Figure 1.--Here we have a CDV portait of S.S. Guen. The portrait is undated, but was probably taken in the 1880s. He looks to be about 12-13 yeats old. One might think that he is a soldier in the Britih Army. He seems to be wearing a trpoical uniform, perhps the uniform of the British Army in India. Both the Army and Royal Navy at the time accepted boys this age. We re not positive, however, that he was actually in the Army. We note that the potrait was taken by Runicles of Eton. We wonder if the boy is not an Eton College boy drssed up in the uniform either for fun or as part of the school cadet program.

Here we have a CDV portait of S.S. Guen. The portrait is undated, but was probably taken in the 1880s. He looks to be about 12-13 yeats old. One might think that he is a soldier in the British Army. He seems to be wearing a trpoical uniform, perhps the uniform of the British Army in India. Both the Army and Royal Navy at the time accepted boys this age. We re not positive, however, that he was actually in the Army. Army recruits at this age were mostly musicians. We note that the potrait was taken by Runicles of Eton. We wonder if the boy is not an Eton College boy dressed up in the uniform either for fun or as part of the school cadet program. Notice the German-stile spike on his helmet. I don't think a boy recruit would have had a helmet like this. A British reader tells us, "I don't think the boy here is in the Army. He is wearing tropical kit. I think his father might have been military but son is wearing a uniform specially made for him."

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