***Antonio Wednesday’s Wonders ***A Medal Bar and the Duchy of Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha. ***Antonio Wednesday’s Wonders ***A Medal Bar and the Duchy of Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha. ***Antonio Wednesday’s Wonders ***A…
EARLY LIFEBaron Richard von Kühlmann was born in the Turkish capital of Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) on May 3, 1873. The son of the director general of the Anatolian Railways, he…
Born 10/11/1887 in Poperinge son of August Corneel Lermytte and Euphrasie Cornelia ChoorDied 17/04/1915 in Saltau in das kriegsgefangenlazaret of pulmonary tuberculosis. Originally burried in Saltau( Germany) on the 19th…
We continue this week with another “Reservistenkrug” from a Bavarian Regiment; The Royal Bavarian 11th Infantry Regiment “Von der Tann”. I had my share of frustration with this Beer Stein,…
The Luger pistol can hardly be called rare with millions having been produced during its service life, however there are some pretty rare variations, and here is one.The German navy…
To social media companies knowPEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE 69 Gunther Plüschow: the hero from Tsingtau Gunther Plüschow (born in Munich on February 8, 1886) was an aviator, aerial explorer, and author.…
This week sabine's battlefield guide Saturday goes back to BeselareHow a priest loses all his booksLodewijk De WolfOn August 9, 1911, Lodewijk was appointed assistant priest of Beselare. Because of…
Today on Gus' Gear I revisit the article on currency used during the War to give a better table of exchange rates as well as the base pay for a…
I will show you in this article another Medal Bar, which involves another country. Before going into that, let’s see, which decorations are included in the “Ordensschnalle”:- Eisernes Kreuz 2.…
Right, I realize that I am going backwards as for chronology here, having already presented the P-16 pistol, but I hope to be forgiven for that, - eventually...In my previous…