***Antonio Wednesday’s Wonders ***The most beautiful Miniaturkette in my collectionAs simple as that, and I have a couple of beautiful pieces (sorry, it sounds far from modest), but this “Mini-Chain”…
I have a peculiar photo taken in Africa for Bandow's Best this week. This is from a grouping of images that belonged to a sailor of the SMS Strassburg. Look…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 170Richard DehmelLIFEThe son of a forester, Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel was born on November 18, 1863. His birthplace was Hermsdorf near Wendisch Buchholz (now a part of Münchehofe)…
Today on Gus' Gear I have another Italian handgun. This is the officer's Model 1889 Bodeo revolver. This is a slightly smaller version of the Model 1874 revolver which was…
EARLY YEARSThe son of a carpenter, Otto Könnecke was born in Straßberg (located in Saxony-Anhalt) on September 20, 1892. He attended the Building Trade School in Frankfurt am Main and…
Today for Gus' Gear I have a special Colt 1911 pistol that was carried by an officer in Lord Strathcona's Horse Royal Canadians by Lt. H. Hill. I have been…
***Antonio Wednesday’s Wonders ***A Bavarian-Austrian Medal Bar.I have already shown this Medal Bar, when I spoke about the Bayerischer Militär-Verdienstorden and the regulations to wear it in an “Ordensspange” along…
Chris' Curious Museum FindsAdmiral Souchon's Medal Bar- Imperial War Museum, London (no longer on display)The medals on this bar in order of seniority from left to right are-Prussian 1914 Iron…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 167Erich WeberEARLY YEARSErich Paul Weber was born in Kamen (a town in North Rhine-Westphalia) on September 12, 1860. At seventeen, he entered the Prussian Army and received his…
Today on Gus' Gear, another Spanish made revolver chambered for the British .455 Webley cartridge. When studying weapons used in the Great War, the most common phrase that one encounters…