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Bavarian Ersatz Picklehaube

Post author:joerookery
Post published:July 21, 2023
Post category:Gus' Gear

Today for Gus' Gear I have a Bavarian Ersatz Picklehaube. The spiked helmet was the iconic headgear of the Prussian Army since 1842. Bavaria was the last of the German…

PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE 185 Karl Schlegel

Post author:joerookery
Post published:July 17, 2023
Post category:PEEBLES PROFILES Things that Fly

PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 185Karl Schlegel:the last German air ace to die in the Great WarKarl Paul Schlegel was born in Wechselburg, (in the Kingdom of Saxony) on May 7, 1893. At…

Rifle mounted barbed wire cutters.

Post author:joerookery
Post published:July 14, 2023
Post category:Gus' Gear

Today for Gus' Gear are a few rifle mounted barbed wire cutters. A number of different devices were developed to cut wire. Barbed wire is still a widely used defensive…

PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE 184 Wilhelm Cuno

Post author:joerookery
Post published:July 12, 2023
Post category:PEEBLES PROFILES

PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 184Wilhelm CunoEARLY YEARSWilhelm Carl Josef Cuno was born in Suhl (in Prussian Saxony, now Thuringia) on July 2, 1876. He was the son of August George Wilhelm Cuno…

1893 Japanese Type 26 revolver

Post author:joerookery
Post published:July 7, 2023
Post category:Gus' Gear Weapons

Today for Gus' Gear I have an 1893 Japanese Type 26 revolver chambered in 9mm Japanese. It has a 6 round capacity and fires only double action. The holster is…

PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE 183 Viktor Kühne

Post author:joerookery
Post published:July 5, 2023
Post category:PEEBLES PROFILES

PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 183Viktor KühneMILITARY RISEOtto Viktor Kühne was born in Mogilno (in Prussian Posen) on March 28, 1857, the son of a district administrator. At nineteen, young Viktor joined the…

Tactics

Post author:joerookery
Post published:June 30, 2023
Post category:Aleksander Lie

n this post I will focus on events that show that although the German army had better training and commanders, the tactics they and the French (and other armies in…

Bavarian Wappen

Post author:joerookery
Post published:June 30, 2023
Post category:Tore Mentyjærvi

So, I just bought this Bavarian Wappen, a pickelhaube helmet plate, that is. A very nice one, though it is missing one of the loops As the crown is voided…

Commander Cameroon Schutztruppe

Post author:joerookery
Post published:June 30, 2023
Post category:Álvaro José Ignacio Casanova Mora Chile

Carl Heinrich Zimmermann (* September 7, 1864 in Louisendorf (Frankenau); † January 13, 1949 in Hanau) was a Prussian officer, member of the Cameroon Schutztruppe and from 1914 to 1919…

“father of the camel troop”.

Post author:joerookery
Post published:June 30, 2023
Post category:Álvaro José Ignacio Casanova Mora Chile

Friederich von Erckert (December 30, 1869 in Bromberg, † March 16, 1908 in Seatsub, Bechuanaland, now Botswuana) was a German officer of the Schutztruppe. Due to the first notable introduction…