I'm a military bride. My fiance, who would like to remain as anonymous as possible, has been in the service for close to five years now. He's planning on making it all the way through to a 20 year retirement. In some respects, I'm marrying the military too-- not just my man.
There is something so captivating about vintage military wedding pictures. The attire, the seriousness on their faces and the stories that my imagination makes up while looking at them make these photos so precious.
Let's look at these pictures from top to bottom. First, there is a vintage military cake topper found on fancyflours.com. There is a large array of vintage wedding cake toppers, it isn't just military-specific. The prices range from reasonable to something that collectors could afford. My military groom chose not to wear his dress uniform to our wedding, which is perfectly fine with me! So instead of using a military cake topper we are blessed to use my grandfather and grandmothers chalkware one from their wedding fifty years ago in 1949. I will post pictures of that one later!
The second picture I found on a military website, grunt.com, and it is the most interesting and sweet of the bunch, I think. Here is what the excerpt next to the picture said,
"It didn't take a double wedding for two Marine PFCs to get married. Cutting their wedding cakre are Pfc and Mrs. William R. WIlder, Jr. Th bride, formerly Nancy Olsen of Chicago, is also a Pfc. The bride and groom are both stationed at HQMC." The picture was taken June 25, 1950. The day the Korean War started. " Published in Leatherneck Magazine September 1950. Submitted by SSgt William R. Wilder.
The third photo is a military wedding from an unknown date between 1940-1943. Read here, http://www.fashion-era.com/wedding_pics_1940s.htm, for more information. I was trying to figure out if that was an eye patch on the maid of honor?
The fourth and final photo is the oldest of the group. Taken in 1919, the caption read "Bill Swinton getting married to Vera Burr just after the Great War" I love the look of the bride's train and that each of the bridesmaids wore a veil as well. Wouldn't it be adorable to bring that fashion trend back?
I hope you enjoyed these photographs. Someday I will be a vintage military bride myself! The idea of some girl hunting around the internet for photos in a hundred years looking at old wedding photos blows my mind!!!
xo,
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