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General Guillaumat

Three French Generals follow. The first one is General Petain. Eduardo

And a condecorated soldier with the flag of the 51st. line regiment.

The following to cards are printed in Portuguese. The first one shows a group of soldiers being condecorated in the battle field by their Colonel at Chemin des Dames.

Now a French postacard showing a spiritual moment in the trenches. A beared prist gives communion to the soldiers.

Hello Dan, Yes they can be addictive. and it's necesary to keep a cold head many times. I started it just as a project for school (my main collection is Roman coins) http://www.grifomultimedia.it/adg/monrom/Index.htm But I got more involved as I saw the graphic and historic posibilities of the cards. This postcard which follows is of the same serie as the Battisti ones. This one if of the execution of another Italian hero, Lt. Damiano Chiesa. A pilot whose excution was also photographed and transformed into post cards to scare the resistence in the Trentino. The outrage of the Italians was such that soon the Austrians stoped issuing them and tried to recall the ones already in circulation. Eduardo

Since he was going to be hanged he changes his clothes to avoid dishonoring his Italian uniform. Although the rope broke and should have been left free, he was hanged witha new rope. The postcards shown here were made out of the photographs taken specifically for that purpose. Eduardo

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Life at sea. (Vita di bordo) A view of some italian sailors. posted in Taranto the 2 december 1917.

This card was written on 19th March 1916 from the "Pella di S. Martino" "dove la mia batteria ha combattuto tanto in questi giorni." Eduardo

Sorry David. I don't have any more from Beverloo. If I find something I will let you know. Now I will present some italian cards. The first one is a painting of the mountains in northern Italy were their soldiers were figting. Eduardo

Another one from Beverloo Camp.

The next two postcards are from the Beverloo camp]

A view of Ramscapelle.

A view of Vis? next to the border with Holand.The German Army entered Belgium marching from Aachen to the bridge of Vise in their way to Liege. This was done on the 4th August and lasted until the 6th.

Here one of the city of Leuven after being bombed.

I started collecting World War I postcards with the idea of presenting them as a class aid at my XXth century European class at Universidad de Lima. I found they could be so interesting that got very involved in the subject. Finally, being a compulsary collector I started getting any I could. Here I will show my collection. Not a large nor fantastic collection but which may help some forum members to put in place some of the objects of their own interest. Eduardo I will start with some from Belgium. my family's country.

OK Hendrik I will have a look there and will post them. If there is anything I can do for you or other forum mmbers here in Per?, please don't hesitate to let me know. As a historian I know my area pretty well so anybody planing to visit just contact me. Eduardo

Well Hendrik, I gues the dates issue was solved. Will try to find out with a French friend here in Lima if he has more info as to the issue of the dedals itself. Being a Belgian born in Per?, it makes me happy to have met you here. What I collect is First World War postcards. I have some from Belgium. Eduardo

Hello Hendrik, I understand they were given to the French residents and Peruvian friends who backed the Fren Red Cros and and war involvment. Eduardo. PS.They made medals related to the 14 July almost every year but during WWI they made this.

During the First World War, the French living in Per? made these two silver medals in the Lima Mint. One for the Red Cross and the other one for Verdun. Eduardo

Dave and Chip, You made my day. have a good >Week end. I'll probably be in the Forum a few times. Eduardo

Thanks Dave. I have weight the medal and coincides with the 17gr. you mentioned. I will include all the info in my files. Eduardo

Thank you Haynou for the information. This one is 30 mm and has the "A" in the rim as you say. Eduardo

Good morning, this is my first post in this section of the forum. I have this decoration with the inscription: CAROLVS D.G. IMP. AVST. REX BOH. ETC. ET REX APOST. HUNG. /FORTITUDE. The engraver is "Kautsch". I was told that this is a First World War decoration. Could someone please give me some details. Eduardo