Another of my favourite Medal Bars. Since I started collecting “Bavarian Stuff”, I always wanted to have the combination of these two Baden and Bavarian Orden.It has the following order:-…
EARLY YEARSMax Hermann Bauer was born in Quedlinburg on January 31, 1869. He began to study medicine in Berlin, but then enlisted as an officer candidate in Foot Artillery Regiment…
This Week Sabine's battlefield guide Saturday is going back to Zillebeke, we were there in December last year ( 26/122/2020 blog), and for some reason I didn't use the following…
A pre/early-war unused postcard depicting an anonymous Ulan in the typical uniform: the double-breasted ‘Ulanka’ with Polish cuffs.Instead of a Tschapka, this man is wearing a krätchen in pre-early/war colors.According…
EARLY LIFE AND CAREERThe son of a colonel in the Prussian Army, Karl Friedrich Max von Müller was born in Hanover on June 16, 1873. After attending gymnasium at Hanover…
This week on Bandow's Best, I want to share this image. This real photo postcard of a member of the Garde Kürassiers was sitting for sale on the Collector's Guild…
This Week Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday is going back to Zonnebekeeveryday life winter 14-15 in Zonnebekethe landscape : when the French arrived in October 1914, the region around Ieper still…
A pair of Landsturm Gefreiter from an unidentified unit, circa 1914/15.Both men are wearing Litewka tunics: In my opinion, a 1900 blue model and a 1903 grey model, distinguishable primarily…
Here is a Kukri I have had a long time. It is a MkII type blade, but without the rivets on the handle that the issue MkII has.Officers had to…
Today, we are going to change the army, again. If previously, we were flying above Verdun with the Farman F.40., now I am going to show a big and heavy…