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…
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…
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…
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…
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(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…
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…
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…
Been Spanish myself and also really interested in the Bavarian Army, is a good combination that results in…. reading and putting my hands in a couple of things from the…
Pardon my pun, I guess people know the story of the leaning lady of Albert? If not, you ought to read about it. However, this “leaning” thing is not a…