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A blog about Imperial Germany in 1914 during the Great War, Prussia, Bavaria, Wurt., and Saxony. Army Navy Aviation.

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    Gotha G.IV twin engine bomber

    • Post author:joerookery
    • Post published:March 7, 2024
    • Post category:Gottfried Alexander van der Horst/Things that Fly

    Imperial German Gotha G.IV twin engine bomber (1055/16) in the Royal Dutch Airforce base at Soesterberg.On 18 August 1917 this brand-new craft along with another were returning from a bombing…

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    lance pennant

    • Post author:joerookery
    • Post published:March 4, 2024
    • Post category:Aleksander Lie/Cavalry

    This lance pennant on display at the Imperial War Museum was picked up on the Battlefield of The Marne in 1914.From 1889 all cavalry units of the Imperial German Army…

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    A Photographic Journey of Uniforms and Equipment Through the 20th Century.”

    • Post author:joerookery
    • Post published:March 1, 2024
    • Post category:Books/Gus' Gear

    Today's Gus' Gear is another book report. There are a lot of great books available to collectors and historians now and today I would like to call attention to new…

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    Infantryman from an unidentified regiment

    • Post author:joerookery
    • Post published:February 29, 2024
    • Post category:Rui Candeias

    Rui’s RenditionsOutdoors portrait of an infantryman from an unidentified regiment. Undated.The M1909 ammunition pouches, belt, and footwear in natural color, and the M1910 Vereinfachte Feldrock might point to the spring/summer…

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    PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE 216 Viktor Hahndorff

    • Post author:joerookery
    • Post published:February 27, 2024
    • Post category:PEEBLES PROFILES

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    A misbehaving major

    • Post author:joerookery
    • Post published:February 25, 2024
    • Post category:Sabine's battlefield guide

    This week Sabine's battlefield guide SaturdayA misbehaving majorWe start off in October 1914 in the area of Beselare – Zonnebeke where RIR 243 was on the side of several other…

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    Cavalry always seemed to keep their distance

    • Post author:joerookery
    • Post published:February 23, 2024
    • Post category:Aleksander Lie/August 1914/Cavalry

    During the opening weeks of the war on the western front, when cavalry forces did encounter each other, they often dismounted and exchanged gunfire from a significant distance before withdrawing…

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    brightly colored French uniforms

    • Post author:joerookery
    • Post published:February 23, 2024
    • Post category:Gus' Gear/Uniforms

    Today for Gus' Gear I have an interesting uniform to present. When the war started, the French were using uniforms that were not suitable for modern warfare. The French Line…

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    BeuteKämpfwagen familiarization training

    • Post author:joerookery
    • Post published:February 21, 2024
    • Post category:Armor/Gottfried Alexander van der Horst/Training

    BeuteKämpfwagen familiarization training between the 1. Armee and 14. Kampfwagen abteilung.Seen here are 'Liesel' and 'Fritz' both from the 14. Kampfwagen Abteilung with soldiers from 5. Guards Infantry Division. It's…

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    PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE 215 Edmund Nathanael 

    • Post author:joerookery
    • Post published:February 20, 2024
    • Post category:PEEBLES PROFILES/Things that Fly

    PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 215Edmund NathanaelEdmund Nathanael was born in Dielsdorf on December 18, 1889.Little is known if Nathanael first served in a ground unit when the Great War began. It was…

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