3rd battle of Ieper casualties described by father Slosse
July 28th1917 at 7pm planes fighting in the sky. A German plane falls, burning in Stragier field, the conductor ‘Hauptmann’ loses his life there and is buried in Roeselare. Next…
Schwarzlose M1908
Today on Gus' Gear, I have a different type of pistol to examine. Schwarzlose wanted to enter the pistol market, but in order to avoid Browning's patent on the blow…
The Japanese and Italian Interallied Victory Medals.
The Japanese and Italian Interallied Victory Medals. The family grows in my Interallied Victory Medal Collection. So far, having a look at the picture of it, I have the following countries,…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE 145 Constantin Fehrenbach: THE LAST PRESIDENT OF THE IMPERIAL GERMAN REICHSTAG
Constantin Fehrenbach was born on January 11, 1852 in Wellendingen near Bonndorf (in the Grand Duchy of Baden). He was the son of Johann Georg Fehrenbach (a teacher) and Rosina…
Utah Gun Collector’s Association gun show
oday for Gus' Gear I have a report on a display I set up at the Utah Gun Collector's Association gun show in Ogden, Utah. This is a collector's show…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE 144 Carl Degelow: THE LAST AIR KNIGHT
Carl “Charly” Degelow was born in Münsterdorf (in Prussian Schleswig-Holstein) on January 5, 1891. A couple years before the Great War began, Degelow worked in the United States (presumably in…
Rumbeke in 1916 seen through the eyes of father Slosse
This week Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday:Rumbeke in 1916 seen through the eyes of father Slosse23 of January, Lieutenant von Heugel and Müller are leaving taking with them their 2 dogs…
TRUCKS
Motor transport columns (Etappen-Kraftwagenkolonnen) usually were comprised of 17 standard army trucks (Armee-Lastzüge) with trailers. The trucks had a load capacity of four metric tons and the trailers two tons;…
The Jägerpistol
Today on Gus' Gear I have an example of an interesting pistol produced by the Franz Jägerfirm. Jäger was producing quality shotguns and combination guns before the war, but at…
Japan vs Imperial Germany. The World War 1 1914 – 1920 Medal.
We change continent once again. I have spoken already a couple of times about the involvement of German Troops in China. You can read a bit about the Germans and…
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