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John,
The link sent by Jose Munoz was of great interest to me because my
husband's maternal grandfather was a Chihuahua (Ciudad de Chihuahua) policeman,
a "federal", born in 1853, died in 1951, chased "el Indio Victorio" all over the
place, never caught him. I have one picture of him in his uniform, which
is very, very different from the ones worn by Leticia's ancestors (it looks more
like the uniform worn by the soldiers of the Confederate States of America in
the 1860's, light colored with a cap). Unfortunately, in the picture, he
is seated holding one of his infant daughters and his left breast is obscured by
the child, so I can't see a badge. The photo is very faint in some places,
but I can make out the insignia on the cap clearly: it is two light
colored bars (vertical----gold or silver?) with a dark bar in the middle.
The insignia on the shoulder is too faint to make out. My husband is
taking his nightly nap right now (I've been up all night putting up the
Christmas décor), but when he wakes up later today, I will ask him if he knows
what rank his "tata" held. If he doesn't know, I will call his elderly
(more elderly than my husband) cousin and see if she knows.
Emilie Garcia
Port Orchard, WA ----
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 2:46
AM
Subject: Re: [ranchos] militar insignia
regarding my photos
it looks fine, but the eagle is bending the
head; in the photo the head is up, could be a police; the photo most probably
was taken in Jesus Maria or Arandas, Jal. between 1920 and 1930. I think he is
my great-grandfather half brother. All of these photos were given to my father
when my gg father past the way by, the last and third wife. thank you, Leticia
Leonjose munoz <jmunoz2781@...>
escribió:
Leticia
Leon and John Gonzales
Curiosity got the best of me. Visit the
following
site:
http://www.collectors-badges.com/international.htm
Scroll a smidge past center and you will find a
Chihuahua Mexico
policeman badge. What is your
opinions? Where was the ancestor photo
taken?
Jose Munoz
--- leticia leon <caleta58@...>
wrote:
> sorry, the last line should be "I have to look
for
> the meaning of the ..." thanks. Leticia Leon
>
Morales
>
> John Gonzalez <1gnzlz@...>
escribió:
> The last
line of your message is confusing...
>
> I believe the eagle was just an emblem and had
>
nothing to do with rank. In the U.S. Armed Forces,
> the
eagle emblem on the headgear only designates
> "enlisted" or
"officer" the enlisted has a circle
> around the eagle, the
officer's emblem has a bigger
> eagle without the
circle.
>
> I am no expert, but
the CP could designate the
> unit to which he belonged, not the
rank...Keep on
> digging, Iam sure somebody will come up with
an
> answer.
> Good luck.
>
1gnzlz@...
> ----- Original Message
-----
> From: leticia leon
> To:
ranchos@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, December 03,
2005 1:54 PM
> Subject: [ranchos] militar insignia
regarding my
> photos
>
>
> ok, in the
original picture (I should do this in the
> first place)the
>
militar sitting has three bars in the hat and so on
> the shoulders;
the
> other, with an eagle badge has two capital letters
> on
the collar C and
> P. In the site www.en.wikipedia.org I found for
the
> mexican army that
> three bars mean Capitan Segundo
(Senior Captain)and
> three bars with
> the one in the middle
been shorter means Capitan
> Primero (Captain) so
> I have know
why the eagle on the chest and CP on the
> collar.
>
>
>
>
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