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Just received Vol. III. Very well done! I love the smell of new books in the morning, smells like insight!

Opinions Mixed On Welsh Guards Now Being Allowed To Sport Facial Hair https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2024/04/17/opinions-mixed-on-welsh-guards-now-being-allowed-to-sport-facial-hair/?sh=17bfa0fe7761

My story on the Renault FT Tank https://www.thearmorylife.com/renault-ft-origin-of-the-modern-tank/

I found it really disappointing. Ridley Scott is a film director, and this subject just has too much material for him to tackle. Napoleon Bonaparte's career would have been better as a mini-series or multi-season series. Hollywood stretched out The Hobbit into three long movies but took the...

It is a tradition of mine to watch the weather. Though not as nice as last year, we should have a pleasant Wednesday move-in with 65 degrees and sun. Thursday will rain, but still in the low 50s on Friday/Saturday. I'll take it.

My history of the Madsen Light Machine Gun: https://www.thearmorylife.com/madsen-light-machine-gun/

It is just a straw hat that someone put an Imperial cockade on. Over the years I've seen Imperial cockades on dozens of sun helmets... often U.S. Model 1887/89 helmets, French M31 helmets, and even Italian helmets. Take a $10 cockade and a $200 American helmet and you have a "rare" Imperial...

AI determined what cartoon characters would look like in real life. This is Yosemite Sam. https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/what-31-cartoon-character-probably-look-like-in-real-life/ss-AA1j06zB?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=9a97779572c84ee7b4fa2c68f3bd015e&ei=24#image=14

As I mentioned in the other thread, I believe the helmet is actually a 1970s era replica. The type of liner system isn't Edwardian, and was introduced much later.

I think it is a 1970s reproduction helmet with an Edwardian badge and hardware added. The liner type is one that wasn't used in period helmets. Sorry for the bad news.

I would need to see the interior.

My feature on the history of the Hotchkiss Mle 1914: https://www.thearmorylife.com/hotchkiss-mle-1914/

Is anyone going to SOS this year, and doesn't have a table? Send me a message, as I can use an extra table helper for setup.

It looks like a civilian sun helmet to me, and I would think perhaps even later than interwar. This could be from the 1950s based on the construction.

Very nice James. Was this U.S. Army or one of the militia units?