Sometimes (especially when you're just 7 days from being made redundant!), you know you shouldn't, but it's hard to resist a bargain when it hits you in the face!

Today's militaria was an officer quality vareuse mle 1893 of an adjudant (Warrant Officer) of the 63e régt d'inf ...
Originally thought it was a sous-lieutenant'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'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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