Sometimes (especially when you& #39;re just 7 days from being made redundant!), you know you shouldn& #39;t, but it& #39;s hard to resist a bargain when it hits you in the face!

Today& #39;s militaria was an officer quality vareuse mle 1893 of an adjudant (Warrant Officer) of the 63e régt d& #39;inf ...
Originally thought it was a sous-lieutenant& #39;s tunic with crumpled rank insignia on the sleeve, but was delighted upon receipt to see it was an almost perfect adjudant grade !
Co-incidentally, today marks the worst day of the #FWW for the original owner& #39;s département (Haute-Vienne)...

#OTD 28 Aug 1914, the 63e RI (from Limoges) suffered 156 men KIA (& a further 49 DoW) at the combat de la Besace, Ardennes during the Battles of the Frontiers
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