Cavdoc83 Posted October 30, 2010 Share #526 Posted October 30, 2010 The above two are of me as a captain in the Regular Army (Cavalry, to be precise) seconded to training troops stateside circa 1917. Can anyone identify the campaign ribbons? :-) Hi Adam, -- China campaign, Phillipine campaign, and Mexican service. For a Great War campaigner, you're wearing the official "OF" grouping. (I know, because I've got the same salad on my uniform!) --Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oskar_2ndchev Posted October 31, 2010 Share #527 Posted October 31, 2010 Hi Adam, -- China campaign, Phillipine campaign, and Mexican service. For a Great War campaigner, you're wearing the official "OF" grouping. (I know, because I've got the same salad on my uniform!) --Brian Yep! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsybitsy Posted November 5, 2010 Share #528 Posted November 5, 2010 10th Armored in the Bulge Some one discovered one lighting, the current fad in commercial photography. Very interesting, impression looks good, grime is where grime should be and not all random and cosmetic looking, thank you for that! -Sarah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted November 9, 2010 Share #529 Posted November 9, 2010 US Navy 1864, Living History Shaker Village Historic Site, South Union Kentucky, Nov 6 2010. Steve Hesson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpguy80/08 Posted November 15, 2010 Share #530 Posted November 15, 2010 Okay, I've gotten yet another Impression up and running, but I havent had the chance to try it on for size so I recently did the next best thing... I displayed it from a hanging half mannequin at a recent Living History display I conducted on Veteran's Day. I still need one more canteen set, and am waiting on medium and small Carlisles to complete the innards of the bags. I'll open everything back up this week and sdo a lay out to show what's in the bags... Let me know what you think! Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Adams Posted November 22, 2010 Share #531 Posted November 22, 2010 US Navy 1864, Living History Shaker Village Historic Site, South Union Kentucky, Nov 6 2010. Steve Hesson Looks pretty sharp, Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted November 23, 2010 Share #532 Posted November 23, 2010 Looks pretty sharp, Steve. Thanks, it was pretty cold that day. Steve Hesson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpwings Posted November 23, 2010 Share #533 Posted November 23, 2010 Hi Adam, -- China campaign, Phillipine campaign, and Mexican service. For a Great War campaigner, you're wearing the official "OF" grouping. (I know, because I've got the same salad on my uniform!) --Brian A bit hair cream wouldn't go a miss... :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topdcnut Posted November 23, 2010 Share #534 Posted November 23, 2010 Thanks, it was pretty cold that day. Steve Hesson [b Z Steve. Did I ever send a picture of my CW bos'n pipe? John] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted November 24, 2010 Share #535 Posted November 24, 2010 [b Z Steve. Did I ever send a picture of my CW bos'n pipe? John]Thanks John, yes, you did (very jealous here :pinch: ) Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted December 3, 2010 Share #536 Posted December 3, 2010 This is my hammock, rolled and ready to transport or stow. Steve Hesson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted December 3, 2010 Share #537 Posted December 3, 2010 tied Steve Hesson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted December 3, 2010 Share #538 Posted December 3, 2010 The nettles twisted for tieying Steve Hesson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted December 3, 2010 Share #539 Posted December 3, 2010 Unrolling hammock. sorry so blurry. Note the mattress and blankets that are rolled inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted December 3, 2010 Share #540 Posted December 3, 2010 Hammock mattress. It is pretty thin but works great with the hammock. I have spent a week sleeping in this aboard USS COnstellation. This mattress helpes insulate against the cool night ir (it was in October in Maryland). Actually, a great weeks sleep. Steve Hesson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted December 3, 2010 Share #541 Posted December 3, 2010 A pair of reproduction CW Navy blankets. Each Sailor was issued one hammock, one matress and either two single or one double blankets. In the Western Rivers, most Sailors got Army blankets (I am using one as a back ground for these photos. I did the blue blanket stitch across the raw edge and embroidered my initials into the blankets. This was commonly done by the Sailors to improve their gear and to ID it. Steve Hesson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted December 3, 2010 Share #542 Posted December 3, 2010 Close up of blanket stencil. This is based on a blanket that floated up from the wreck of USS Cumberland after the battle of Hampton Rhodes, March 1862 (Monitor and Merrimack/Virginia) Steve Hesson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted December 3, 2010 Share #543 Posted December 3, 2010 This is a shot of the nettle line. The nettles (thin lines that support the hammock wre rove through the grometts and secured to a thick line on the outside of the hammock with a sliding Taught line hitch. This way, the nettles can be loosened, line removed and all nettles off of hammock so it can be scrubbed. Not all hammocks were rigged like this, but it was common enough. Steve Hesson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted December 3, 2010 Share #544 Posted December 3, 2010 Oppiset side of nettles. Note, I did all the splicing and knotting and whipping on this hammock Steve Hesson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted December 3, 2010 Share #545 Posted December 3, 2010 Ring, lanyard and nettles . I did the nettle braid. This keeps everything neat. Steve hesson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted December 3, 2010 Share #546 Posted December 3, 2010 This is the basic rig for a Sailor who is part of a boarding party. The boarding axe was used to destroy specified portions of the boarded ship. The ax men would have assigned targets and and partners to cover them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted December 3, 2010 Share #547 Posted December 3, 2010 Boarding axe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted December 3, 2010 Share #548 Posted December 3, 2010 Close up of axe. Notice it is actually just a 19th century hatchet. The tangs were just a method of keeping the head on. The Navy had these specifically made by Ames, but any hatchet was pressed into service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted December 3, 2010 Share #549 Posted December 3, 2010 Belt hooks of the modle 1841 style Naval waist belt. This belt was actually replaced in 1860 with a friction buckle belt, but these continued in service until the late 1890s. Steve Hesson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted December 3, 2010 Share #550 Posted December 3, 2010 Naval pattern pistol cartridge box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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