Erin go Bragh!
By Robert G. Segel
Éirinn go Brách
Irish Potato Digger!
No St. Patrick’s Day celebration would be complete without a mention of Irish and Potato Diggers, so SAW Senior Editor, the “Emmageeman” himself, has brought us the brilliant picture of the Irish with a “Digger” in the First War.
A bit o’ the Irish using the Vickers in the First War www.vickersmachinegun.org.uk/units-rif.htm
A nice photo and some history on the Thompson in Ireland http://mysite.verizon.net/colt1927/thompson/ireland.html
By Robert G. Segel
Irish Potato Digger!
A bit o’ the Irish using the Vickers in the First War www.vickersmachinegun.org.uk/units-rif.htm
A nice photo and some history on the Thompson in Ireland http://mysite.verizon.net/colt1927/thompson/ireland.html
Image Gallery
Irish Free State die stamped brass machine gun marksmanship arm badge. Crossed Vickers applied to rifle marksmanship badge. Post 1922 era. Two lugs to rear.
2nd Irish Guards, Machine Gun Guards shoulder patch. Green letters and Roman numerals on wool uniform background. World War I.
Irish Republican Army qualified Lewis gunner shoulder patch. Maker marked to rear, “Taler & Son 1918.
Red Hand” independent machine gun company. Actual unit not known but probably Ulster. World War I.
