Tores Tuesday – a cavalry rifle holster
As I mainly post obscure objects in my blog, here is another one, a leather rifle holster intended for attaching the rifle to the saddle. It was made by G&S…
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…
Tores Tuesday. – The leaning bayonet of Albert.
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…
Tores Tuesday. The magical wallet!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHOmBV4js_E Tores Tuesday. The magical wallet!Here are a couple of patriotic wallets for banknotes. Both are adorned with the Iron cross on the front. The one simply says “Weltkrieg 14/15,…
Tores Tuesday, The establishment of Poland 1916
ores Tuesday, The establishment of Poland 1916. Last Tuesday of 2020.Now here is a long and very complicated story, of which I will only offer a glimpse, a declaration from…
Tores Tuesday-Christmas 103 years ago.
Tores Tuesday. Today’s blog will be quite short. As Christmas is approaching fast, I thought I would show an old photograph.These soldiers are celebrating Christmas in the field. It is…
Tores Tuesday- Been there, done that
Tores Tuesday- Been there, done that, travelled across the ocean -twice! A captured German gas mask mailed to the United States.Now this you don’t see every day. One can safely…
Tores Tuesday, a scary piece of literature.
Tores Tuesday, a scary piece of literature...Quite some great personal items and books have been posted lately, not least inA Gustaf Bryngelsons excellent blogs. Here is another one.This is published…
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…
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…