Tores Tuesday – The Ottoman/Turkish used Gewehr 88.
In this final installment on the Gewehr 88 sent by Germany to the Ottoman (Osman) empire, I will have to go a bit beyond WWI. Thank you for your patience…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE 86 Friedrich Sixt von Armin
EARLY YEARSFriedrich Bertram Sixt von Armin was born in Wetzlar (an exclave of the Rhine Province in Prussia) on November 27, 1851. After leaving school in 1870, he enlisted in…
Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday : Real or alleged espionage in Boezinge?
Civilians were more often suspected of espionage than soldiers. If one lit a candle at night when a cow calved, the farmer was immediately arrested and taken for interrogation. He…
Rui’s RenditionsA middle-aged German Landwehr’s soldier.
Rui's RenditionsA middle-aged German Landwehr’s soldier. Great War period.Equipment includes ersatz ammo pouches, an ersatz or civilian belt, a Gew88 rifle with a sawback blade bayonet (Seitengewehr 84/98 neuer Art…
Tores Tuesday – Ottoman used Gewehr 88, fourth post.
Sorry to have such a monomaniacal focus one one single type of German WWI rifle, as supplied to the Ottoman Empire. I will not drag you through all my Gew88,…
***Antonio Wednesday’s Wonders ***A Bavarian Vizefelwebel
We continue today with a present, that I received from a very good person and collector, Mr. Andreas Jäger, Thank you Sir. It is a very interesting picture of a…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE 85 Otto von Below
MILITARY RISEOtto Ernst Vinzent Leo von Below was born in Danzig (now Gdańsk) on January 18, 1857. At the age of eighteen, he entered the Imperial German Army. After three…
Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday a German spy?
This week Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday is going back to Boezingea German spy?The violence came closer and closer and on the 20th of October the front was close to Boezinge.…
Rui’s Renditions a very crude ‘listening device’.
Rui’s RenditionsPostcard from Drakegoodman’s collection depicting German soldiers from an unknown unit in no-man’s-land with what seems to be a very crude ‘listening device’.The note on the back reads: “Funnel…
Gus’ Gear additions to the German section of the collection
Today for Gus' Gear I have additions to the German section of the collection aside from the two artillery helmets previously presented. Last year, I acquired a German made Argentine…
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