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Hello! Who is that in the back of the right car? Could it be the King of Bulgaria? What does Gr.2 upon the car mean?

Do you agree, Chris?

Addition 2. I assume, the photo was take in may/june 1916, because the Grabenkanone was replaced by the 3,7cm Sturmbegleitkanone.

Addition: I think, the photo might have been taken in 1916. Equipped with those guns were the "Infanterie-Geschütz-Batterien". Set up in may 1916, one battery had six 3,7cm, later they had 7,6cm. In 1917 they had 7,7cm (now called "Nahkampf-Batterien") Those Nahkampf-Batterien (close-range batteries) were dissolved in may 1917. The remaining Inf.Gesch.Btr. raised up to 51 batteries and were "for special duty". Here we see the IR 15 or the RIR 15. In this time IR 15 belonged to the 5th army and RIR 15 to the 2nd army. The 2nd army didn´t have IGBs, but the 5th army had the Infanterie-Geschütz-Batterie Nr.1. Maybe this is the unit, which supported the IR 15 with the 3,7cm. If that is true, the photo was taken near Verdun. The 13th Inf.Div., left Cambrai in march 1916 and arrived Verdun (by Montmédy-Stenay) at 5th june. They stayed at Hill 301 until september. No guarrantee about this, it´s just a theory

Of course, it´s a 37mm Grabenkanone by Krupp. Chris. Is the photo dated or stamped? Maybe I could find out the unit.

Oh, that puzzles me... I´m sorry. I was too fast wit the close-up, tha I didn´t see the 37... So you can forget the 3rd Jäger-Regiment, of course... They are wearing the Bluse, so the white pipings around the shoulde straps stand for infantry. The IR37 never had seved with the Alpen- or Karpathenkorps. There was the Landsturm-Inf.Rgt.Nr. 37 that was attached to the 200th Inf.Div. in 1916. Normally Landsturm-Inf.Rgt. wore the old Landsturm-Bataillon numbers at the collar. But in this case they must have been recieved those shoulder straps. The Landsturm-Inf.Rgt.37 was set up at 28.8.1916 under 9th army as z.b.V.Nr.203 The bataillons were those: I. (5.Ldst.Inf.Btl. Münster, VII.67) II. (Ldst.Inf.Btl. Wiesbaden, XVIII.4) III. (1.Ldst.Inf.Btl. Neustrelitz, IX.4) The Alpenkorps and the Karpathenkorps also belonged to the 9th army. So the Ldst.Inf.Rgt.37 didn´t have the permission to wear those badges!!!! The regiment (with the 9th army) was 1916 in Rumania, and from july 1918 in France. 5.-17.7.1918: Trench battles west of Soissons 18.-25.7.1918: Defense between Soissons and Reims. That was the battle, when the photo was taken!

Thanx for the close-up! It seems to be a six pollen one. Beacuse he wears both cap badges, it must be the 3rd Jäger-Regiment as a part of the 200th Inf.Div. The division at this time (when the card was written), took part at the battles of the Ancre, Somme and Avre from 7.4.-7.8.1918, under the command of the 2nd army

Well, I see, the cuffs are another kind. The crossed swords. But I didn ´t find any books about uniforms of the neutral states in this era

Are you sure? I also have this photo. It is writte with "Swedish soldiers" I think, it is the same uniform

Very nice picture! Do you have a close-up? Is it e six or seven pollen-one?

Hello! Here is my grandpa (sitting on the chair), serving with the FAR43. Note the blue shoulder strap pipings for the VII. army corps and the telegraph buckle. By the date of the photo he was 19 years. Born in juin 1898, he joined the army in november 1916, earned the EKII in november 1917 for the battles at the Chemin des dames and became a Gefreiter in july 1918, so the photo must have been taken between november 1917 and july 1918. The other soldier is unknown.

And ready to fire with a french St. Etienne!

One photo of the 208.Inf.Div. (Note the special divisional markings at the cuffs...

Ah, all right! That makes it clearly.Thank you very much! I was confused, because in a german book about international artillery, the british artillery was divided in Light artillery (up to the 127mm) Medium artillery (up to 152mm) Heavy artillery (more than 183mm)

Jau, Tach! Wenn dat getz auch im Dialekt geht, is dat abba für alle, die nich ausm Pott kommen tun, als wie wennze wie der Ochs vorn Berch stehen tuhs. (Das war Ruhrpottdialekt) Scherz beiseite. Grundsätzlich finde ich die Idee gut, so lernen wir alle wieder ein wenig von der anderen Sprache. Wichtig fände ich aber auch, wenn man evtl. eine Rubrik einrichten könnte, wo man Wörter oder Begriffe einstellt, die man laut Wörterbuch oder Übersetzerprogramm nicht übersetzen kann, weil es die Wörter in der anderen Sprache einfach nicht gibt. Beispiel Teile am Rundblickfernrohr: Knebel zur Schneckenwelle oder Geländewinkel-Libelle. Wie übersetzt man sowas?

Thank you very much for the informations, mates! I stil have one more question. In Germany we had field-artillery and foot-artillery. Both were drawn by horses or later by lorry. The difference was the calibre (lower or more than 10,5cm). By example the british 8" howitzer, Mk VI (203,2cm). Was ist field- or horse-artillery or foot-artillery? If foot-artillery, which abbreviation would be used for the medals, please?

Hello! I just have a simple question about two stamps upon british medals. I have british war medal, stamped R.A. and a 1914-15 star stamped R.F.A. Is there a difference between Royal Artillery and Royal Field Artillerie? I couldn´t find R.F.A. in the abbreviations-index of the National Achive. Thanks a lot in advance!

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There are some villages like Gilbroth in Gemany. Gieleroth and Gelroth, both in Rheinland Pfalz, Gailroth in Bavaria und Gillrath in the Eifel

Excuse my late answer, please. So he´ll be a chinese man. So the foreigners from lef to right are: Swedish, chinese, spanish. What about the man left to the chinese guy. German? Please have a look at the collar.

Ah, ok. I haven´t seen this one before on photos. I bought it, just I´m not sure, if it was worn... Normally those of a diametre of 4cm were worn. I still don´t know which one was in the 20.000 box...

Hi Chris! Could we have a complete view, please?

No Marcin! They are NOT the "Schlachten des Weltkriegs". The "Reichsarchiv" is the official publication by the staff. Here is the lis of the complete Reichsarchiv: 1) Die Grenzschlachten im Westen (1925), 719 S., 3 Anlagen, 7 Karten, 10 Skizzen 2) Die Befreiung Ostpreußens (1925), 390 S., 3 Anlagen, 14 Karten, 11 Skizzen 3) Der Marne-Feldzug (Von der Sambre zur Marne) (1926), 427 S., 7 Karten, 11 Skizzen 4) Der Marne-Feldzug (Die Schlacht) (1926), 576 S., 3 Anlagen, 10 Karten, 6 Skizzen 5) Der Herbst-Feldzug 1914 (Im Westen bis zum Stellungskrieg ; Im Osten bis zum Rückzug) (1929), 643 S., 3 Anlagen, 18 Karten, 14 Skizzen 6) Der Herbst-Feldzug 1914 (Der Abschluß der Operationen im Westen und Osten) (1929), 500 S., 4 Anlagen, 7 Karten, 14 Skizzen 7) Die Operationen des Jahres 1915 (Die Ereignisse im Winter und Frühjahr) (1931), 493 S., 2 Anlagen, 17 Karten, 22 Skizzen 8 ) Die Operationen des Jahres 1915 (Die Ereignisse im Westen im Frühjahr und Sommer, im Osten vom Frühjahr bis zum Jahresschluß) (1932), 666 S., 4 Anlagen, 7 Karten, 32 Skizzen 9) Die Operationen des Jahres 1915 (Die Ereignisse im Westen und auf dem Balkan vom Sommer bis zum Jahresschluß) (193), 519 S., 7 Anlagen, 5 Karten, 29 Skizzen 10) Die Operationen des Jahres 1916 (bis zum Wechsel in der Obersten Heeresleitung) (1936), 706 S., 4 Anlagen, 7 Karten, 37 Skizzen 11) Die Kriegsführung im Herbst 1916 und im Winter 1916/1917 (Vom Wechsel in der Obersten Heeresleitung bis zum Entschluß zum Rückzug in die Siegfried-Stellung) (1938 ), 545 S., 8 Anlagen, 6 Karten, 26 Skizzen 12) Die Kriegsführung im Frühjahr 1917 (1939), 606 S., 26 Karten, 3 Skizzen 13) Die Kriegsführung im Sommer und Herbst 1917 / Die Ereignisse außerhalb der Westfront bis November 1918 (1942), 483 S., 30 Karten 14) Die Kriegfürhrung an der Westfront im Jahre 1918 (1944), 793 S. Kartenband zu 14) (1944), 45 Karten Kriegsrüstung und Kriegswirtschaft (1930), 496 S. Kriegsrüstung und Kriegswirtschaft (Anlagenband) (1930), 534 S. Das deutsche Feldeisenbahnwesen (Die Eisenbahnen zu Kriegsbeginn) (1928 ), 247 S., 17 Anlagen, 6 Karten, 88 Skizzen Das deutsche Feldeisenbahnwesen (Die Eisenbahnen von Oktober 1914 bis zum Kriegsende) (2010), 454 S. Bildermappe (35 Bilder) Thanx for showing the card. Unfortunately I can´t read the script...

Of course mate! I´ve got the map from the Reichsarchiv, vol.9 (Mittler & Sohn, 1933) A short background. The hot battles started at 9th near Tahure. The german storm troops recieved 100m. Tahure was shot by enemy artillery and stayed in no-man´s land. France made seven attacks on the road Tahure-Ripont. They failed. The battles from 22.9. - 14.10.. suffered heavy losses. We had lost 1.700 officers, 80.000 men, 129 field-guns and 56 heavy guns. The german field-artillery shot 1.564.000 shots, and the german foot-artillery did 395.000

Not that unit, but the divsion. Please have a look at at the attached map from 14. oct. 1915.