Random Picture Thread Vers.4

Judging by the date they probably wore them on the way to war

 

Given the date of the photo (June 1914) I imagine that many of them were swapped for a tin hat and then sat in a bedroom drawer somewhere as the men who had worn them never returned from France.

 

There's no emoji for 'sobering thought'

 

For my sins I used to work in a ships engine room where it got so hot the heat detectors under the deck for the fire alarm used to go off. They were 60-70C settings I think