Lambert & Butler
Interesting Customs and Traditions of the Navy...
Stock ID: vAq
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Nicely illustrated series discussing the noteworthy activities and regalia of the British navy, army, and air force.
Full set of 50 vintage cigarette cards.
| Size: | standard (10 per page). |
|---|---|
| Condition: | Very good (Other cards in better condition than the photographed end cards) |
| Price: | £ 13.30 |
| Year of issue: | 1939 |
| Category: | Military > Misc_Military |
This series consists of the following subjects:
- 1. The origin of epaulettes
- 2. The seaman’s uniform
- 3. Hoisting the ensign
- 4. The ship’s bell
- 5. “Dress ship”
- 6. The paying-off pendant
- 7. Hoisting Nelson’s signal on Trafalgar Day
- 8. Saluting the spot where Nelson fell
- 9. Saluting the quarter-deck
- 10. The King’s colour
- 11. The boatswain’s pipe
- 12. Issue of daily grog
- 13. “Crossing the line”
- 14. The gun tampions of H.M.S. “Queen Elizabeth”
- 15. “Man and arm boats”
- 16. “The cock of the fleet”
- 17. The Royal Marines
- 18. Muffled drums at a funeral
- 19. A sovereign’s escort of life guards
- 20. Sentry at the Horse Guards, Whitehall
- 21. The band of the Household Cavalry
- 22. The state trumpeters of the Household Cavalry
- 23. The farrier of the Household Cavalry
- 24. Dipping the Standard in salute
- 25. Battery of howitzers passing through saluting base
- 26. The Honourable Artilery Company
- 27. Firing a royal salute
- 28. The Trooping of the Colour ceremony
- 29. Changing the guard at St. James’s Palace
- 30. The Bank of England picket
- 31. Grenade thrower, 1750 (inset) Grenadier Guardsman, 1939
- 32. “Laying up” the colours
- 33. The mascot of the Irish Guards
- 34. Presenting leeks to the Welsh Guards, St. David’s Day
- 35. The Royal Scots wearing the Royal Tartan
- 36. The mascot of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment
- 37. The sergeant’s sash, Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s)
- 38. When the Black Watch won the Red Hackle
- 39. The Black Watch Cairn, Aberfeldy
- 40. The London Irish Rifles wearing the caubeen
- 41. The drum prelude
- 42. The Yeoman of the Guard
- 43. The Ceremony of the King’s Keys
- 44. H. M. the King inspecting aircraft, Thorney Island
- 45. Hawker “Hurricanes” flying past H. M. the King
- 46. Aircraft diving in salute over the royal yacht
- 47. Passing-out inspection of cadets, Cranwell
- 48. The Sword of Honour
- 49. An aircraft apprentice’s first flight
- 50. Apprentices’ band, R. A. F., Halton
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