the Imperial War Museum has been created to promote screenings of the 1916 movie ‘Battle of the Somme’, but the trailer is a great quick introduction to the battle. Interestingly actual footage from the battle is spliced with present day footage of the same spots on the battlefield. The results are really quite powerful.
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We need your help!
We have nearly 16,000 U.S. Civil War telegrams in our archives, and now you can help transcribe them! New crowdsourcing project “Decoding the Civil War” is a joint effort of The Huntington, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, North Carolina State University’s Digital History and Pedagogy Project, and citizen science site Zooniverse.
images: “Decoding the Civil War” landing page on Zooniverse. Transcription gif from the “Decoding the Civil War” tutorial.
What a great project!
Source: huntingtonblogs.org
A pair of Spanish made miquelet pistols.
1810.
As seen for sale by Hansord at the following:
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Exercise Black Eagle
British Soldiers from the Royal Welsh, Kings Royal Hussars (KRH) and Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) during the exercise in Poland.
Really great shots.
British Pathé video which roughly shows the process of being recruited for the British Army in the Great War followed by film of traing paying attention to skills being taught for infantry, cavalry and artillery.
- The video begins with a chap getting signed up into the British Army followed by a group of new recruits on the parade square learning the basics of foot drill.
- At 5:00 men go through the steps of mounting a horse bareback and basic horsemanship.
- At 8:00 recruits go through dismounted sword drill using the 1908 pattern other ranks’ sword.
- At 9:16 cavalrymen practice jumping their mounts followed by mounted sword drill at targets.
- At 10:43 gun crews practise sighting their guns and the steps required to open and close the breach.
- The video ends panning across paddocks of horses being fed and groomed.
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Waste not, want not
Some books in old bindings may not be entirely what they seem… in addition to housing the text of the main book, they may also harbor fragments of much older manuscripts! Known as “manuscript waste,” these fragments range from single teeny tiny strips to reinforce the binding’s inner structure to entire pages that could be recycled into covers. The strength and durability of vellum means that sometimes when such waste is found, its work of origin can be determined.
From around the 15th to the 17th century, attitudes towards religious practice fluctuated throughout Europe. A particularly violent shift occurred in England under the reign of Henry VIII, in which monasteries (and their books) were all but destroyed. This, as well as numerous less noticeable changes of religious opinion, meant that many religious manuscripts (particularly liturgical works like songbooks) were suddenly outdated; And due to the fact that the majority of medieval manuscripts were written on vellum, an expensive and sturdy material, people were loath to simply throw them away. Instead, they recycled the vellum in creative ways, reinforcing not only book bindings but clothes as well!
(The practice of reinforcing bindings with waste didn’t stop in the 17th century- examples of books using printed paper waste can be found in bindings done all the way up to the 20th century!)
(Books from Senate House Library, the University of Glasgow Library, and my personal collection)
Manuscript waste is such an interestiing topic in book history.
The new website of the regimental museum of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.
I am very pleased to share with you all the new website I project managed as part of my work as the assistant curator of the SCOTS DG Museum. The website offers range of features such as a timeline for the regiments the museum represents in addition to a selection of star items of the collection and many other great features.
Come and see what you will discover.
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‘The British Military Library or Journal: comprehending a complete body of military knowledge; and consisting of original communications; with selections from the most approved and respectable foreign military publications’. 1798 – 1801.
This two volume set consists of the issues of The British Military Library produced from 1798 – 1801 and subsequently bound together.
The British Military Library is a fantastic resource bringing together studies on particular military figures, case studies of battles complete with compositions on pull out sheets and articles on various topics relevant to a British army officer of the time.
i – The title page.
ii – Left an officer of the 7th (or Queen’s Own) Regiment of Light Dragoons. Right an officer of the 16th (or Queen’s Own) Regiment of Light Dragoons.
iii – Lieutenant General Sir Ralph Abercromby K.B. Here dressed as Colonel of the 2nd (or Royal North British) Dragoons.
iv – A list of the rates of pay for the various ranks of cavalry in the British Army.
As seen at the Lyon & Turnbull rare books and manuscripts auction viewing back in early May, 2016.
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Imperial German Navy warships in action during the Battle of Jutland. 31st May - 1st June, 1916 by Claus Bergen.
100 years ago today drew to a close the key naval clash of the First World War.
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Cabinet card of an unkown British cavalry officer
Taken by Bourne & Shepherd.
Found at the very intersting blog “The Cabinet Card Gallery”. Check them out at:
Another fantastic video from the 200th Anniversary battle of Waterloo re-enactment. This video utilises the first person perspective and takes it to a whole new level of immersion.