German Imperial Militaria

Hi Kruska, thank you and also Skipper. I'd have never guessed that was a term for an orderly ;-))

Take care my friend and will see you when I can next be online-whenever that will be?.

 

Chinese beauties in 1901, huuuhu-shiver not for my taste though

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Regards
Kruska

 

Hi Kruska , thanks for confirming the translation of the postcard, I didn't get some of it myself, though I'm getting better at decyphering Süttlering everyday. Times have changed. I remember my mum telling me at school that when she took German she also learned the Gothic alphaba
et and she also could read Sütterling fluently. She taught me German when I was 16. The Chinese beauties are nice items and related to colonial German collectibles. I wouldn't hang them on my wall either though.
This make sme remember I have a stamp collection of Imperial Germany with stamps from most colonies or territories, including the Carolines, Samoa, Togo, the Marianes, Cameroon, Togo, South west Africa, New Guinea, Kiautschou, China, Turkey, Morocco.
Some were just German post offices , other concessions , protectorates or colonies. all were lost after the Treaty of Versailles. I even have some complete documents with postal stamps from Constantinopel. I didn't post them in my WWII stamp section because it was pre WWI , but if there is interest, I can scan them and post them for you.

Hi Carl, thanks for your kind comments.

 

Hello Skipper,

In this post card case it was quite "easy" to read the Suetterling, so you are most welcomed .

Even though the colonial stamps might be a bit of topic, (I wouldn't mind having a look on your scans at all) afterall they are part of the Imperial German history. The ones that I have are not worth a lot - but nice to have anyway.

Below is a photo of the Royal Bavarian Military handbook that was issued to all Bavarian soldiers that served in the Army. It is quite amazing to see how much it's content resembles even todays GAF handbook.

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Regards
Kruska

 

An original handdrawing used for the layout of the 5th Ulan book.

(C. Evans, that one is a special to you)

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Kruska

 

A few hidden treasures they are! No big news for me except that I am currently cleaning an 1898 empty shell from Poltke Munition Fabrik, Magdeburg, when it's all beautiful I will post it.

 

Hello Skipper,

you just make sure that shell is really empty , looking forward to seeing it.

Regards
Kruska

 

I am so jealous. I wouldn't have the first clue where from or how to begin to collect such items.

 

Hello Lippert,

jealous about what? you are the one that get's to fly a Harrier

Regards
Kruska

 

As always, Kruska and something tells me that if an artist has been working it with a hammer and hitting on every inch of its surface for days, I have little to fear . Everything I buy is always 100% harmless and empty and/or neutralized etc... The cool thing with trench art is precisely that they are not dangerous.
It's Saturday morning so in a few hours I will be on my way treasure hunting!

 

Touche. But I would still like to know how one would get involved in such a hobby.

 

Hello Lippert,

as for me, I so as to say - grew up with militaria collectables - due to my family background and their respective services in the past until today.

Others simply start of with a EKI? (That is the item that to my knowledge might be the most widely collected item) Mostly through someone who gave one to a friend or purchased via e-bay or some auction company?

A lot of my friends (mostly servicemen) started of with their own awards and then partially checked on their fathers or relatives. Sooner or later they either loose interest or become obsessed .

Some more layout scripts for the 5th Ulan Book

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Kruska

 

Schön! Carl Evans will love these! They are real pieces of art work with plenty of great details. It's a pleasure to look at them

 

Here are two photos, one is of a "tourist free" forbidden city (Beijing Palace) , the Dowager Empress was still on the run when the "Eight Powers" entered Beijing in 1901.

The other photo shows the German garrison gate in Tiensin.

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I guess this thread will be a bit quiet, since I will be off more or less for the next 2-3 weeks.

Regards
Kruska

 

thanks for these pics Kruska and don't worry we wil lrelive the thread again when you return. Who knows I might have more finds by then !

 

more documents from Kaiser soldiers arrived today!









The pickle helmet picture is from 1915 (I/28) and that the man with the smaller moustache is from Essen (II/53) and the other one with a moustache is from the II/49. The one without a helmet has an E.K. No names available

 

More great pictures my friend. Kruska might be "the man" to find out more on these. Heck, he's already tought me things about Imperial Mil ;-))

 

Cheers Carl, it took me a while to restore the first one, it had almost faded completely and I had to increase the contrast, gamma and shadows to get some of the details back from the past.

 

Hi Skipper, nice work done on these pics. I have only two-three pics that are Imperial but they are on their way to a new owner who hopefully might be able to tell us what the writing says on the back of at least one card.

Take care my friend--Carl.

PS, have to go for now but will try to see you all again in about 10 or so days.

 

two more German picture postcards, or I should say one German and one French as one is a German POW with PG markings (Prisonnier de Guerre =pow) . Notice they took his belt and his boots.
I like the guy with the pipe in the trench.