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Hi all, Just picked up this postcard and wanted to share...my understanding of the motto on the signboard is that it translates to "The Merry Room"? What am I seeing between the two Fuldas? The reverse: Researching the names presently, which are clear enough but the text escapes me. No...

Drake: you're quite welcome! I was guided to that page by a kind fellow over in the Feldgrau forum. Joe, no, that's a new one to me...do you know who that is? If you have a name I can look him up in the Unit History, if you haven't already... So, any takers? In my opinion, it looks like a...

In case anyone is interested in the signalling equipment shown (or signalling equipment in general), it is a 'Blink M 16 Carl Zeiss Jena', (1916)....we were able to ID it thanks to the photos and information from the following excellent page: http://firstwartechnik.free.fr/Dallprojecteurs.html...

Hi all, I am trying to identify what unit a fellow belonged to who appears in a photograph that belonged to my grandfather: A close-up, high-resolution scan of the one schulterklappe visible: I have had some folks venture a few guesses but I though I would (a) share the photo here for...

They did, actually! You can even live in them, as some of the buildings have been converted into apartments. I'll post the link once my son gives me back my computer... :D Daniel PS: Here you go: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hochschule_Fulda" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false...

I wish I could put names to the faces of some of these Officers: Now, to figure out ranks... -Daniel

This fellow? Daniel

OK, I have done a high-res scan...any people in particular you want close-ups of? -Daniel

Possibly...I will try and get a high-res scan of those and see if that sheds any light on things. Also, am I seeing things or are we seeing two slightly different types of cannon here? Daniel

Hi all, Just picked this one up...love all the details in it. In another forum it was suggested that this undated photo was taken pre-war, due to the mix of blue and grey uniforms...would you agree? I also love how the people in the windows in the background totally photobombed the unit...

Hi all, This photo postcard arrived in today's mail...a nice addition to my now growing collection of postcards from the men of FAR 47: I wish I had a first name so I could try and figure out what became of him... -Daniel

Hi all, The FAR 47 postcard I posted the other day is addressed to someone with this division: Wehrmann Kirchhoff Marinekorps 1. Marine Division 1. Landwehr Feldartillerie-Abteilung In case this is of some interest or use, wanted to bring this to your attention. :) Daniel

Hi all, Technically, it is not a photo, but wanted to share the latest FAR 47 card I picked up: Obverse: Reverse: It was written by Hauptmann Ullrich von Freytag of Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 47 on September 8, 1915. He was killed in action three weeks later, on September 29, 1915 at...

Hi Ron and Johan, Thanks for your observations and the good advice. Now I don't feel so bad. -Daniel

Finally, a pickelhaube has come up for sale from my grandfather's regiment (FAR 47)! http://cgi.ebay.de/Dachbodenfund-Pickelhaube-6-Batterie-sehr-schon-/220826731032?pt=Militaria&hash=item336a4c8218 Of course, he was with 4. Batterie rather than 6. Batterie, but who's counting? I am not going...