Tore’s Tuesday, a rare Kar88 variant.
I did promise Joe to post obscure objects, and this is one. The old Karabiner 88, the short version of the Gew88 rifle, is not very easy to find. With…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE XLVII Richard Eckermann
Heinrich Paul Christian Richard Eckermann was born on July 15, 1862 near Ratzeburg. He was the fourth child of the justice-councillor Rudolf Eckermann (1824-1904) and his wife Marie (1840-1873). At…
Bavaria
BavariaThe Kingdom of Bavaria, a German state since the tenth century, became a member state of the German Confederation between 1815 and 1866 and was considered the second most important…
Sabine’s battlefield guide-Oostkamp
This week's Sabine's battlefield guide Saturday is going back to Oostkamp, we were there weeks ago remember the two English pilots who were shot by Otto Parshau ?A German unit…
Gus’ Gear-Communications 1
Today on Gus' Gear, I start a short series on communications. Some of the information from earlier posts will be repeated in the coming weeks, however, I will cover more…
Sabine’s battlefield guide
Germans POW 's that tried to escape or died in the UK Sabine's battlefield guide Saturday is yet again about German POW camps in the UK Germans POW 's that…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE XLVI: Julius List
Alfred Julius Eduard List was born in Munich on December 19, 1864. He was the son of a study inspector and professor at the Cadet Corps.Upon his graduation from the…
Prussia’ s Royalty
Prussia’ s RoyaltyA very short biography of the Kaiser’s children. Crown Prince WilhelmFriedrich WILHELM Viktor August Ernst, Crown Pr of Germany (Marmorpalais 6 May 1882-Hechingen 21 Jul 1951); m.Berlin 6 Jun…
Gus’ Gear-military manuals
This is a copy of the 51st edition of “Transfeldts Dienstunterricht für den Deutschen Herr” printed in 1916. I debated if this should be covered in this post as it…
Tores Tuesday. – The debris of war.
As we have had a great series of personal items lately, and more will follow, the thought has grown in me. I would like to show these bits and pieces…
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