PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE 55Gustav Bachmann
Gustav Bachmann was born in Cammin, Rostock on July 13, 1860. Upon graduating from high school, he joined the Imperial German Navy as a cadet in April 1877. Bachmann completed…
Brunswick
Brunswick(1813-1871: Braunschweig)The Duchy of Brunswick, a German state since the tenth century, was a member state of the Germanic Confederation between 1815 and 1866. Brunswick allied with Prussia during the…
Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday : Ieper The belfry and cathedral are burning November 1914
Eyewitness accounts of Sunday the 22 November 1914Priest Delaere writes the following in his diary in French ( I didn't think it was fair to not translate it) : the…
Gus’ Gear — a few bandoliers
Today on Gus' Gear, I present a few bandoliers. These are difficult to find as they were normally considered disposable This is a hard to find example of a German…
***Antonio Wednesday’s Wonders *** Machine guns, Peter Letzelter and Militärpaß – Part. 1
I have been showing different Items in the last few weeks in this “Antonio Wednesday’s Wonders”. Now it is the turn for the Militärpaß or the Military Identity Documents. I…
Tores Tuesday. – The property of the king -German royal cyphers on bayonets.
As I am sure you know from Imperial German Historys great blogs, Germany was unified under one Kaiser, but not as such a unified country, there were four kingdoms and…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE 54 Otto von Emmich
MILITARY RISEAlbert Theodor Otto von Emmich was born in the Prussian town of Minden on August 4, 1848, the son of an Oberst (colonel). He later married Elise Pauline Sophie,…
Oldenburg
Oldenburg(1813-1871)The Duchy of Oldenburg was a member state of the German Confederation from 1815 to 1866 and in 1829 was renamed, the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg. The Grand Duchy consisted…
Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday–Domenico Mondelli from Eritrea
This week Sabine's battlefield guide SaturdayDomenico Mondelli from Eritrea ,flying for Italy.Born in Asmara, in the Italian colony of Eritrea, on 30th June 1886, Wolde Selassie was the natural son…
Gus’ Gear — two lances,
The long and the short of it. Today on Gus' Gear I present two lances, one is German manufacture, exported to Argentina, the other is French manufacture and was exported…
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