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Originally Posted by iborg
Hi Alex
I have a brother who knows a fair bit about military matters, I sent him the photo, and this is his response. Hopefully the links will be of use.
Philip
The closest uniform I know of to that is the frock coat uniform of the British Army's Blues and Royals, though there were more similar at the likely time of the picture.
The cut is all wrong for a military uniform of the British Empire days.
I would think this a Brass Bandsman's uniform from the late 1800's to about 1920's, or perhaps a marching band of the same period?
I don't think it's a marching band uniform though. More like those bands that used to set up in a rotunda in the park and play for the picnickers.
If you know of his country.... or assuming he's here in Oz, I'd hit up the state archives for brass bands... Like this...
https://victoriancollections.net.au/...62f10ac8f83034
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...Band,_1900.jpg
https://bandblastsfromthepast.blog/
http://www.ibew.org.uk/vbbp-oz.html huge number of band images here.... |
Thank you that gives us plenty to investigate.
Alex