photos. colourised postcard images.

[Farkas]

Hi gents

iron cross 1st class and a ‘proper’ looking dog...

Luxury travel....  (1918)

And another gymnastics gathering...  (1916)

tony

[IrishGunner]

GreyC/Bayern, I also noticed the rolled-up shoulder straps and thought it odd.  Grey's theory of recruits rolling them up as a way of celebrating obligatory service makes sense.  Although, it's the first time I've seen it in one of these Rekrutenzeit photos.

[GreyC]

Hi Irish Gunner, glad you agree with me. There are quite a few photos around of the like seen above. Haven´t categorized them or key-worded them in my collection. So I´ll have a hard time accessing them. I do have a few of them, though.

GreyC

[Bayern]

Hello , Grey C . I got to post, it shows me the last pic and I saw then I write , later I discovered that you had writed before . 

Hello Grey C .Thanks for your answer . and regarding the Saxon , I wrote without having see the top of the pic

[GreyC]

Hi Bayern,

thanks, no problem!

GreyC

[Farkas]

hi GreyC

Forgot to say before... thanks for posting those pictures

great stuff!

 

cheers

tony

 

On ‎31‎/‎07‎/‎2018 at 15:37, GreyC said:

Hi Irish Gunner,

glad you like it.

Here is another one of a etamäßiger Feldwebel of Saxon Regiment 106 with dog. Note the typical "German" cuffs on the tunic and the mourning band.

GreyC

 

[Farkas]

Hi Gents

 

 

‘Big Wash’

and a 1908 family snapshot...

tony

[GreyC]

Hi Farkas,

1st photo #82 is a Saxon note the German cuffs and the green/white cockade.

GreyC

[Farkas]

Hi GreyC

Of course (!) I didn’t know that... so nice one thanks.

I now see the Sa on the back ....

i know you like such things... cheers.

10 hours ago, GreyC said:

Hi Farkas,

1st photo #82 is a Saxon note the German cuffs and the green/white cockade.

GreyC

Would it be cheeky to ask if you know what the first 2 words of the 1908 annotation say please??

or even just is it a name or phrase?

tony

ps

i have a spare one.....

 

[Bayern]

On 03/08/2018 at 19:14, Farkas said:

Hi Gents

 

 

‘Big Wash’

and a 1908 family snapshot...

tony

Yes Big Wash

[GreyC]

Hi,

the first two words are Editha Carls (zur Erinnerung an den 4. Juli 1908). That´s the name of a lady that this photo was dedicated to in remembrance of the day the photo was taken so I presume she is one of the ladies in the pic. The 4th soldier from the left, last row, is a naval officer.

GreyC

 

Edited August 6, 2018 by GreyC

[Bayern]

On 03/08/2018 at 19:14, Farkas said:

Hi Gents

 

 

‘Big Wash’

and a 1908 family snapshot...

tony

Yes Big Wash

[Farkas]

hi both

thanks again for your knowledge...

always appreciated

 

tony

[Farkas]

Hi gents

 

 

 

tony

 

[Farkas]

Hi gents

 

 

tony

[IrishGunner]

The Feuerwehr photo is great!  I've been getting a lot of new artillery photos lately; guess I should just off the scanner.

[GreyC]

Hi,

nice pix! Especially the Firefighters. The guy with the lantern is group-chief. Hermann sent the card (that he says turned out well) to his girlfriend or wife with "hot kisses". An appropriate choice of words for a firefighter!

GreyC

[Farkas]

Hi IrishGunner, GreyC...

Thanks both for your comments....

it is a good one isn’t it, a little bit different to my usual ones, I was well chuffed when I found it.

22 hours ago, IrishGunner said:

The Feuerwehr photo is great!  I've been getting a lot of new artillery photos lately; guess I should just off the scanner.

I’d enjoy seeing them Sir

if you fancy starting a dedicated thread I’d enjoy contributing some of my own to it too...

thanks again, appreciated as always gents

tony

22 hours ago, GreyC said:

Hi,

nice pix! Especially the Firefighters. The guy with the lantern is group-chief. Hermann sent the card (that he says turned out well) to his girlfriend or wife with "hot kisses". An appropriate choice of words for a firefighter!

GreyC

 

Edited August 17, 2018 by Farkas

[Farkas]

Hi gents

tony

Edited August 19, 2018 by Farkas

[Farkas]

Hi Gents

First is posted home and dated 9th sept 1917

i’ve the colour up a little on the image....

I think this card was is titled soldiers in cover or similar,  and the image seems somewhat older than when the card was written....

A  1917 Rppc annotated by ‘Oscar’ I think. 3 Iron Cross holders to the left, one of whom, I believe has musician shoulder insignia.

And a picture in the snow, sadly nothing on the back.

tony

[Farkas]

Hi Gents

a fun one 

tony

[GreyC]

Nice!

As the Matrosen wear cap tallies with Werft Division on them, the photo should have been taken either in Kiel (1st) or in Wilhelmshaven (2nd).

GreyC

Edited October 19, 2018 by GreyC

[Farkas]

Hi Gents

tony

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Nice one GreyC

I wouldn’t have known....

always appreciated,

On 19/10/2018 at 17:15, GreyC said:

Nice!

As the Matrosen wear cap tallies with Werft Division on them, the photo should have been taken either in Kiel (1st) or in Wilhelmshaven (2nd).

GreyC

tony

[Farkas]

Hi Gents

 

I believe the caption reads ....

‘The Russians have completely destroyed almost all the railroad tracks that lie on the Berlin-Warsaw route. our picture shows us a German patrol, which investigates the railroad track’

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this next one shows the handing out of bayonet frogs. 

Freshly trained perhaps? Yet I think the flowers mean these men are about to deploy....

tony

[Bayern]

Perhaps they are reservists recalled , It appears as Autumm . the absence of numbers on the helmet covers and the litzen on collar and cuffsmade think in a Garde Unit .