http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/ British Victorian Military Society Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:36:01 GMT Troy Thompson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5432 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5432 Hi James, I'm putting British officer shoulder boards on the uniforms. They're longer and a bit bulkier, at least to me, than the American mess dress boards. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:27:18 GMT James Womack http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5431 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5431 Hi Troy, Just say the word and I will pick up a pair or two for you. The buttons worked great for my WWI Bavarian general's tunic. What kind of shoulder Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:51:02 GMT Troy Thompson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5430 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5430 Hi James, I've done some measuring and they just might work. I may have found a limited supply of screw buttons, but if this source can't supply them, I Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:06:19 GMT James Womack http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5429 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5429 Hi Troy, The screw posts are 5/8" long, fitting into a screw about 1/8" diameter. The screw is mounted on an oval base that is sewn onto the jacket. Look up Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:33:01 GMT Troy Thompson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5428 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5428 Do you know the measurement of the screw post? I've actually got two pair of screw buttons that I purchased, they just don't work as they're too big to fit Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:44:17 GMT James Womack http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5427 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5427 You are welcome, Troy. I'm glad you came up with a solution. Actually, the buttons I meant are for the Mess jacket, for attaching the shoulder boards. I Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:46:12 GMT Troy Thompson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5426 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5426 Hi James, Thanks for the offer. I'm actually pretty close to US Cavalry Store (if you're familiar with it) and they offer probably the same buttons you're Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:29:52 GMT James Womack http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5425 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5425 Troy, At the Clothing Sales store here at Fort Hood they have screwback buttons for the service cap. I can buy you a set if you like. They aren't too Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:29:21 GMT Todd Birch http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5424 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5424 For some high quality items, check out: messdress-britishmilitaria.com Be sitting down when you do, as the prices are shocking. Todd Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:11:30 GMT Troy Thompson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5423 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5423 ...and of jerryrigging something. In my ongoing quest to find something to hold my shoulder boards onto a uniform, I've come up with something that works Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:15:00 GMT Grant Rombough http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5422 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5422 Canada is a prime example of such niggardliness at that time. Our armed forces were among the first to receive Snider-Enfield rifless (1866/67) because of the Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:47:45 GMT Lloyd Hevelhorst http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5421 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5421 Hence the adoption of the single shot breech-loading 45-70 Springfield ("Trapdoor") by the US Army post-ACW, when there were several repeating rifles Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:59:01 GMT Troy Thompson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5420 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5420 You're right about the screw buttons being hard to find. I've been able to find RAF screw buttons (and I am considering getting them) since I can't find Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:11:10 GMT Stewart http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5419 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5419 ... the shoulder board and the strap? On some of them, yes. Bl**dy things are hard to find, though. I had to use ordinary looped buttons on several, just Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:07:40 GMT sjrtmcmurphyre http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5418 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/5418 ... headed a small unit of Legionnaire reenactors for about three years or so. You're right, legionnaires know how to die!!! The stand at Camerone will