This weeks Sabine's battlefield guide Saturday:Georges Kugé a Belgian spy with German rootsGeorge Born in lessines on the 10th of June 1890, His father Charles was a German watchmaker, His…
This time, I am going to show you something different as seen before; an Erkennungsmarke or Identification tag. As we can see, this one belonged to Xaver Lieb, who was…
Here is a rather peculiar pickelhaube, in several ways.First of all, it is made of cardboard. I did not know this when I bought it, I did not realize that…
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. This week Sabine's battlefield guide Saturday is going to the area of…
On the 21st of February, 105 years ago, started the Battle of Verdun. This Article is dedicated to the first few days of the offensive in February and at the…
I have written about quite a few ersatz items already, so will not repeat all about the why’s and when’s about ersatz production. However, once again: The ersatz production was…
Willy Martin Ernst Rohr was born on May 19, 1877 in Metz, Alsace-Lorraine (then a part of the German Empire). He attended military schools in Bensberg and Karlsruhe... and was…
Reuss Older Line(1813-1871: Reuß ältere Linie)The Principality of Reuss Senior Line, (sometimes called Reuss Greiz) a small German state in Thuringia since 1673, was a member state of the German…
This week Sabine's battlefieldguide Saturday is going to HouthulstItalians buried in FlandersWeeks ago I visited Houthulst Belgian cemetery, I knew there were Italian prisoners of war there but never took…
Today on Gus' Gear I present a selection of belt buckles. There are a number of collectors here that have extensive collections of German and German State's buckles that I…