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Tores Tuesday.Yes, I know my postings are few and far between these days. It should not be like that, but the consequences of my injury still take their toll. Sorry.But,…
Tores Tuesday.Yes, I know my postings are few and far between these days. It should not be like that, but the consequences of my injury still take their toll. Sorry.But,…
Today for Gus' Gear I have a pair of M1895 ammo pouches, these were superceded by the M1909 three pocket pouches. These were designed to hold 9 Mannlicher clips for…
Historians have not done justice to discussing the Belgian army at the start of World War I. It is sort of skipped over while Great thought is poured into what…
This week Sabine's battlefieldguide Saturday.The Korps der Congolese Vrijwilligers (Congolese Volunteers Corps) part oneThis was a special unit, consisting of around three hundred old colonials and colonials on holiday, it…
Today for Gus' Gear I have a set of Italian breast armor that I do not think I have posted here before. I acquired this from Bill Combs many years…
Rui’s RenditionsSomewhere in the Carpathian Mountains, a German ‘schneeschuhtruppe’ stands guard over an idyllic landscape.On the back of this postcard, it is written “Karpathen, Mai 1917, Alarmbereit!”Of particular interest is…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 219Friedrich NolteniusFROM MEDICINE TO WARFriedrich Theodor Noltenius was born in Bremen on January 8, 1894, the son of a professor of medicine. After graduated from high school in…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 217Horst von der GoltzHe was born in 1884 Koblenz with the name Franz Wachendorf. At the age of sixteen, he was deported from Brussels back to Imperial Germany.…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 218Richard von PawelszEARLY YEARSRichard Wilhelm Heinrich von Pawelsz was born in Stade (in Lower Saxony) on December 7 , 1872, the son of a Prussian colonel. After attending…
This week Sabine's battlefield guide SaturdayBuried behind the enemies linesJohannes Wemes and Rudolf Naumann part of the 4th company of the Reserve-Jäger-Bataillon 25 both got wounded near keibergmolen on the…