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…
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…
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…
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…
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;…
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…
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…
EARLY YEARSErnst Friedrich Otto von Oven was born in Haus Velmode (in the Westphalian district of Hamm) on February 3, 1859, one full week after the birth of the future…
Daily life in occupied RumbekeAt the end of October 1914, the Germans constructed an airfield in Rumbeke, south of the Sterrebos, at the Bergstraat and the old Maria's lindestraat close…
Today on Gus's Gear I have a Sauer & Sohn M1913. This example is from the second series and the serial number places it just before the German military contract…