This stuff is from both the expo and online auction.
Colonial French campaign medal. This soldier could well have been an "old sweat" Looks like he was all over N Africa.
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Here we have a WW1 Senegalese fez. Saw 3 and was finally able to haggle the price down on this one. I tried to ask the seller about it, but he couldn't understand me any better than I could understand him. Finally he told me "ni**er hat!" Must have had a degree in marketing!
He wrote down a price & I took a quantity of Euros less than that from a pocket (gun show trick - I never have all my money in one pocket) & he finally went for it. I was hoping it would fit so I could wear it for YW admin meetings, but not to be. **ETA** Native levies from Senegal fared poorly in the winter environment of the western front. They suffered so badly, most were finally shipped off to Indochina.
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Comrade Swihart had me order this one for him. I'm not sure what it represents, but it's very well-made.
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This is a Colonial French artillery man's kepi. Not sure what year it's from.
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Not militaria - this is a German railway engr's kepi. Tried to haggle the price early on with no success. Went back right before closing time & got it for what I wanted to spend.
Something I've learned at the expo - I don't care if you're from some obscure tribe deep in the Amazon rain forest; everybody knows what "how much" means.
I didn't get all this at once - got it a little at a time over the course of as year.
Thanks again, Andrey!!
SW
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