German boy soldiers from my collection

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Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 162 on completion of a course at Close-Combat Techniques School, Lockstedt, 1917.

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Men of a dismounted Bavarian Chevauleger Regiment in 1918.

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Shock troop of the 7th Company of a Saxon infantry regiment, April 24, 1917.

Edited November 19, 2009 by Thomas W

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Field artillery.

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Private Lindman, a Swede serving in the German infantry, July of 1916.

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Infantryman.

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Saxon Infantryman.

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Bavarian Josef Maiberger, killed in action October 3, 1918.

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Bavarian Trench-mortar Battalion No. 8.

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Saxon shock trooper Elfried Pustel, from infantry assault company, Champagne, July of 1916.

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Private Klein, Infantry Regiment No. 204, and his three sisters, 1915.

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Saxon brothers at a family reunion, 1917.

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Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 53.

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Jäger- (Sturm-) Bataillon Nr. 3.

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Shock Troop of 10th Company, Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 133, January of 1918.

Edited November 19, 2009 by Thomas W

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Cannoneer, Palestinian front, 1917.

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Pioneer Wilhelm, July of 1917.

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Bavarian Sturm-Bataillon Nr. 16.

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Hamburg in 1916

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From the Handbook of Imperial Germany page 223 -- 224

The class of 1917 was mobilized over 18 months early between January and May 1916. This class had been decimated by both Verdun and the Somme. Some of this class had only trained for three months. The class of 1918 was called up between September 1916 and January 1917, a full two years early. This class constituted many of the higher numbered infantry regiments from 442 and two new divisions such as 231 to 242 and the 15th Bavarian division. The class of 1919 was mobilized in May and June of 1917 a full 2 ½ years early. Primarily, this class was sent to the Russian front and the more senior soldiers deployed to the Western front. By the spring of 1918, the class of 1920 had been called up. 564

the class of 1918