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    :flagwave: old rdf cav trooper would like to purchase a glengarry for memorabilia anybody out their with spare ?
    "The tide doesn't come up for another six hours, you want to wait around here for another six hours ?"

  • #2
    Heres one for sale €50, not from me though

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    • #3
      There is an awful lot of stuff on that board though....

      -C
      Meh.

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      • #4
        the black ribbons

        What do the two black ribbons on the cavalry Glengarry signify?
        "The tide doesn't come up for another six hours, you want to wait around here for another six hours ?"

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        • #5
          Last I heard, the death of Michael Collins, since he was under a cavalry escort at the time.

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          • #6
            That's funny because the traditional Scottish glengarry has 2 black ribbons too. Any glengarry I've ever seen has always had 2 ribbons trailing down the back and most of them were black. The only exception I've seen has been the RDF officers which has green ribbons.

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            • #7
              From what I can see the cavalry headwear is not really a glengarry at all even though we do call it a glengarry. It looks more like a balmoral than a glengarry because a glengarry is similar to the air corps forage cap with a split down the center and two tails on the back whereas the cavalry glengarry has more in common with a beret considering it is shaped over to one side. The balmoral is exactly that. It has a beret type shape with a stiff portion of about 2 inches at the bottom and two tails at the rear. It's all very technical (and very Scottish) if you ask me.

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              • #8
                Ex-soldier the two countries share Glengarry's.

                In just the same we as we share kilts and Tartan, the Irish Glengarry is just different to the Scottish Glengarry.

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                • #9
                  Well the Scotts are decended from the Irish (when we invaded):flagwave:

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                  • #10
                    Yep quite correct to a certain point!

                    Lowland Scots are more Anglo-Scottish,
                    Highlanders are more Celtic,

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                    • #11
                      I once heard that the ribbons were used to tie up your pony-tail, in the days when soldiers actually had them. True or not, I couldn't swear to it.
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                      • #12
                        I am well aware of the fact that the two countries share many things (even though the Scots are not renowned for sharing much of anything wothout payment). My point was that pretty much every glengarry has two black ribbons at the back and they don't really signify anything.

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                        • #13
                          who knows

                          :flagwave: Here ,s the story/s I was told re the black ribbons, 1/ Collins was killed in a cavalry escort those black ribbons mourn his death. or
                          2/ two ribbons for the two opposing generals of the civil war Collins Free State Army, Liam Lynch anti treaty IRA, both killed in civil war.
                          "The tide doesn't come up for another six hours, you want to wait around here for another six hours ?"

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                          • #14
                            I am sure all storys grew up around the facts and the legends are now believed. I like the civil war one best.
                            Meh.

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                            • #15
                              I did a google search on Glengarry headwear and as far as I can make out our Cav lads wear a Hummel Bonnet not a Glengarry . The Glengarry is not pulled down to the side but is shaped like a "gee" cap. The ribbons were originally to adjust the size of the cap. Question. Why did we adopt a traditional highland dress for our Cav Corps and when did it happen?
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                              Originally posted by hedgehog
                              My favourite moment was when the
                              Originally posted by hedgehog
                              red headed old dear got a smack on her ginger head

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