by joerbnsn | Jan 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
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...
by joerbnsn | Jan 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
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...
by joerbnsn | Jan 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
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...
by joerbnsn | Jan 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
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...
by joerbnsn | Jan 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Free State Artillery Pickelhaube MC Heunis—O.V.S.A.C. Study No.9 JUL-SEP 2004 Little Prussia in the Veldt Pickelhauben of the Orange Free State ORANJE VRIJSTAAT ARTILLERIE CORPS historical study and re-enactment group If you are interested in receiving any...
by joerbnsn | Jan 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Where Are the Enlisted Landwehr Crosses? Where Have All the Landwehr Crosses Gone? Joseph P. Robinson. 3 December 200 This might sound like a song from Peter, Paul and Mary but while I was working on Ersatz things, this kept bothering me. Why are landwehr crosses on...
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