Gus’ Gear letter from Schwester Ada to Herr Mäurer
Today on Gus' Gear I present a very somber document, a letter from Schwester Ada to Herr Mäurer, She is not his sister, but a nurse, (as near as I…
Gus’ Gear I will continue the story of Johannes Mäurer
Today on Gus' Gear I will continue the story of Johannes Mäurer with a look at two newspaper clippings, the first from January of 1915 and the second from November…
Gus’ Gear continues the story of Johannes Mäurer
Today on Gus' Gear I will continue the story of Johannes Mäurer with two post cards sent to is father and uncle from the hospital in Magdaburg, as well as…
Gus’ Gear–the story of Johannes Mäurer’s trip from the battlefield to the hospital in Magdaburg.
Magdeburg. 2./12.14Liebe ElternIch habe soeben vom Ludwigs Hermann eine Karte bekommen auf der er mir schreibt , daß er den Brief von meinen Gefechts beschreibungen gelesen hat u(nd) daß er…
Gus’ Gear–the history that comes with collecting.
Today on Gus' Gear I am going to move out of the collection and into the history that comes with collecting. The following letters are from the estate of of…
Gus’ Gear — a selection of belt buckles.
Today on Gus' Gear I present a selection of belt buckles. There are a number of collectors here that have extensive collections of German and German State's buckles that I…
Gus’ Gear … cartridge pouches
Today on Gus' Gear I present a selection of cartridge pouches used by Germany, The Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary and Italy, the next week I will cover Russia, Japan, Portugal, France…
Gus’ Gear — haversacks
Today on Gus' Gear I present a selection of haversacks used by several armies during the Great War. This is an example of an Italian M1907 haversack constructed of canvas…
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…
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…