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Looking Deeper Into History

Looking Deeper Into History

Looking Deeper Into History Looking Deeper into History. Joseph P. Robinson. 20 August 2005. This is an incredibly famous picture. Students worldwide of World War I have gazed upon this picture to get a feel for the German assault in France and Belgium in 1914....
Life in a Garrison Town

Life in a Garrison Town

Life in a Garrison Town Joseph P. Robinson  10 Aug. 2004 This book written in 1902-3, was banned in Germany , and the author found himself the object of courts martial. .  The book was banned as it “libeled superior officers.”  True, but was generally...
How You Became an Officer

How You Became an Officer

How You Became an Officer Joeseph P. Robinson 26 May 2005 This article started out as a hunt for information on German imperial cadet helmets.  As one thread lead to another, I found that I had to learn more to figure out what I wanted.  It took a long time to have it...
NCO Helmets

NCO Helmets

NCO Helmets NCO Helmets There was no such thing. The old pearl rings for enlisted helmets are often called NCO helmets on eBay. Somebody somewhere got the idea that a Pearl ring that was not an officer must be an NCO. A common fable.   The problem lies with an...
M15 Steel Helmet Plates

M15 Steel Helmet Plates

M15 Steel Helmet Plates M15 Steel Wappen Joseph P. Robinson. In 1980 a collector named Lector Orrick started to put together a study on steel helmet plates.  This was published in the Journal Kaiserzeit, and this article expands upon that.  The question that we seek...