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Hi Tony, your wellcome, as always. GreyC

Hi, #47 Bitsch, 5th Dec. 1912 Dear Anna, received your letter, thanks for the stamps. Did not meet Otto on Sunday as I didn´t go out. Have spent two days in the sickbay this week. Heinrich Heß also wrote to me that he will come on leave during Xmas as the beer in Spandau [today part of Berlin] is too expensive. I want to get some stuff done now and then it´s good to go off to bed. Greetings to all Hugo GreyC The last RPPC has on its front the following text: 4. Rekrutenabteilung, 6. Kompanie, Infanterie Regiment 60, Weissenburg Elsace 1909 We stood vigil at the Vosges for our fatherland´s protection and might. NOTE the signaller with signal-patch standing left to the guy in the light coloured coat. GreyC

Hi, # 46: Beim Abendessen am Sportplatz Es gab erstklassigen Kartoffelsalat Fleischbrote und Tunke. Ich bin von links der 3. (vordere Bank) Alfred During supper at the sports-ground. We had first rate potato-salad Meatbread and dip. I am the 3rd from the left (front bench) Alfred GreyC

Hi Komtur, thanks a lot for posting these research results. Very interesting, indeed! GreyC

Hi, Weitze of Hamburg has sold its entire stock of military books to this guy. So it´s likely from Weitze, originally. GreyC

Good morning, according to the Ehrenrangliste 1914-18 he served at the Unteroffizierschule (NCO School) Marienberg at the end of the war. GreyC

Good morning, w regards to first card "Eastern theatre of war, catholic field-mass before the battle" the publisher is A. Groß from Berlin. They were one of the leading photo press agencies in Germany at that time. Printed / heliotyped by Brothers Deyle and Wagner, Berlin, distributed by J. Wieland and Co., also from Berlin. GreyC

Hi, first card says on reverse that proceeds from the sale of these cards go towards the Ostpreußenhilfe, a society that helps rebuild the communities destroyed by the Russians in East-Prussia. The second card is to the brother of the sender who quite likes it in his Prussian Rekrutendepot in Magdeburg. He will have to go on night-duty soon, otherwise not much to do except shooting practice. GreyC

Hallo, in anderen Foren im Netz wird spekuliert, daß diese Polizisten in den Telegrafendienststellen tätig waren. GreyC

Hi, I think the first one is a photo of a policeman of the Sipo (Sicherheitspolizei) special services (maybe Telegraphist). GreyC

Good morning, a reply to an old post (#6).... but: the statement "in the city of Wesermünde (till 1939 belonged to the Prussian province Hanover, after Bremen)." is not quite right. The city of Wesermünde was formed by joining Geestemünde and Lehe in 1924 (that´s correctly stated in #6). In 1927 Weddewarden and Schiffdorfer Damm were integrated and 1939 Bremerhaven, formerly part of the Free State of Bremen, also became Prussian (except the harbour facilities which remained under the control of Bremen) when made part of Wesermünde under the National-Socialist government. In 1947 the Americans, who had occupied the area changed things around by naming Wesermünde Bremerhaven and making it part of the Free State of Bremen to which it belongs to this day. GreyC

Hi, "Werft" means ship/dockyard, not only dock. The Werft-Divisionen consisted of 5 Kompanien each. They supplied the naval vessels with engine personnel/staff and craftsmen like painters, shoemakers but also gunsmiths etc. Apart from that they supplied manpower to help with the work at the Naval Yards in Wilhelmshaven, Kiel, etc., hence the name. GreyC ps: The photo shows him while working as stoker on the naval base in Cuxhaven. The text is unspectacular and contains x-mas wishes for his brother.

Hi, they were in operation during WW1. If before or after I dont know. GreyC

Hi, Hennings and Co was a publishing Company, not a photographer. It was owned by someone called Alfred Niemann. GreyC

Hi Tony, thanks for posting these. Can you tell me the name of the Hamburg photographer on the back, please? GreyC The last one is an Einjährig Freiwilliger of IR 74. GreyC

Thank you for your assessment, Bayern. GreyC

Thank you Simon, the Gentleman who runs this page has asked me for permission to exhibit my photo there. GreyC

Hi Paul, The former HQ is no longer in use as HQ, but some parts of the buildings now serve other functions. The photo itself could show any other Adler showroom in an urban environment

Hi, here a little exotic photo by studio Sebah from the 1860s. Can anybody provide any details to uniform weapon etc? It´s absolutely off topic to my usual collecting. I bought it because the studio was quite famous. Thank you, GreyC

Hi, Durchzug here means interwoven. GreyC

Hi, do you mean the Großherzogtum Oldenburg and its capital of the same name or do you mean the smaller city by the name of Oldenburg in the Prussian province of Schleswig Holstein? There was a small exclave of the Großherzogtum Oldenburg that extended roughly from Malente in S-H in the north to Schwartau in the South which bordered Lübeck. GreyC

Hi Chip, that´s the reason for the 2nd part of my post here. If you mail me privately, I might help you none the less. More than the info on my Feldgrau thread are not in the Dienstanweisungen. GreyC

Hi Chip, have a look into a forum you should know well. I did a little piece there. See especially #3 and #4: http://feldgrau.pytalhost.com/threads/dienstgradabzeichen-und-uniformen-der-freiwilligen-krankenpflege.37404/ I am preparing a more coherent and extensive article on the topic, need to do some more research for it in Berlin, though. GreyC

Hi, no, they are all holding drinks. I think they had a Sportfest, if I remember correctly. Did not buy all on offer, only this one because of the Matrose with camera on far left. GreyC

Hi, here are some of them after a festivity. Note cap tally with "V" at the end. GreyC