124cav Posted September 12, 2014 Share #1 Posted September 12, 2014 Here is my horse cavalry FARBorama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124cav Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share #2 Posted September 12, 2014 More FARBorama Everything but the gloves and M1 shaped piece of plastic is pre 1946 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124cav Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted September 12, 2014 More. Not everyones cup of tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63 RECON Posted September 12, 2014 Share #4 Posted September 12, 2014 nice work dude. good to see you getting back in the saddle so to speak. The war room should be next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPage Posted September 13, 2014 Share #5 Posted September 13, 2014 Good stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infantry Grunt Posted September 15, 2014 Share #6 Posted September 15, 2014 Great! Now all you need is a horse...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124cav Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share #7 Posted September 15, 2014 Thanks folks Thread through the trouser belt is the cavalry bottle cover. The extra strap is not a paratrooper reinforcement its a belt loop. Horse pics soonish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124cav Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share #8 Posted September 22, 2014 124th Cavalry packed up and left Ft Riley for Camp Anza and then of to India. For the train ride insignia was removed and spurs put in the shirt pockets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124cav Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share #9 Posted September 22, 2014 The FARB train takes us this time to Ft Riley in November of 44. A Captain of the 129th Cavalry Sqn (formerly "The Rifle Sqn,29th Cavalry Regiment,Provisional") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124cav Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share #10 Posted October 9, 2014 112th Cavalry,New Caledonia Everything but the Plastic M1 is original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124cav Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share #11 Posted October 9, 2014 112th again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124cav Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share #12 Posted October 9, 2014 124th Cavalry Regiment,Summer 1944 Again,all original. The feedbag is Boyt 1942 version. This study is from a photo in my collection,troopers attached the 1917 bottle to the front D of the 36 suspenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124cav Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share #13 Posted October 9, 2014 Another 124th Cavalry pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124cav Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share #14 Posted October 10, 2014 This 4 pocket blouse is as found,it was from a Ft Worth carboot sale in 2002 The belt is a very flimsy cordovan and was in the pocket of the coat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsecavalry Posted December 16, 2014 Share #15 Posted December 16, 2014 Great pix and gear! Very thorough and love the detailed research you've done on the various units. I chuckle to think of hanging a canteen in a 1917 cover from my field suspenders "D" ring! But a really nice touch. I do miss doing mounted events. Lots of work, but a lot of fun, too. I'm planning to pull my saddles and gear outside this spring for a thorough photo shoot. Have odds n ends pix, but have failed to really document what I have. Especially want to get pix of the fully packed saddles. In one of my WWII National Geo mags I seem to recall a pix of a USN enlisted man, laying in a bunk in a little hut on New Caledonia, his '04 McClellan saddle hanging on the wall and his mount's head poking through the window. The caption, if memory serves correctly, said something about the young used the horse to reach his radio station on the top of a mtn/hill. Will have to look for that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124cav Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share #16 Posted December 16, 2014 Thanks for the kind words. I am very keen to see anything you put together in regards to the 1900 to 1958 horse soldier. Are the dude with the horse gas mask that did some pics way back? Regards Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsecavalry Posted December 31, 2014 Share #17 Posted December 31, 2014 Yes. I do have the M4 horse gas mask and did post some pix in one of the threads here...likely the "show your impressions" thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124cav Posted January 1, 2015 Author Share #18 Posted January 1, 2015 Yeah,oyur stuff is always killer! When you find your pics post them here and we can really put the other 99% to sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolunteerArmoury Posted January 4, 2015 Share #19 Posted January 4, 2015 124th Cavalry Regiment,Summer 1944 Again,all original. The feedbag is Boyt 1942 version. This study is from a photo in my collection,troopers attached the 1917 bottle to the front D of the 36 suspenders. Would you mind to post that photo you're referencing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ad82recon Posted January 4, 2015 Share #20 Posted January 4, 2015 Great work Sam...Keep it up and Fiddlers Green beckons for you young man Regards Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124cav Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share #21 Posted January 5, 2015 Would you mind to post that photo you're referencing? It may end up in a future article for Militaria mag,i need to find it and scan it. Thanks for the kind words 82! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backtheattack Posted January 6, 2015 Share #22 Posted January 6, 2015 Great work and a great collection. Horse Soldier, a theme in which I have a special interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ad82recon Posted January 6, 2015 Share #23 Posted January 6, 2015 Sam in the famous "Lipizzaner Stallion" Rescue how did the cavalrymen's uniforms differ or was it much of the same and also were there mounted Constabulary units post war ? and the M1917 Bolo....? still standard issue in 1943 ? Regards Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPage Posted January 6, 2015 Share #24 Posted January 6, 2015 and the M1917 Bolo....? still standard issue in 1943 ? Yes, this is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124cav Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share #25 Posted January 6, 2015 Sam in the famous "Lipizzaner Stallion" Rescue how did the cavalrymen's uniforms differ or was it much of the same and also were there mounted Constabulary units post war ? and the M1917 Bolo....? still standard issue in 1943 ? Regards Lloyd The machete is listed in the 43 TO and E for a horsed regiment but the bolo is the only thing to show up in photos. The machete also shows up in the Constabulary horse platoon TO and E as one per mounted man. The cavalrymen of the Lipizzaner rescue seem to have worn "mechalry" uniforms. The post war mounted platoons wore pretty much "standard" Constabulary uniform with the addition of the legging top boots,spurs and breeches. Just about the only item of clothing i have yet find a post war mounted trooper wearing is a 41 jacket. Some occupation troopers can be seen wearing captured Jerry spurs too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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