***Antonio Wednesday’s Wonders ***A Commemorative Medal of the 92. IR. In the past, I have been showing a few Commemorative Regimental Medals in this section. You can find an example here: https://german1914.com/antonio-wednesdays-wonders-the.../ They…
Chris' Curious Museums FindsPrussian M1842 and Oldenburg M1895 Pickelhauben- Lisbon Military Museum, Portugal Great to see a Portuguese Pickelhaube and I was pleasantly surprised to see an old tall Prussian…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 164Hans von FlotowTHE PRE-WAR ERAHans Ludwig Carl Theodor von Flotow was born on September 10, 1862 at the family estate of Felsenhagen near Pritzwalk. He was part of…
Today for Gus' Gear, I am going back to the French section of the collection. I have recently added a couple of new French revolvers to the collection that I…
Chris' Curious Museum FindsWill you spot the oddity straight away on this medal bar?Medal Bar of a Herero Campaign Veteran- Swakopmund Museum, NamibiaThose of you familiar with German medals will…
***Antonio Wednesday’s Wonders ***A different „Miniaturkette“.I am starting to get more serious collecting this type of pieces. There are many of them and some with a huge quality. One of…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 163Günther von PannewitzGünther Ludwig Feodor von Pannewitz was born in the Prussian Silesian town of Neisse on December 6, 1857. He was thr son of the Prussian lieutenant…
Today for Gus' Gear I have an interesting British pistol, the Webley MKI automatic pistol in .455 caliber produced for the Navy contract. About eight thousand pistols were manufactured by…
***Antonio Wednesday’s Wonders ***A Civil Bavarian Medal Bar. The next Medal bar was part of my collection until I let it go. Sometimes, some pieces have to go for other to…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 162Hans, Baron von WangenheimEARLY YEARSHans, Baron von Wangenheim was born in Gotha on July 4, 1859. He got his education at the Ernestine Gymnasium. In 1902, Wangenheim married…