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Thuringian Field Artillery Regiment standard bearers tunic just received.

Unfortunately not a family piece, just purchased. The photographer is E. Bieber of Berlin & Hamburg. Next to the date is a written word which is hard to read “ Cidrel “ or “Bidrel”, presumably where the portrait was signed.

This is a signed portrait dated 3rd December 1907

Many years ago whilst studying in Hamburg for a year I lodged with this old gentleman for a year. Rent free : I just had to run shopping errands and read the local paper to him in my poor German. He had many tales of life in Edwardian England where he was posted by his firm for a couple of...

Could anybody shed any light on this odd helmet. It is covered in green hessian sacking type material with a wire mesh over the hessian. There are no cockades and the interior is lined with the same hessian sacking. I’m assuming it’s a copy am left wondering why anybody would bother to make such...

A fair few items from the first auction have already appeared on dealers sites at prices 25% or more than was realised at the auction including the commission . Maybe we have to review what is a high price.

Watching the bidding rocketing for the Baden 111 , my assumption , after pinching myself hard, was that it must have been due to the Battle of the Somme connection as Truce1914 has commented. British gallantry and casualty medals for example , awarded for actions during the Battle of the Somme...

This is the very suspicious one !

Could any members with more knowledge than myself, not at all difficult , give some advice as to the authenticity of two pelmutz I have recently acquired. I am particularly suspicious of the black example. Thanks Nevin