R.R. Cap Tallies Collection

[A.H. Thomassen]

Good solid tallies


Best regards from AH

[JustinG]

Looks like you have caught the fever there Richardo.

All look nice.

[R.R.]

Looks like you have caught the fever there Richardo.

All look nice.

Thank you Justin, John and others, there are some more comming soon.

[L11-VELASCO]

Ricardo,these are very adictives

[merdock]

Hi,
Nice tally collection Even though I have a lot of tallies all but one is English, 2x HMS Hood which are the rarities of my collection even members from the HMS Hood association don't have any.
My only German one is a SMS FRANKFURT group that I have to Jonni Jurgen Peters with photos of him wearing it ,I could post if there is a interest.
Mark

[John R.]

Could you post a scan of your Hood? Love to see SMS Frankfurt also.

John

[merdock]

Could you post a scan of your Hood? Love to see SMS Frankfurt also.

John

Hi,
Here they are, the Frankfurt is part of a father and son group few photos show him wearing it but there rather faded, the hoods came from a crew member that served on here before the war he was not on her during her fateful battle something he always regretted as he was sick at the time, the Sheffield is part of another group I have including his photo album.
Hope you like them and there not impeding on this great thread.
All the best Mark

[merdock]

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[JustinG]

Your two HMS Hood tallies are period pieces. The Period after the name and the construction is what makes me say that.

Very nice. Please take extra care of these. I suggest an 35mm film canister. Preferably a dark one to roll up and store these. Or you could send them my way and I will store them in my collection.

Very nice.

JustinG

[merdock]

Hi,
Glad you like them Justin not easy things to find even in the uk not seen another.
All the best Mark

[John R.]

The Hood "full stop dot" tallies are absolutely stunning. Easily worth $300-$400 each, maybe more, more than nearly any KM tally IMO, including U-boat tallies.

Jeff V has one beautifully framed. I will contact him to have him post here. He has some other UK battleship tallies also.

Plus yours have provenance, tremendous story.

John

[Jeff V]

Beautiful Hood tallies! Here is a bad image of mine.

[merdock]

Hi,
Nice display,I aiso have a Serapis and Victory with the dot ,
a Ark Royal without which I assumed to be period were it came from ?when did the dot stopped being used the Sheffield I have came with a Album direct from the guy that wore it cap is dated 1945 and he still served on her during her Caribbean tour after the war.
Ialso have several others from a wartime guy all with dots from ships he served on along with other items of his.
HMS SHEFFIELD.
MHS ST.VINCENT.
HMS.IRON DUKE>
HMS TYNE.
HMS.VERNON.
HMS.
will post some photos.
Thanks Mark

[merdock]

Hi,
Here are the tallies of Harry Smith PMX 65444,a The photo shows HMS TYNE that he gave me along with the tallies and his trade patches and the blue/white neck things that sailors wear.
Harry had a very lucky life during the 1918 flu epidemic he contracted flu ,the doctor arrived and told his father that he would come and collect his body the next morning that he wanted it ready downstairs for him to collect, his father did not want to loose his son so he laid him in a freezing bath all night to keep his temperature down, during the the war he survived 2 torpedoed ships that went down under him not sure what the ships were he died of old age at 100 years.sorry for the dirty scanner glass.
Mark