Mark Ellis Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 Can anyone please tell me which European country this uniform is? It's around 1962 / 63. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 the caps look like the french kepi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mk3iain Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 Sweden or Finland maybe ? Just guessing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Dwyer Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 South American? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ellis Posted November 20, 2023 Author Share Posted November 20, 2023 (edited) 6 hours ago, Mk3iain said: Sweden or Finland maybe ? Just guessing... This is Sweden's Coast Artilleri's film of the trial, in March 1962. Longer than the clip that Pathé released. It shows the Coast artilleri uniform of 1962. Edited November 20, 2023 by Mark Ellis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ellis Posted November 20, 2023 Author Share Posted November 20, 2023 41 minutes ago, Adrian Dwyer said: South American? No evidence of any going to South America, especially PV 2. It was trialled in a number of European countries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Dwyer Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Mark Ellis said: No evidence of any going to South America, especially PV 2. It was trialled in a number of European countries My knowledge of dress uniforms is slight: but I was impressed (and possibly geographically diverted) by the moustache and the cap of the generalissimo. My next guess would have been Spain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Dwyer Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 Spanish forage cap 50s/60s vintage. Looks similar? ($135 on ebay, if anyone was wondering. Moustache available separately). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ellis Posted November 20, 2023 Author Share Posted November 20, 2023 29 minutes ago, Adrian Dwyer said: Spanish forage cap 50s/60s vintage. Looks similar? ($135 on ebay, if anyone was wondering. Moustache available separately). Guy with moustache looks like he could be in a different uniform, so perhaps a British spy in the camp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Dwyer Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 The generalissimo's cap seems similar to this Spanish item. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Dwyer Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 Still can't quite place the moustache . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ellis Posted November 20, 2023 Author Share Posted November 20, 2023 17 minutes ago, Adrian Dwyer said: Still can't quite place the moustache . . . I think it's a thin D 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarland Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 17 hours ago, Mark Ellis said: Can anyone please tell me which European country this uniform is? It's around 1962 / 63. Thanks I don't think the still and the video are connected. The video is definitely set somewhere in scandinavia - theres a Swedish or Danish pennant on the patrol boat. Theres also Sam Browne belts worn by the observers - our vaguely south american friends in the still don't have a Sam Browne in sight. Portugese maybe - I don't think we selling military hardware to the Franco goverment in the 60's...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ellis Posted November 20, 2023 Author Share Posted November 20, 2023 4 minutes ago, Tarland said: I don't think the still and the video are connected. The video is definitely set somewhere in scandinavia - theres a Swedish or Danish pennant on the patrol boat. Theres also Sam Browne belts worn by the observers - our vaguely south american friends in the still don't have a Sam Browne in sight. Portugese maybe - I don't think we selling military hardware to the Franco goverment in the 60's...... Tarland, the video is Sweden's Kustartilleri - in response to Mk3iain's suggestion that the photo was Scandinavian - to show that the photo isn't Scandinavian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Dwyer Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 29 minutes ago, Mark Ellis said: I think it's a thin D 😉 The chap in the overcoat is a solid F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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