JensF.

For sure old! Was the area around Louvemont interesting?

A boot sole but don't know if French German or modern

Watch out for ticks!!! A friend of me just got his second Lymne Borreliose by a Verdun tick from our trip in august!

Chris finally decided it was time to announce his coming out.

Either it is a variant (yes, there was also a cap which looked like the M24 stick grenade cap in WW1) or the star shaped part, which was attached to it with rivets, is just missing.

It was the cap and base from a stick bomb but isn't star shaped.

Why's that Jens?

It still has the ball inside and some of the wood is present but we couldn't find the rest.

I know

Hi,

the 117th was only in Verdun at the beginning of 1916, we visited where they attacked at Louvemont.

It has got a "Empfindlicher Kanonenz?nder 16", so it may be Gas or HE.

Hi Jens,

Is post 14 a Gas granate?

Maybe he survived only to die in the next war? Bad Vilbel (Hessen) is only about 50 km away from Mainz.

Nachname: Scharkopf

Vorname: Wilhelm

Dienstgrad:

Geburtsdatum: 14.01.1890

Geburtsort: Massenheim

Todes-/Vermisstendatum: 27.09.1944

Todesort: nicht verzeichnet

Wilhelm Scharkopf ruht auf der Kriegsgr?berst?tte in Bad Vilbel-St?dtischer Friedhof (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) .

Endgrablage: Grab 67

Ersatz-Reservist Scharkopf?

117 was from Hessen (Mainz) btw.!!!

12th Company I.R. 117

You made some crazy finds btw.!

About the 13 cm Kanone:

Name: 13 cm Kanone 09

Caliber: 135 mm

Lenght or barrell: 4,725 m

Max. range: 16500 m

Top: A Wurfgranate 16.

Below: A Leichte Wurfmine 76 mm. Both are german.

Here's one to be getting on with, I'll post more later.

Tony

The problem with the feldgrau tunics are the prices nowadays. Who has got 1500 Euros left for a M15 Feldbluse?

Thanks Daniel. I was surprised about the wool quality too. How would you date it? Around 1900? They still used dunkelblau uniforms in WW1, but only at home and only for training if they had a lack of field grey uniforms. I once saw a picture from 1917 with a group of recruits in blue uniforms during basic training at home.

Btw. IR 81 is the unit I reenact!

Thanks Kev! Btw. this tunic has got a fine black lining which looks like some kind of silk. No stamps...

And the cuffs. The yellow piping is faded.

The shoulder straps with the button for the 4. Kompagnie.

Back:

I just got my first imperial tunic! A dark blue Waffenrock for an enlisted rank of the Infanterie-Regiment Landgraf Friedrich I. von Hessen-Cassel (1. Kurhessisches) Nr. 81 (Frankfurt a. M.). 4. Kompagnie.

Hallo Uwe! Willkommen im "Club"!

I await a complete travel report with pictures!

Hi Chris,

I hope they have some more stamps, also with the date.

No Verdun, sorry. I have to work until friday and then I want to sleep long ;-)

Where will you be? F1 crap hotel?

Hi,

model 17, but no mention of when they were made....

Still no chance of making verdun this weekend? ;-)

Some more pics. When I have it I will post better pics.

Ok, they are french, but I think this is the best place to post it. I just got them at ebay for a good price (I hope). Made by "HUET, Paris" and marked "L - V. B. Mle 1917". Who can tell me more about them? A picture of a complete one with tripod would be great too.

Model 16? Exactly what you search Tom.

I LOVE enamel!!!

I have this quite mysterious medal bar with a rare und unusual row of awards:

I just got this nice litte gem: