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  1. 8th May 15, 06:01 AM #1
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    Ebay listing a tad off?

    What a surprise, an Ebay listing that raises questions.

    What do the experts think?

    Here it is

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIGINAL-WWI...item2ee0dfbbe3
    Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
  2. 8th May 15, 01:39 PM #2
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    Did the ww11 not have a leather head band....I know I have seen leather banded one's from ww1.
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    Black Watch Glengarries differ from those of the other Highland regiments in lacking the cockade. The badge is put directly on the wool of the hat.
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  4. 10th May 15, 01:21 AM #4
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    OCR.

    From what I can remember, the Lovat Scouts' bonnet had no cockade either.
    Last edited by Jock Scot; 10th May 15 at 01:52 AM.
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