photos. colourised postcard images.

[Farkas]

Hi Bayern

I like it. Reservists - they do look more like men than boys....

cheers

tony

16 hours ago, Bayern said:

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 .

 

[Bayern]

Hi tony,  I venture reservists , early in the war , reserve, by the apparent age . early in the war by the uniforms 1907 1910 and the natural coloured boots and leather items. Garde by the expressed and by the rifles . M1898 . 

 

 

[Farkas]

Hi Gents

First one shows collar tab with 

Next one 

 

And 

tony

[GreyC]

Hi,

the 3rd is a Ulane.

GreyC

[Bayern]

Hello , the first man wears on the collar of his greatcoat the doppelitzen, double lights of Garde and some technical troops . the number 267 on his SBs ,marks him as belonging to Reserve Infanterie Regiment 267 a unit raised in 1914 from the Infanterie Regiment 14. but the uniform dont carried litzen .  the second man ,seated ,must be a vizefeldwebel , he wears leggings and officers type peaked cap and leather gloves.

[The Prussian]

Hello!

Unfortunatey you are wrong withb the first one...

RIR 267 was set up by:

Staff: Ers.Btl./Füs.Rgt.34

I.Btl.: Feld-Inf.Btl.34

II.Btl.: Feld-Inf.Btl. 8

III.Btl. Feld-Inf.Btl. 10

The 2.Ers.Btl./Inf.Rgt. 14was only responsible for the Ersatz

BUT!

I see a 261 and not a 267 upon his SB.

RIR 261 was set-up by Garde-Feld-Inf.Rgt. 1, 2 and 3

It had its own Ersatz-Bataillon

So it all fits

Edited November 3, 2018 by The Prussian

[Bayern]

Hello , I was mistaked about the parent unit of the RIR 267 by a book . Cocerning to the BUT, if is 261 all fits as you said . Cheers

[Farkas]

Hi Gents

I had actually put these here together because 3 had the numbers on the collar tabs and #3 belongs with #1...

i was going to say what I thought they were but just couldn’t decide

However I thought (!) #1  was 267 - but see the 1 now....  

I was sure #2  was 135

I thought #4 was 255 or 235

So today....

I agree #1 is 261

 2 is 136 or 236 

3 I now think is 253 or 255

I’ll probably see different tomorrow 

tony

[The Prussian]

Hello!

Just a mention...

The last colourised photo (according to the threads name) was in #95...

 

[GreyC]

Hi Andy,

why not change it and provide us with one! ;-)

GreyC

Edited November 3, 2018 by GreyC

[Farkas]

A Touch Of Colour Gents!

i wasn’t sure whether to include this style if you like them i’ve got a few more

 

These first two are related,

written 25/11/14

written 3/12/14

 

and these next two are also related

written 6/12/17

written 7/12/17

 

tony

[GreyC]

The texts are mainly greetings and "I am still ok, hope you are, too". "Will write letter. It´s cold here".

Best,

GreyC

[Bayern]

7 hours ago, Farkas said:

A Touch Of Colour Gents!

i wasn’t sure whether to include this style if you like them i’ve got a few more

 

These first two are related,

written 25/11/14

written 3/12/14

 

and these next two are also related

written 6/12/17

written 7/12/17

 

tony

Hello , The first two postcard shows a Saxon Infantryman

[Farkas]

Hi Gents

first two have same addressee

and couple more - still the same tree!

and

tony

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Thanks both

16 hours ago, Bayern said:

Hello , The first two postcard shows a Saxon Infantryman

 

16 hours ago, GreyC said:

The texts are mainly greetings and "I am still ok, hope you are, too". "Will write letter. It´s cold here".

Best,

GreyC

tony

[Farkas]

Hi Gents

i didnt realises that there are arrows on this card until today so thought I’d share it while it’s out....

In the foreground are train tracks

No platform but buildings alongside, some with men on the rooftops 

Also it looks like a fire or two? maybe to keep warm over  

In the one above could it perhaps say 3bayR above the men?

and

perhaps kbirg? (Or even 4komp) on the right

 

I hope you like it Gents

tony

[Farkas]

Hi gents

and

tony

[Farkas]

Hi Gents

 

tony

[Farkas]

Hi Gents

I spotted this in a ‘job lot’ 

To me , it is a photo of.....

(Please pardon my usual optimism/enthusiasm)

A partly collapsed airship, 

in flight,

photographed from above, 

at altitude or in cloud ,

Of course maybe not ...Any musings Gents?

 

tony

[GreyC]

Shot down over the English Channel by 2nd (German) Torpedoboot-Zerstörer Flottille (small vessel between torpedoboat and destroyer)

GreyC

[Farkas]

Hi Gents

3 I have that all caught my eye yesterday for one reason or another....

———-/————//-

This first one I liked, mainly, because they actually look happy

and of course his medal bar.

If he’s 80 in 1927 then he was born in 1847...

Perhaps a Veteran of the Franco Prussian war?

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This one is different to anything else I have. The front is glossy, like plastic and reminds me of a film negative. And smaller than Rppc size.

dated 2-9-1916

I was surprised to see from the reverse , that it has not been cut down in size. It is to all effect a smaller version of a full card. 

And, I’d say, it’s not reproduced from a larger original. The impression of the circular post stamp, as well as some of the writing, is visible in relief on the front.

——//———-

this 3rd one is a snapshot...

dated 1 March 1917

Peter Banes (I beleive)

I can’t get over how ‘chilled’ he appears...

Cheers Gents

tony

 

 

Hi GreyC

On 12/12/2018 at 14:50, GreyC said:

Shot down over the English Channel by 2nd (German) Torpedoboot-Zerstörer Flottille (small vessel between torpedoboat and destroyer)

GreyC

Thanks for the above info...

i spent ages googling British airship losses last night. All new to me.

However, more questions than answers. I beleive this is a rigid frame airship. Gondolier to the fore. Brits only had one that saw action and none reported lost.  There were quite a few other airships designs used mainly for shipping protection but the appearance doesnt match. They ere more like balloons.  ‘Gasbags’ were over the channel but this looks, as I said, like a Rigid Frame Airship... supposedly none were lost.....

Thanks again GreyC

tony

[GreyC]

Hi,

2nd card: Wants to know if mother has sent him money

3rd card: I think the name is Baues. Compare the "n" in "Untf." They usually, but not always distinguished u and n by a horizontal stroke above the letter, that is missing here above the "u".

GreyC

PS: It would help considerably if the cards with writing on them would be posted in the right angle to read them, not in a 90 degree angle.

Edited December 14, 2018 by GreyC

[Farkas]

1 hour ago, GreyC said:

PS: It would help considerably if the cards with writing on them would be posted in the right angle to read them, not in a 90 degree angle.

Consider it done from now on GreyC... Thanks. 

 

What did you think of these?

I did actually post them with you in mind... 

I think the first is a lovely portrait and the second is physically rather odd....

cheers 

tony

 

[GreyC]

Thank you, that helps. What´s i tersting with the 2nd crd is that it seems to originate in New York, was mailed from Cologne by a Saxon to his mother in Saxony. Now at that time the US was still neutral, so maybe it was a photographic gimmick invented in the US and exported to Germany where some German photo studio had it on offer.

GreyC

[Farkas]

2 hours ago, GreyC said:

Hi,

2nd card: Wants to know if mother has sent him money

3rd card: I think the name is Baues. Compare the "n" in "Untf." They usually, but not always distinguished u and n by a horizontal stroke above the letter, that is missing here above the "u".

GreyC

PS: It would help considerably if the cards with writing on them would be posted in the right angle to read them, not in a 90 degree angle.

Yes GreyC,

the ‘n’ is so clear in ‘Unft’ ( I thought it was Unff!), totally unlike the ‘u’.... 

nice

tony

[Farkas]

Hi Gents

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No dates or info on any of these..

and

 

tony