i am very happy, id tags and this pair are those of a machine-gunner,i own a saxon M 10 tunic with ink marks "14k"(festung maschine gewher),and they look good on it..
no, sorry, it is German slang, I am unable to translate it in its entirety, but I assume it might be a satiric remark about French troops since there's "franzosisch" in the text....
there are still many fountains in existence today in this sector, some are in still to be discovered deep in the woods, others are in villages, are you talking about the fountain located in a village called "Flirey"