IrishGunner

The badge is of the 52nd Oxfordshire Light Infantry Regiment The Regiment merged in 1881 with the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot to become the Oxfordshire Light Infantry Regiment. And then in 1908 it Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Regiment. I can't say anything about the pouch, but given the regiment's history, it should date before 1881...at least the badge.

The Germans really liked the French 75mm field gun as an anti-aircraft FLAK gun because of its recoil mechanism. They converted hundreds, including re-bore to 77mm, and gave them the designation 7,7cm L/35(Franz.)

21cm Morser M16 (barrel was lengthened from L/12 to L/14.5 - increased range). The addition of a shield makes it easy to identify this model.

21 cm Mörser M10 (the result of the VersuchMörser tests)

This is a prototype 21 cm VersuchMörser L/10; only 8 were made in 1906 for testing recoil systems with the 21cm caliber. I'm pretty sure this Juteborg.

21 cm Mörser 99

Four photos from a Reserve FussArtillerie Batl; you can see the unit painted on one of the gun carriages - but you can only see the first number - a 2 - in the battalion's number. The gun: 15cm schweres Feldhaubitze 13 L/14

Not a photo, but a drawing...on a postcard. I believe the gun is supposed to be a 15cm schweres Feldhaubitze 13 L/17

Appropriate for a discussion of deactivated weapons...

15cm sFH 02

Bernhard, you are far better a script reader than I am! If it's printed, I usually have no problem. But handwriting...forget about it! Thanks!

Thanks, Dave!

Here is a "true" Gebirgsartillerie card. A great stempel of "Gebirgskanonen Batterie Nr. 2" The picture isn't all that great, but is called "Gebirgsartillerie Vogesenwacht" I am still trying to track down the higher headquarters for this mountain artillery unit, but I think it's Württemberg.

Hi, Thanks (So, polite we are... )

Maybe one of our great German hand-writing code breakers can help with the reverse of the card. The unit stempel is very, very faded; but I think I see "Reserve...Pionier...Komp..." Maybe the note has some clues.

Having served in the US 10th Mountain Division, I have a particular interest in mountain artillery. However, finding photos etc with German WWI Gebirgsartillerie is difficult. It just doesn't come my way very often. This particular card is curious because it shows a 15cm schweres Feldhaubitze M1893 and is labeled "15cm Gebirgshaubitze". Franz Kosar's book on Gebirgsartillerie doesn't mention the 15cm sFH 93 as a mountain artillery piece. In fact, he only goes up to 10.5cm guns. Most of the 15cm sFH 93 were in Landwehr or training units; however, I've seen a few Bay. Fussartillerie photos with old 15cm guns. So, I suspect this is a Bavarian gun in the Vosgesen. That's all speculation, but sometimes that's all we have... And at least it let me start a thread on mountain artillery...

Uniforms and a gun - after a discussion on another forum, I've decided this is a "Beute" piece. Although made by Krupp - a 12cm Kanone M82 - I believe this piece was captured from either the French or the Belgians and put into action with the Matrosen Artillerie in Flanders.

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I'm still not sure who the artillery competition is.... Andy? Odulf? Come on guys... Collusion is the answer to lower prices!

Odulf, not far off topic, I think that's a Krupp 12cm Feldkanone M82. Krupp supplied a lot of guns to Bulgaria and this one was in the mix ... See here: http://www.bulgarianartillery.it/Bulgarian%20Artillery%201/01Bulgarian%20guns%201878-1915.htm Coincidentally, I've just been discussing this gun on another forum. I have a photo of a Matrosen Artillerie crew with this gun in Flanders. Franz Kosar's book on artillery says this gun was supplied to Switzerland, but I can find no other image that comes close. A Swiss website on artillery mentions Schneider having a hand in the piece as well. And with the Bulgarian connection... Kosar's reference is probably off on which countries received this gun. Here's my Matrosen 12cm M82: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/60399-marine-matrosen-artillerie/?p=568577

An excellent field camouflage for this battery of 15cm schwere Feldhaubitze 13 (15cm sFH 13)

10.5cm leichte Feldhaubitze 98/09 (Rohrkrepierer) - a gun tube damaged by a round going off inside the tube - usually due to overheating from excessive firing. Unfortunately for the gunners - a common problem in WWI - thus a common photo.

My references are of no help. Marcin, if you would like, I can post on another forum where some cannon experts linger... They might be able to give us an idea. I agree with Andy, it's a naval gun; not many were produced by Krupp that ended up on the rails. Of course, it could always be a French gun also.

Oh, and I am paranoid. I swear when I'm actively posting a topic on GMIC, it seems the competition for artillery gets more intense on eBay.