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    Bayern

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    1. Dragoons Regiment N 19 . until 1867 it was a cavalry unit of the Great Duchy of Oldenburg. from 1867 until 1919 it was a Prussian cavalry unit.after the Great Duke signed with Prussia a military deal , Prussia took charge of the Regiment and Oldenburg provided the men .for these cause it carrird the Prussian dragoon eagle surcharged with the coat of arms of Oldenburg. regarding the helm itself i think that is a good piece.

    2. Hello, Gauchos are distributed in South Brasil,Uruguay and Argentine Pampas. the gaucho knife is called Facon , great faca, great knife.existed in many varieties , with Sheffield Blades or Solingen Blades or Toledan but also with blades made of every kind of suitable steel. the knife that you shows is a luxus one . appears to be made in silber. grip and sheat, existed others in Alpaca (maillechort ) Curiously the Tombak or the Bronze are not used.

    3. On 09/06/2009 at 18:50, Robin Lumsden said:

      I found this at the Bundesarchiv site................caption says it's a (British?) tank, destroyed by German flamethrower action.

       

      (1. Weltkrieg 1914-1918, Westfront, durch deutsche Panzerabwehr mit Flammenwerfer vernichteter (britischer?) Tank; die Besatzung ist erstickt und verbrannt.)

      Bundesarchiv_Bild_146_1994_085_37__Westfront__verbrannte_Besatzung_eines_Tanks.jpg

      The caption says also that the crew of the tank was suffocated and burned by the flamethrower action

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