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    Easedropping Frenchies! Poster #2. FEIND HORT MIT!

    Another poster for you German reeenactors to nail to your dugout wall next to the Fernsprecher! Tony
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    Loose lips sink Lippenstadt Heines!! ACHTUNG FEIND HOERT MIT

    See below German WWI Poster! Remember the enemy is listening. Greeting to all. Toy
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    Who can ID these German and captured canons?

    Hi. As I was listing some of my WWI German photo collection to sell I came across the attached photos below and wondered if anyone can help me identify the guns. PHOTO: W3137: The reverse says in handwriting "Deutsche Russenkanonen" and the guy in the ball-top artillery helmet has a captured...
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    Freezing their Heinies off! Paddle and rifle grenades,snow.

    More explosive topics. Paddle grenades and rifle grenades/launchers ready to do damage. The happiest day of my life I think was about 1986 when I was at Verdun illegally digging up a caved in bunker in the Ravine de Morte not all that far from the Trench of Bayonets. My German, American and...
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    Paddle grenades in action. Trench shots

    I find the early paddle grenades in their many forms quite interesting. I bought a real one in France once, see the color photo.
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    Grenades: The ball hgrenade chest plate with hook and collar

    A decent photo of the little steel plate that hung from a leather "collar" on the infantryman's chest with a big diagonal hook. The twisted wire fuze loop would cut your finger open if you tried to pull it to ignite the fuze adn then to add insult to injury a shower of sparkler-like sparks would...
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    German Disc Grenade carrier in action. Chest pack for dogs!!

    My work on German WWI hand grenades can be seen in Zeitschrift fuer Heereskunde, on Twitter and in Johan Somers latest Schiffer book. Here is something to add to it. Note the men in the top photo carry the breast 3-pack carrier for the discus grenade. The lower photo shows a German Shepard in a...
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    ReserveGarde Jaeger Shako Cover example with "dash" insignia

    Here is another of the few examples I have seen of a Reserve Garde Jaeger Shako cover with the black horizontal "dash" insignia for your viewing pleasure!
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    Schindler's Tinnie! Ehrenbuch der Bayern NCO photo.

    This photo caught my eye. Wonder if he is related to the Schindler's List Schindler!! Who can ID this somewhat common tinnie often seen with Bavarian troops in the Carpathians???
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    German Army Order of Battle WWI notes: infantry type troops

    Hi Folks, I sold my order of battle library but for those of you who can't buy the original German works needed or just wand a handy reference. Here are some notes I made. I mainly used the Zeitschrift fuer Heereskunde and some 1950s Feldgrau with the Kling and von Stein articles. Hands Rudolph...
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    Color my world feldgrau with silver Litzen! Garde Feldgrau

    Here is a grouping of Garde/Grenadier officer shots starting with an oil painting. 1. Painting I saw in Europe 2. Tunic I once had, the collar tabs weren't right..too thick 4. Photo: 5. Photo:
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    Is this your GIBRALTAR cuff title?

    I'd like to have this guys job. No front line service for me!
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    Inf Lehr Regiment 1914 sleeve insignina

    ILR early sleeve insignina, note Brittish soldiers in trench too.
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    Crank handle trench knive with assault troop

    Good photo to illustrate that crank handle bayonet-trench knife in your collection. Note the haggard expressions of the men and medium wire cutters!
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    Saint Henrichs Cross Grand Cross 1918 portrait

    Saxon Infantry Captain Johannes Pflugbeil wearing Saxony's highest award for valor. In late 1918 from a medics litter, the badly wounded Pflugbeil lead a counter attack against attacking British troops. Note he weasr the Wound Badge in Silver. In WWII he won the Knights Cross as the commander of...
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    Gebirgs MG sleeve insignia "S". Horsepacked MG 08

    Note Gebirgs MG unit in white Anoraks one (barely visible) has white sleeve patch with "S" on it. Note headgear is Kraetzchen turned inside out to white lining. Top photo shows horsepack for MG 08!!
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    Sledharness for Schneeschuh MG 08 ammo boxes SS insignia

    Hey you MG 08 fans out there, here'a a new one for you. Note the backpack wood sleds for Genirgs MG ammo cans! Who has one of these? Also note the insignia on the back of the Bavarian Schneeschuhtruppe Gebirgs caps!
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    Bavarian Schneeschuh Sanitaeters and Saint Bernard Sanihund

    Here's a great period publicity Schneechuhtruppe photo with Saint Bernard. I have another one of a SS Sanitaeter on skis with his Sanihund (a photo portrait). These are tough to find!
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    Dog harness for Gebirgs MG 08, ski mounted MG08

    First attachment is original document that calls for a dog sled harness for a MG 08. Second is photo of the ski rig for the MG 08 for this arrangement!! How many MG 08 collectors have these accessories??? Tony
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    Who can ID this? Signal trench light??

    Who can ID this box-shaped shoulder suspended piece of trench equipment? Is it a signal lamp? Does anyone have a photo of one in a collection or museum. A. Meldahl
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