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Hi Gents the 'famous' and contentious Josef Lange....... 2.39m or 7'10" apparently! tony

Hi Gents i like this one but not sure what it is! my best guess is it is post from 'home' that has been re-used to keep records of something... With an British eye it looks like Gas followed by dates going into 1917.... in German it may be obvious I'm wrong! either way it's a great looking card with a lovely stamp tony

Great stuff, I really like these pics.... tony

Hi Bayern i guess it must have been possible with the break up of AH in 1918 to decide what identity you adopt? Would an 'Austrian' have commanded more respect from society than the 'rest' of the nations you mention? i'm Welsh and therefore also British but I could never officially be English. I'm often considered as such when abroad though - English/British often considered one and the same.! one last quirk- my Nana (the only grandparent I met) was born in Poland, was in her own words Polish and yet if born today she would be considered Ukrainian! It's a funny old world! -------- you are in Argentina? do you mind me asking Bayern, if you were born there or have travelled yourself? tony

Such a shame that EBay have absolutely no interest in weeding out the fraudsters. cheers both tony

Hi jf42 Thanks for your info.... to be honest if the great and good on this forum can't 'locate' my man I don't expect anyone else too! i mailed the museum to offer the busby to them for display... i keep see-sawing between the wish to keep it, and, a feeling it's of more note than that and,therefore, maybe deserves displaying somewhere....., All my friends think I'm mad but I can't shift the feeling....! i didn't know of the NWM in Edinburgh- I'll try them next if no reply from these. fingers crossed thanks again tony

Hi tony Yes mate and a non ending supply of capture art helmets! Sounds like the same guy.... tony

Hi gents i messaged the Cameronians Museum the other day(night) and got an auto reply. if I get a further response I will update you.....! tony

Hi Gents penny for your thoughts on these please... Does anyone know if these are genuine or not ? I've watched few sellers on eBay. One guy sold 3 of these in six months. ! the last screen shot is just now...Considerable price diff at present- are people cottoning on?? so I'm curious are they that common? Surely not..... tony -------- ((( For the record- I'm not accusing anyone. i do use eBay but I hate some on there who blatantly mislead and profit without consequence. not saying this is the case)))

Hi Bayern, ive only just seen your question so apologies for delay... yes indeed! My Father was born in Vienna so I always considered myself to be half Austrian and half Welsh But Then i found my paternal grandparents birth certificates at my Mums and it showed my Grandfather was born in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary. So just knowing that, made me feel that little bit more Hungarian! tony

Thanks Gents, i'll have a look for some more. there is something about each of them I think... tony

Hi Gents i enjoy these cards with annotations.... I am envious that you can look into your own to this degree! i used to prefer to buy unwritten postcards but then came to realise that words were far more precious, unique insights into the often anonymous (perhaps forgotten) individual - better than the mass produced and available images on the front...(which I do still love) .and so Rppc with annotations became my first choice. Although I can't read them I collect Austrian/German cards. The few British cards I have contain so few words, usually limited to 'I am well, hope to see you soon' or similar..... yet the Austrian and German cards use ever mm of space including the front on occasion. no contest! ---- i digress...... ----- i agree with you're thoughts about the mindset of combatants changing over time.... and how survival must have come as a surprise to those who did. A story on a BBC site currently tells of a British Machine Gunner who spent 48 hours behind his weapon with the dead bodies of his best mates added to the top of the sand bag defences around him..... I don't know how you can expect to survive yourself when you experience such things... So i equate it to driving a car - we all know people die in crashes but not ourselves surely? But As you get older you see crashes (cause them?) and so on. if You saw 500 crashes every day you would surely be less confident it wouldn't happen to you.... especially as those around you fall. ------- I love that this forum means that Pionier Napfel, his image and his fate will now be forever 'out there'... ------- tony

Thanks Bayern you are spot on...... tony

Hi Bayern thanks as ever for sharing your knowledge..... yes, I had overlooked that central piping when I bought this uniform. I'm doubt now that they are even 'German' at all but I do like them in their own right. So I wonder if you might have any ideas what their origin could be? ----/// They are not of the same era as the rest of the uniform either..... ((Although apparently the US army apparently embraced the zipper during WW1 spotting its versatility.)) ----/// tony

Hi Gents Once I had 'decided' my uniform was a Major General ! I didn't think these trousers were related. and had put them to one side. I think they are too late in manufacture the metal zipper is made by 'lightning' who google says started 1921 over here in UK.... im wondering please if these are 'clearly' recognisable as 'this' or 'that' to anyone? they are lovely kit in their own right...... tony tony

Joint effort...., tonyTony

Received today.... tony

Hi Gents Don't suppose anyone knows what this is? It came from a Scottish antique shop. Before that I know not where it's from! It's construction is extra sturdy - probably the contents warranted it It has the same looks as some ww1 austrian ammo pouches I have so maybe it's not British? But military I reckon. The ways it straps down and opens is 'quiet'. there are two letters stamped on the bottom.... looks like an L and an E but not that close to each other. I thought Lee Enfield but it's not an LE. I don't even know if they made such things. the fronts strap is missing btw tony

Hi Historian having just joined myself.... I welcome you treasure indeed and it keeps getting better! tony

Thanks - I love it! i wonder how close these different pieces of paper were maybe 99yrs ago. So Friedrich Rohde it is..... thanks again tony

The omitted pages are blank If you'd like the scans though let me know. tony

that all took me a while ! I hope you Gents enjoy...... tony

Hi Gents below are scans of the Soldbuch And Militarpak belonging to a man serving with Ersatz-Escadron-Dragoner-Regts Nr.1, I believe he was a prisioner of war - the dates are all I can read... His name looks like -Rohde- to me but that's about it from me perhaps the wizards amongst you can make up the rest...... hope you enjoy,,,,, ((loads of scans to upload so will be editing for next 10min or so...)) Militarpak--------- Soldbuch_______

Hi gents these are mine..... No details of them sadly.... tony

Thanks both.,... they belonged to the same man so perhaps his service covered the 1975 changeover good to know.... tony