National Army Museum at Waiouru
Here’s the last Andy’s Rubbish & Ramblings for 2023. As you know I have been standing in to give Gus a break from his amazing Gus’s Gear offerings.This time I…
Here’s the last Andy’s Rubbish & Ramblings for 2023. As you know I have been standing in to give Gus a break from his amazing Gus’s Gear offerings.This time I…
Rui’s RenditionsPhoto study of a sun-baked Saxon Jäger from Königlich Sächsisches Reserve-Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 25 with full field equipment including a package from home.Jägers used a grun-grau (green-grey) version of the…
Another Andy’s Rubbish and Ramblings for you, it’s a couple of days late, I have had a very full week. This time I’m revisiting a subject I have previously covered,…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 207Hermann Freiherr von SteinFAMILY AND MILITARY RISEBorn February 11, 1859 in Ansbach (located in Bavarian Middle Franconia), Dietrich Karl Hermann Freiherr von Stein zu Nord und Ostheim was…
Rui's RenditionsA pioneer of Posensche Pionier-Bataillon Nr 29 displays a French Schilt Number 3 flamethrower. May 6, 1916.The Posen Pioneer Battalion No. 29 was a fortress pioneer battalion specialized in…
This week's Sabine's battlefield guide Saturday Lizerne LTA cave part 2Jan, has a very nice collection of aluminum trays, they are made from aluminium field bottles . Some by POW,…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 206Konstantin Schmidt von Knobelsdorf… and the “hell of Verdun”PRE-WAR RISEBorn on December 13, 1860 in Frankfurt an der Oder (in Prussian Brandenburg), Konstantin Heinrich Schmidt von Knobelsdorf began…
Another Andys Rubbish and Ramblings to endure, this time Im into the Pickelhaulbe arena, looking at one specific item from my collection.This is a humble M1915 Bavarian Infantry Pickelhaube, the…
Rui´s Renditions A parachute apparatus meant to be used by German observation balloon crews shown by what I believe to be a member of an unknown Garde-Feld-Artillerie Regiment. Note the…
This weeks Sabine's battleffield guide SaturdayCaptain Bruce Bairnsfather's First World War cartoonsCaptain Bruce Bairnsfather was a British humorist and cartoonist, witty at times ( now Joe will say so are…