Can anyone id this roller?

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Can anyone id this roller?

Post #1 by hair bear » Sun Aug 08, 2021 4:55 pm

A proper steam roller, link taken from the HMVF website.
https://hmvf.co.uk/topic/43610-mystery- ... y-uniform/
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Re: Can anyone id this roller?

Post #2 by dixie-normous » Fri Oct 01, 2021 7:02 pm

The caps definitely look Prussian, as does the pipe he's smoking!
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Re: Can anyone id this roller?

Post #3 by essexpete » Fri Oct 01, 2021 8:46 pm

I have seen that question posed somewhere else. Certainly looks European.


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Re: Can anyone id this roller?

Post #4 by hair bear » Fri Oct 01, 2021 10:31 pm

I just saw it on the HMVF website and thought it worth a try here!
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Re: Can anyone id this roller?

Post #5 by dixie-normous » Fri Oct 01, 2021 10:47 pm

It's been driving me mad trying to identify it, spent the last 2 evenings looking for clues! It's John from the FFA forum by the way
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