chrispaulodale
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Great photos again Joe... the East Asian cavalryman with fencing award (?) on his sleeve is excellent!
Cheers
Chris
Cheers
Chris
A very colonial day--and vote!
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joerookery
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chrispaulodale
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joerookery said:
Joe's just pointed out the rectangular badge on the left cuff... anyone know what that's for?
Cheers
Chris
Paranoid_Womb
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As this is already a very nice colonial grouping, I decided to add my picture here and I know that Joe won't mind.
Nice and rarely seen side-view, a perfect display of the bayonet frog which is riveted to the his 'mounted' equipment.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paranoid_womb/6031504291/in/photostream/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
But what I mainly wanted to show is the following card:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paranoid_womb/6928341734/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I didn't notice, but it has been pointed out by two of our members here, that the rifle is not a Gew91. I'm far from a rifle expert, but I'm sure someone can provide more info.
Check out my stream for more of these.
Nice and rarely seen side-view, a perfect display of the bayonet frog which is riveted to the his 'mounted' equipment.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paranoid_womb/6031504291/in/photostream/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
But what I mainly wanted to show is the following card:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paranoid_womb/6928341734/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I didn't notice, but it has been pointed out by two of our members here, that the rifle is not a Gew91. I'm far from a rifle expert, but I'm sure someone can provide more info.
Check out my stream for more of these.
stuka f
Well-known member
Nice pictures!Great headgear, and other attribute are showed!
I do like the colonial uniforms in general.
I do also there for collect them! Not a great variation,and only one pre WWI item (in fact two, but it is a double!)
I spend my youth in Afrika.
We lived in Kitega (Burundi) there was a German fortress, just like most European fortresses in Afrika are.
I never been able to find anything about it on the net, if any of you have further information concerning that fortress, I would be very intrested.
Cheers
|<ris
I do like the colonial uniforms in general.
I do also there for collect them! Not a great variation,and only one pre WWI item (in fact two, but it is a double!)
I spend my youth in Afrika.
We lived in Kitega (Burundi) there was a German fortress, just like most European fortresses in Afrika are.
I never been able to find anything about it on the net, if any of you have further information concerning that fortress, I would be very intrested.
Cheers
|<ris
reservist1
Member
The rifle is a Model 98 Artillery Carbine. A very scarce variation of the Model 98. Additional information on this weapon can be found in Rifle and Carbine 98, M98 Firearms of the German Army from 1898 to 1918 by Dieter Storz, pages 52 through 59.
Reservist1
Reservist1
Paranoid_Womb
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Thanks for this info reservist.
If anyone else has more info, like production numbers or something, I'd be happy to hear about it.
If anyone else has more info, like production numbers or something, I'd be happy to hear about it.
reservist1
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You may find this link helpful.
Reservist1
http://www.ycgg.org/pdfpages/kar98.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Reservist1
http://www.ycgg.org/pdfpages/kar98.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Paranoid_Womb
New member
Thanks, it was very useful and also interesting to read that most were used by Colonial troops, as shown in my CDV.
I had seen drawing of the carbine with bayonet lug before, but this artillery model was completely unknown to me.
Sam
I had seen drawing of the carbine with bayonet lug before, but this artillery model was completely unknown to me.
Sam