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Hi Glenn, Precisely the information and guidance I was looking for. Thank you! Onward through the fog. :) Daniel

Hi Chris, I totally agree, but I do not want to dismiss any potential avenues without being thorough, no matter how unlikely. Maybe he was a relative of the General, who knows. I know that Hitler started as a Gefreiter, and had quite a career trajectory post-Great War (understatement of the...

Hi all, I just purchased this photo postcard, and wanted to share and perhaps ask for a little help researching this well-mustachioed chap: On the card, it reads "Landsturm-Gefreiter Ernst Marquard im 2. Kurhess. Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 47, kommandiert zur Garrison-Verwaltung Fulda" My...

Hi all, This great addition to my collection arrived today, and wanted to share: Close up #1 Close up #2 (right side of photo): Lastly, the reverse with nice stamps: If anyone has any idea about what it says, I'd love to hear it. :) My grandfather had just parted company with FAR 47...

Hi Mark, I have other pics I will be putting up soon. It was well attended, and I had the pleasure of meeting the head of the Matinecock Neighborhood Association, who was behind the restoration effort. In terms of artifacts, it was mostly vintage flags and newspaper clippings, though some...

Hi all, I attended the ceremonies in Locust Valley....you can view some of the photos in this thread, here: http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=153788&pid=1500939&st=0&#entry1500939 -Danie

Hi Gus, Thanks for the feedback, and you win a prize for spotting the Kaiser: a bronze figligee with oak leaf cluster. :) I will endeavor to find a better photo for the infantry helmet; can you tell me what it was about the Tschako that you thought merited it being swapped out? Brian...

Hi all, Appropriately enough, the cannon will be rededicated on November 11th at 11 am. I intend to be there and will post photos here. Thanks, -Daniel

Hi all, 42 peeks and no feedback? :) I really want this site to be helpful, but as someone who is in the thick of the learning curve on German Army research, I am hoping someone more seasoned than I can let me know at least if anything there is incorrect or perhaps not as helpful as it...

Hi all, I have put together a website to help novice, non-German-speaking researchers learn some of the tips and techniques they will need to start their research, and provide some resources to assist in that effort. Here's the link: http://sites.google.com/site/ph0ebus13prussian/ Your...

Hi Joe, Just bought your book, and I am anxiously awaiting its delivery in the mail. Kudos and accolades from sunny yet cool NYC. -Daniel

The cannon looks fab. I will see if I can wheedle the unveiling date out of my contact at the library! -Daniel

I would heartily encourage you (and anyone else, for that matter) who knos if guns not on the website to contact the site's operator and let him know. If you have specifics or better yet photos I am sure he would love to have them and expand the database he is building. I am almost afraid to...

Heard back from my contact at the Library: Good news, the cannon should be back at the end of the month - I will be sure to let you know as soon as I hear a date. The MNA can confirm if there are any photos taken but again, I'll let you know as soon as I hear something. :D -Daniel

Good news from my contact at the Locust Valley Library: The cannon was sent out in early May for restoration. They are hoping to have it back by the end of the summer but apparently wheel restoration is a slow moving process. When I get a date for the return, I will let you know. I will post...

Hi Mark, all... I believe there is a restoration effort already underway. Per the library, in an email dated 12/8/09, the restoration was slated to begin in 2010 led by the Matinecock Neighborhood Association. The first step was to have the wheels (what's left of them) removed and sent to an...

Thanks Pierre, all! Can I ask people's opinion on what is purported to be a FAR 47 badge? There is some debate as to whether this is Prussian and of the Fulda FAR regiment or is perhaps Austrian...anyone have any idea? -Daniel[/img]

Hi Milosz, I see the following book available via Worldcat: Geschichte des Pommerschen Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 2 Author: Erich Troschel Publisher: Berlin : Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn. ..., 1888. Not sure if you are interested but in case you are... :) Two copies show up as being...

Hi Gustav, Thanks so much for this...interesting reading, indeed! -Daniel

Hi Gus, It is funny, they filled out the writing upside down! I have not seen too many vintage postcards where they did that, though I have seen some where they write in all directions at once... I also see you noticed the writing in pencil that is perpendicular to the writing in ink. I...