by joerbnsn | Jan 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
Depot Marks Joseph Robinson and Maxime Chaffotte 22 June 2007 –update Dec. 2014 (This is an international effort. Maxime Chaffotte and I are trying this together. We welcome your improvements!) We have seen all sorts of stamps and marks on the back visors of...
by joerbnsn | Jan 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
M91 CHINSTRAPS & SIDE POSTS Joseph Robinson, and Amy Bellars February 12, 2005. Introduced in 1891, the M91 chin strap is by far the most common chin strap on helmets. They’re mostly associated with issue helmets, and leather chin straps. But officers and...
by joerbnsn | Jan 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Brunswick Running Horse Wappen. Joseph P. Robinson. 29 November 2005. The single most popular helmet is that of the first and second Battalion 92nd Infantry Regiment, prior to 1912. The acquisition of the Neumann catalog brought up a few points about the enamel...
by joerbnsn | Jan 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
The American Pickelhaube Joseph P. Robinson. 26 May 2005. In late 2004, a pickelhaube sold in a small auction house in New York. This was an incredibly unique pickelhaube. Competition for the piece was fierce, and the final price was much higher than almost anyone...
by joerbnsn | Jan 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
German Tactical symbols 1914 Joseph P. Robinson This is a long-overdue very very short synopsis of the German Tactical Symbols used on maps at the very start of the war in 1914. These morphed over time however the general staff officers used these symbols for...
by joerbnsn | Jan 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
English-language overviews about the organization of the German Army tend to be extremely convoluted. It is helped by the fact emphasized by the renown author Holger Herwig that there really was no German Army prior to the end of the 1914 Western offensive. Rather,...
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