It's perfectly correct, but enhanced if you had, in this instance. said you wanted to know what the IR meant.  You posed no question.  Now, all that being said, I don't know what IR means other than some manufacturer.   Good luck with you quest. Steve 

Hi guys, Was doing research on Pegasus patches from the British 1st, 6th & Canadian versions.  now I have seen these types which are the canvas printed versions online and am told that the Canadian versions have a black backing, but the British versions do not…do you know if this is correct and if this one would be British or Canadian version? I am a little confused as I cannot for the life of me track down a picture of a reverse side of a Canadian version for comparison, so I am hoping someone on here could enlighten me🤷‍♂️😁   thanks

I looked for any reference to that backmark and when I didn't find one, i thought I'd post pics here like the message board is a kind of repository for that kind of thing. if that's not correct, please let me know. 

Hello all, hopefully this is the appropriate area to ask, if not, Mods feel free to delete/move.   I have a basic party armband, "early" as understand, mixed-materal construction, leftover brown thread, maybe off a SA uniform or other Brown color party uniform? Anyway I was wondering what these stampings/markings on the inside of the armband mean/indicate?

Am discussing acquiring a helmet from a seller. I could see modern chin straps had been added. I would want it to stay on my head well. I asked for shots of chin strap retainers. Here's what I got. Obviously these have been on for a long while. are they original? If so, when did they change from the ones I know they used.  Here's the shot.   Here's a shot of a retainer on a helmet I own.  

Yep, that's what it is.     Steve 

Thank you Mr. Bushido. I was hoping you would look. It makes sense as the soldier whose family I got this from was in China during the war. Mark  

On the upper side, the names of the people gathered to inspire the soldiers on the battlefield are signed. There is not much information available from this. Based on the wording, it is highly likely that the unit were scheduled to be dispatched to the Chinese【=大陸】 front.   The lower side is also roughly the same. However, it can be seen that the soldier's name is "Hei-saku Sai-to【=齋藤 兵䇿】". It also contains national song lyrics【=君が代は…】 and slogans related to Shintoism【=神威遍耀】. The sign on the left seems to have been written by the mayor of Taira【=平市長】, a city that existed in Fukushima Prefecture at the time.  

Hi Colt, Welcome to the forum. Looking forward to sharing with you..   Best regards   Leigh 

One has to wonder if Sander's conscience got the best of him and why now all of sudden it mattered to him to come clean..   Thanks for adding this to the conversation Marshallj...   Whenever and wherever there is money to be made there will be cheaters, liars, swindlers and profiteers..   Be on guard folks and know what you are collecting..   Best regards   Leigh         

Nice.  Rich A. in Pa.

Ah what the heck, it  takes place in Spain right, Seville  LOL.   A performance of Carmen at the The Metropolitan Opera. in New York City.   Never knew this song had singing, just thought it was only instruments, nor it was sung in French, always thought it was in Spanish LOL    Les voici! Voici la quadrille! (Here they are, Here They Are, Here is the quadrille!) Here is the quadrille!