***Antonio Wednesday’s Wonders ***A few beers and the S.M.S. Baden.
I showed this picture a couple of weeks ago and now it is time to talk a bit more about it. It took me seconds for me to get this picture.…
A cocktail named after a field gun
A cocktail named after a field gunin 1890 General Mathieu, Director of Artillery at the Ministry of War, had been informed that Konrad Haussner, a German engineer working at the…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE 121 Georg von der Marwitz
Georg Cornelius Adalbert von der Marwitz was born on July 7, 1856 in Stolp (now Słupsk, Poland), located in the province of Pomerania. At the age of nineteen, he received…
Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday :German traps and mines left behind in Kemmel area
The regrouping of RIR 240 begins in the night of 27.08. the frontline of the whole section is occupied by the 7 Company and 2nd. the 5 and 6 and…
Rui’s Renditions A German soldier demonstrates the use of a Mauser 13.1 mm anti-tank rifle.
Rui’s RenditionsA German soldier demonstrates the use of a Mauser 13.1 mm anti-tank rifle. Location unknown, 1918.The Mauser might not be the only anti-tank weapon in this photo. In the…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE 120 Friedrich von Pourtalès
FAMILY TIESJakob Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim de Pourtalès was born on October 24, 1853, son of Wilhelm von Pourtalès and Charlotte Luise Auguste Gräfin von Maltzan zu Wartenberg und Penzlin.…
Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday RIR 240 august 1918 in Kemmel
It seems that is was already decided early August that Kemmel hill was to be given up08.08The old and yet ever new small-scale battles over a lost piece of trench…
***Antonio Wednesday’s Wonders ***A Marine Medal Bar?
This is another “Ordensspange” with a nice combination, which landed once in my collection.It has the following decorations:- Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse (Königreich Preußen).- Hanseatenkreuz (Hansestadt Lübeck).- Militär-Verdienstkreuz 2. Klasse…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE 119 Hugo Haase
THE SOCIALIST LAWYERHugo Haase was born on September 29, 1863 in the East Prussian town of Allenstein (now Olsztyn, Poland), the son of Jewish shoemaker and small businessman Nathan Haase…
Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday-Kemmel 31 August 1918Kemmel 31 august 1918
American versus German regiments reporting on actions around Kemmel 31 august 191827th and 30th American DivisionsOn 30.08, the enemy made a surprise move that tested the doughboys. In the early…
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