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[drakegoodman]

New to me. To retain night-vision?

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[joerookery]

Actually I think these are mosquito nets -- but they are definitely styling!

 

[Gustaf]

Hey Joe,
I think you are right, I have seen a photo some where before, perhaps in one of Johan's books of a German soldier with a mosquito net over a Pickelhaube.
Gus

 

[drakegoodman]

Mozzie nets it is then. No mention of them in the letter:

Feldpostkarte
Herrn Karl Presberger
Frankfurt a/M. -Süd
Siemens -Str. 21 I

Flandern 6.IX.16
Lieber Karl!
Zur Erinnerung, an die Kriegsjahre 1914 -16 sende ich Dir diese Karte. Mit freundl. Grüßen Dein Scheberger I ON.

Landstm I. ON 3.Komp. Landst. Inf. Reg. a. Verstärkte III. Garde Inf. Div.
4. Armee Westen .