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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

Thank´s, CRBeery. GreyC

I´d second, you, Chris. GreyC

Hi, the Auswärtige Amt (German Foreign ministry) has it´s own archive, there should also be handbooks to look this up in. Why not drop them a line? GreyC

Hi, as the emblem on the lapel and within the wreath on cap is basically identical with the emblem of the Fliegertruppen of WW1 and because many wear the whitish rosetta that looks to me like a batch worn on "veterans get togethers" and because the flag was a gift from "the ladies of the party-committee" it all looks like a veteran´s association of the Fliegertruppen to me (pilot´s badge worn). GreyC

And here are two Prussian policemen from Niederschlesien. GreyC

Hi, German Army? If so in what language should the books be in? GreyC

Hi Ingo, unfortunately Bob Lemke died on 29th August 2017. Best, GreyC

Hi Ingo, unfortunately Bob Lemke died on 29th August 2017. Best, GreyC

Hi, here are two of them with bike (probably a Wanderer) and comrades. GreyC

Hi, here is one more from my collection: a fairly rare photo of a sub-unit of the Kraftfahr-Korps, the bike-riders. They had their own badge, but the "K" on the shoulder-boards like their colleagues on four wheels. GreyC

Hi, have you tried writing to the Landesarchiv in BW? The Kriegsstammrollen still exist. https://www2.landesarchiv-bw.de/ofs21/olf/start.php?bestand=6097 GreyC

As I wrote in #3 of this thread most common in Southern Germany. Not necessarily confined to border areas. GreyC