battle of loos Posted 26 March , 2019 Share Posted 26 March , 2019 good morning, Here is a picture of a group of German soldiers of the AK IV - Fernsprech - Doppelzug 117 : regards michel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battle of loos Posted 26 March , 2019 Share Posted 26 March , 2019 good Morning, Here is a picture of a group of German soldiers from the crash site of the as Max Immelmann near lens. We can see 2 gendarmes : regards michel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battle of loos Posted 26 March , 2019 Share Posted 26 March , 2019 good morning, Here is a picture of a group of German soldiers from JR 72-musicians 21 January 1917 near lens : regards michel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battle of loos Posted 26 March , 2019 Share Posted 26 March , 2019 good morning, Here are several pictures of German soldiers from JR 114 & 142 : regards michel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 26 March , 2019 Share Posted 26 March , 2019 (edited) 17 minutes ago, battle of loos said: German soldiers from JR 114 Excellent view of his Ersatz bayonet there! I wish more of these chaps had the foresight for us today to stand that way when having their photograph taken with a fixed bayonet...! Note also he has the monogrammed epaulettes as used by the 6. Badisches Infanterie-Regiment Kaiser Friedrich III Nr.114! Crown over a ligatured or conjoined 'F' and 'R', over a 'III' Edited 26 March , 2019 by trajan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joerookery Posted 26 March , 2019 Share Posted 26 March , 2019 Boy I wish I knew you had that picture. What an absolutely great one. It would've been a great addition if I could have gotten your permission for that next book. Congratulations on such a great picture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted 26 March , 2019 Share Posted 26 March , 2019 (edited) Hi Julian, you want bayonets? Here are three I found in a hurry. The lst a SG71? GreyC Edited 26 March , 2019 by GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 26 March , 2019 Share Posted 26 March , 2019 10 hours ago, trajan said: Excellent view of his Ersatz bayonet there! I wish more of these chaps had the foresight for us today to stand that way when having their photograph taken with a fixed bayonet...! Best I can do on the fixed bayonet front. Germans guarding Russian pows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 27 March , 2019 Share Posted 27 March , 2019 19 hours ago, GreyC said: Hi Julian, you want bayonets? Here are three I found in a hurry. The lst a SG71? GreyC Thanks! The Landsturm man does indeed have an S.71, the other two are 98/05, the one mounted on a rifle being a sawbacked version. The guy lying down in the top one has a leather scabbard, which were - the evidence suggests - gradually replaced from 1916 onwards by steel scabbards, but many could well have survived in service until the end of the war Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 27 March , 2019 Share Posted 27 March , 2019 10 hours ago, Jools mckenna said: Best I can do on the fixed bayonet front. Germans guarding Russian pows. Yes, that's often the problem with these photographs showing chaps with fixed bayonets - you see them edge on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted 27 March , 2019 Share Posted 27 March , 2019 Hi Julian, thank you for your information! Will add it to the photos. GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 28 March , 2019 Share Posted 28 March , 2019 (edited) Hello Clarke! #1616: Probably One-year volunteer of I.Btl. /Fusilier Regiment 86 in Flensburg Edited 28 March , 2019 by The Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarke Posted 28 March , 2019 Share Posted 28 March , 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, The Prussian said: Hello Clarke! #1616: Probably One-year volunteer of I. or II.Btl. /Fusilier Regiment 86 in Flensburg 1 hour ago, The Prussian said: Thanks Mate Probably a silly question, but would One-year volunteer be a reserve or full-time role? Thanks again Clarke Edited 28 March , 2019 by clarke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 28 March , 2019 Share Posted 28 March , 2019 2 hours ago, clarke said: Thanks Mate Probably a silly question, but would One-year volunteer be a reserve or full-time role? Thanks again Clarke No such thing as a silly question Clarke, though there are many silly answers around! I hope this is not one of them... Anyway, there is something in English at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-year_volunteer on these which looks reasonably accurate for Prussia at the time of the photograph. There is a more extensive account in German at: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einjährig-Freiwilliger It is the stripes on the edges of his epaulettes that indicate his status. Oh, and yes, the postmark is 22.10.13, and the pencil-written word "troddel" marked on the back refers to the thing hanging from his bayonet frog, which indicates which batallion and which company he belongs to. This looks to me to be red over white over red (red shows up black on some old photographs) and so I assume 1st Bataillion, 2nd company. However, I bow to Andy and GreyC's judgment on such matters! Trajan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joerookery Posted 28 March , 2019 Share Posted 28 March , 2019 Clarke, I Think those references are woefully inadequate to explain one year volunteers. An incredibly complex subject. I think the best explanation in English can be found in "the great war dawning." but if you want to avoid the expense of purchasing the book there is a much better explanation online http://pickelhauben.net/one-year-volunteer-oyv/ unfortunately, this article is extremely helmet collector focused. But you can get a great deal of the data from this source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 28 March , 2019 Share Posted 28 March , 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, joerookery said: Clarke, I Think those references are woefully inadequate to explain one year volunteers. An incredibly complex subject. I think the best explanation in English can be found in "the great war dawning." but if you want to avoid the expense of purchasing the book there is a much better explanation online http://pickelhauben.net/one-year-volunteer-oyv/ unfortunately, this article is extremely helmet collector focused. But you can get a great deal of the data from this source. Thanks Joe, Of course "Great War Dawning" is far superior - no problems with agreeing with you on that! And thanks for reminding me of the excellent "pickelhauben" pages which I often consult for a quick answer and should have thought to do so on this. Julian Edited 28 March , 2019 by trajan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 28 March , 2019 Share Posted 28 March , 2019 (edited) Hello! Ti make it short... An OYV did spend one year in the army. If he recieved a proof of qualification he became "officer-aspirant" (Offiziersaspirant). Before the officers of his regiment declared him as suitable to be a reserve-officer. If he passed the test, he had to pass two maneuvres and then could became a Leutnant der Reserve.. To the Troddel. The middle-part is white (I.Btl.) The other colours could be red, blue or yellow. Hard to see, but no white, so not 1.comp. (I didn´t recognize the Troddel´s colours in my first post, because it was 4h30 in the morning...) Edited 28 March , 2019 by The Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 29 March , 2019 Share Posted 29 March , 2019 Possible Sturmtruppen. Due to the chalky ground, it seems to have been taken in the Somme region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarke Posted 1 April , 2019 Share Posted 1 April , 2019 Sorry for the delayed response have been absent for a few days. Thanks for the information, lots of good stuff there and all information is good and for me, not having a great deal of knowledge, simplistic is always going to be great. Thanks again Clarke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 14 April , 2019 Share Posted 14 April , 2019 A group of officers, all(or mostly) named. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 15 April , 2019 Share Posted 15 April , 2019 Quite a moustache on the chap standing top left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 1 May , 2019 Share Posted 1 May , 2019 (edited) Some quite nice details in this one. Any idea what it says on the back? Edited 1 May , 2019 by Jools mckenna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted 1 May , 2019 Share Posted 1 May , 2019 (edited) Photo sent by Oskar who is still well and happy to have received mail from home. The photo shows unexploded French mine in German trench. On bench German company commander. GreyC Edited 1 May , 2019 by GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 1 May , 2019 Share Posted 1 May , 2019 1 minute ago, GreyC said: Photo sent by Oskar who is still well and happy to have received mail from home. The photo shows unexploded French mine in German trench. On bench German company commander. GreyC Ok, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battle of loos Posted 1 May , 2019 Share Posted 1 May , 2019 good evening, this is one picture about the J.R. 72 in trenches of Loos : michel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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