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I have had this card for a while, but, cannot determine if the image is that if a police officer, or a military officer? There aren't any inscriptions on the card at all and the postmark on the back is very feint and I cannot make it out. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks a lot.
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05:51:14pm
It looks to me like the uniform of the Northwest Mounted Police, circa Boer War (1900), predecessor to the RCMP:
More here: http://www.militaryheritage.com/nwmp.htm
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Excellent link Roy - thanks! I knew they were the predecessors of the RCMP - this link really gives a good introduction to the beginnings of the Dominion's own force.
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The NWMP helmets didn't have a badge as this one does (at least, I can't find an image of one with a badge). This may be a local policeman, or I'm thinking a British soldier. Their pith helmets did carry badges.
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Wasn't there a crossover between the NWMP & the military? Or perhaps a symbol of a higher rank in the NWMP?
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Based on the time period & the insignia on his helmet, he might also be of the Royal Canadian Dragoons - a military unit
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Thanks all for your help. I think I am getting closer to identifying this card 
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Hi all
I was looking through some boxes of postcards and came across this particular card showing an R.C.M.P. officer in an 1898 dress uniform, which I strongly believe to be the uniform and crest on the helmet to the card I originally posted in here.
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11:57:10am
Technically, the Northwest Mounted Police. (The Royal Northwest Mounted Police after the Boer War).
The RCMP did not exist until a merger of the NWMP and the Dominion Police in 1920. The merged entity was named the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at that time.
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Roy, you are correct and the postcard states the N.W.M.P. I must be getting tired 
I meant to make the correct statement, but, got carried away.
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Hi all
I have had this card for a while, but, cannot determine if the image is that if a police officer, or a military officer? There aren't any inscriptions on the card at all and the postmark on the back is very feint and I cannot make it out. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks a lot.
Chimo
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21 Oct 2015
05:51:14pm
re: Mounted Canadian Police Officer or Military?
It looks to me like the uniform of the Northwest Mounted Police, circa Boer War (1900), predecessor to the RCMP:
More here: http://www.militaryheritage.com/nwmp.htm
Roy
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21 Oct 2015
07:49:14pm
re: Mounted Canadian Police Officer or Military?
Excellent link Roy - thanks! I knew they were the predecessors of the RCMP - this link really gives a good introduction to the beginnings of the Dominion's own force.
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08:08:28pm
re: Mounted Canadian Police Officer or Military?
The NWMP helmets didn't have a badge as this one does (at least, I can't find an image of one with a badge). This may be a local policeman, or I'm thinking a British soldier. Their pith helmets did carry badges.
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21 Oct 2015
08:22:09pm
re: Mounted Canadian Police Officer or Military?
Wasn't there a crossover between the NWMP & the military? Or perhaps a symbol of a higher rank in the NWMP?
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08:23:16pm
re: Mounted Canadian Police Officer or Military?
Based on the time period & the insignia on his helmet, he might also be of the Royal Canadian Dragoons - a military unit
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re: Mounted Canadian Police Officer or Military?
Thanks all for your help. I think I am getting closer to identifying this card
Chimo
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Hi all
I was looking through some boxes of postcards and came across this particular card showing an R.C.M.P. officer in an 1898 dress uniform, which I strongly believe to be the uniform and crest on the helmet to the card I originally posted in here.
Chimo
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23 Oct 2015
11:57:10am
re: Mounted Canadian Police Officer or Military?
Technically, the Northwest Mounted Police. (The Royal Northwest Mounted Police after the Boer War).
The RCMP did not exist until a merger of the NWMP and the Dominion Police in 1920. The merged entity was named the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at that time.
Roy
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Roy, you are correct and the postcard states the N.W.M.P. I must be getting tired
I meant to make the correct statement, but, got carried away.
Chimo
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