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This is a very interesting photo. The sign says "Probe-Fahrt" "Tryout-tour". So the soldiers are either part of a driving school or some sort of mechanics who try out new or repaired motorcycles. GreyC

Hi, thank you, but nobody is forcing you....though every intersting picture will be appreciated ;-) GreyC

Hi MG1918, thank you for your careful observations. I am not really familiar with all of the technical terms and abbriviations, so could you tell me what an AA sight is? Anti-Aircraft? Thank you! GreyC

Thanks Bayern. GreyC

Hi, first (very interesting) photo: NCO sentry (Posten) in Dixmuiden. In the background a detonating enemy granade . Other side: Dear Emma, for you this card. Here you see a redoubt. The bags are full of earth or dirt. And the walls are up to three meters wide/thick/strong, so that no shot will penetrate easily. But if a granade hits directly it is all destroyed. The 2nd photo shows the BAVARIAN RIR3, 2nd coy. Greetings to a brother and the info that an accquaintance (?) was KIA. Best, GreyC

Hi Bayern, yes, that´s the English expression I suppose. GreyC

Hi, thank you for the promptly posted additional photos! GreyC

Hi MG1918, thank you for responding. Do you have any photo-examples of these that you mentioned? And what do you think about the idea of this being a naval variant of the MG08/15? Best, GreyC

Thank´s for the input, Bayern. But shouldn´t it be rather a Rückstoßverstärker with a MG? So the opposite? GreyC

Thank you, that helps. What´s i tersting with the 2nd crd is that it seems to originate in New York, was mailed from Cologne by a Saxon to his mother in Saxony. Now at that time the US was still neutral, so maybe it was a photographic gimmick invented in the US and exported to Germany where some German photo studio had it on offer. GreyC

Hi, 2nd card: Wants to know if mother has sent him money 3rd card: I think the name is Baues. Compare the "n" in "Untf." They usually, but not always distinguished u and n by a horizontal stroke above the letter, that is missing here above the "u". GreyC PS: It would help considerably if the cards with writing on them would be posted in the right angle to read them, not in a 90 degree angle.

Nice cards! Thank´s for posting. The Pionier-Bataillon was stationed in Harburg, today part of Hamburg. GreyC

Hi, a formidable collection. I only have a few photos. This is one of them and seems special as I have been told this to be the navy variant 8mm. Manned by soldiers from the VI. Seebattailon in Ostende. What might the application be for on the left barrel? GreyC

Shot down over the English Channel by 2nd (German) Torpedoboot-Zerstörer Flottille (small vessel between torpedoboat and destroyer) GreyC

Hi, Martha Stökle 7 Kronen Langenenslingen Hohenzollern So probably the address of a hotel where she was presently lodging or working. GreyC

Hi Chris and all, who apart from SB and mountain troops would be equipped with leather reinforced trousers? GreyC

Hi, this will not be the official name of the ship. It´s a play on words with Kakerlake=cockroach. To me the little I can see it looks like a hulk or a "Wohnschiff" or a ship as floating office. GreyC

13th July 1916. GreyC

I´d politely disagree. No Jastel in the Verlustlisten, WIA or KIA. As christian name highly unlikely. For me still Jakob. GreyC

Hi, the name is Jakob. GreyC

Hi, would like to see that. Usually Regimentskarten bear the number of the specific regiment which makes them a Regimentskarte in the first place. GreyC

Pleasure! It´s interesting how one design seems to have sold over many years. That speaks either for a popular design or lack of choice for the customers. GreyC

Hi, the first card is a plea for money and/or food to parents and siblings. He lacks both and writes that he is hungry. 2nd card is also about money. The father had sent his son 20 marks for which he thanks him. The rest is about health status of different family members. 3rd card informs addressee that sender got home well and that he has to do a lot of military exercices, apart from that no news. GreyC

Hi Gordon, a pleasure! GreyC

Hi, sender from RIR 207. Writes that he had a difficult time, but is now behind the lines to rest. Will write more if he has more time. GreyC