My Imperial German Postkarte collection

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First up, Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (the Captain from Köpenick). A true story, the dvd is available from Amazon, though it is the 1956 colour remake, but still a great movie. The 1931 b&w movie is my favourite, and received an academy award nomination. I urge you to check it out, you will not be disappointed! An excellent commentary of Prussia's blind obedience to a uniform

http://en.wikipedia....i/Wilhelm_Voigt

http://en.wikipedia....ick_(1931_film)

http://en.wikipedia....ick_(1956_film)

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Next up is Deutschland über alles - Patriotika 1915. I always thought it was a Nationalist anthem about Germany being above everyone else, but that is a common misconception. It's about unifying the country way back in 1822 - http://en.wikipedia....%C3%9Cber_Alles

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Next is the father of hot air ballooning on a MEGA scale, Dr. Ing. Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_von_Zeppelin

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Das Unterseeboot U 9, skippered by the famous Kapitänleutnant Otto Weddigen - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Weddigen

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Sweet I like the Submarine one

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Bürgerwehr 1848

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Pistols at 5,000 feet! Deutsche Taube im Kampf mit feindlichen Fliegern hand dated 25.4.16.

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Fragettenkapitän Karl von Müller SMS Emden,

http://en.wikipedia....von_M%C3%BCller

http://en.wikipedia....MS_Emden_(1908)

And the Battle for Cocos, involving the SMS Emden and the HMAS Sydney, and the aftermath involving von Müllers 2IC Kapitänleutnant Hellmuth von Mücke would make a SENSATIONAL movie

http://en.wikipedia....Battle_of_Cocos

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Front 1918. This is from a series of excellent lithiographs by Professor Elk Eber