drakegoodman
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A letter of introduction - of sorts.
I fell into collecting Great War photos about eighteen months ago after I (legitimately) came by a swag of M95 Mannlicher bayonets and needed some background photos in order to put together a half decent ad on Ebay.
A few background pics eventually turned into a lot of background pics and bingo - I was hooked.
Here are a selection of ten personal favourites in no particular order (please excuse the often elementary captions, they're for my benefit, not yours ):
Letter on reverse with postage cancelled on 16.12.14 at Neues Lager, Jüterbog. Photographer: Ernst Löhn, Jüterbog, Altes und Neues Lager. Preußen recruits and their instructors from Infanterie-Regiment von Stülpnagel (5. Brandenburgisches) Nr.48, in the grounds of their training facility at Jüterbog, north-east Germany.
Infantrymen from Infanterie-Regiment von Goeben (2. Rheinisches) Nr.28 (16th Div.), in a forward command position somewhere in the Bois-Brüle area. Note the improvised gas alarm and stick grenades ready to hand.
Letter dated 1.4.1915 on reverse and addressed to a Frau Mari Dellinger in Unering Germany. Postmarked with stamps from "2 Bay. Landsturm-Inf.-Batl. Augsburg" and a partial divisional stamp. Photograph produced by Photogr. Horst Detz of Oberhofen.
Letter on reverse addressed to a Frau Preus and postmarked with stamps "3. M.G.K. Res. Inf. Rgt. 80" & "Feldpostexped 21. Reserve-Div". 3rd Maschinengewehr-Kompagnie, Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 80, 21st Reserve-Infanterie-Division.
Stoßtruppen with American POWs, November 1917
"Flieger-Abwehr-Kanone (Flak) in Stellung 1917"
A pair of unteroffiziere from Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 227 (107th I.D.) wearing rare, filzhelme (felt helmets) with a scroll and regimental number replacing the usual wappen.
Quite a remarkable photograph taken near Bullecourt circa 1918. The knocked out British tank ('586') in the background is actually being used as a German dugout.
Gloved Landsturmmann, Lotte Germany, September 1914
Note on reverse dated 18.11.1914. One of a series of pictures taken by a German orderly at a first-aid station located in Etterbeek (one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium). Translated from reverse: "A 74 - year old NCO who helped in 1866 and 1870 and beside him his 30 -year old wounded son at the bandage station Brussels - Etterbeek."
The rest of my uploaded collection can be found here. The pictures I have posted here are "large", "original" sizes are available for your viewing pleasure at flickr.
A letter of introduction - of sorts.
I fell into collecting Great War photos about eighteen months ago after I (legitimately) came by a swag of M95 Mannlicher bayonets and needed some background photos in order to put together a half decent ad on Ebay.
A few background pics eventually turned into a lot of background pics and bingo - I was hooked.
Here are a selection of ten personal favourites in no particular order (please excuse the often elementary captions, they're for my benefit, not yours ):
Letter on reverse with postage cancelled on 16.12.14 at Neues Lager, Jüterbog. Photographer: Ernst Löhn, Jüterbog, Altes und Neues Lager. Preußen recruits and their instructors from Infanterie-Regiment von Stülpnagel (5. Brandenburgisches) Nr.48, in the grounds of their training facility at Jüterbog, north-east Germany.
Infantrymen from Infanterie-Regiment von Goeben (2. Rheinisches) Nr.28 (16th Div.), in a forward command position somewhere in the Bois-Brüle area. Note the improvised gas alarm and stick grenades ready to hand.
Letter dated 1.4.1915 on reverse and addressed to a Frau Mari Dellinger in Unering Germany. Postmarked with stamps from "2 Bay. Landsturm-Inf.-Batl. Augsburg" and a partial divisional stamp. Photograph produced by Photogr. Horst Detz of Oberhofen.
Letter on reverse addressed to a Frau Preus and postmarked with stamps "3. M.G.K. Res. Inf. Rgt. 80" & "Feldpostexped 21. Reserve-Div". 3rd Maschinengewehr-Kompagnie, Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 80, 21st Reserve-Infanterie-Division.
Stoßtruppen with American POWs, November 1917
"Flieger-Abwehr-Kanone (Flak) in Stellung 1917"
A pair of unteroffiziere from Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 227 (107th I.D.) wearing rare, filzhelme (felt helmets) with a scroll and regimental number replacing the usual wappen.
Quite a remarkable photograph taken near Bullecourt circa 1918. The knocked out British tank ('586') in the background is actually being used as a German dugout.
Gloved Landsturmmann, Lotte Germany, September 1914
Note on reverse dated 18.11.1914. One of a series of pictures taken by a German orderly at a first-aid station located in Etterbeek (one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium). Translated from reverse: "A 74 - year old NCO who helped in 1866 and 1870 and beside him his 30 -year old wounded son at the bandage station Brussels - Etterbeek."
The rest of my uploaded collection can be found here. The pictures I have posted here are "large", "original" sizes are available for your viewing pleasure at flickr.