The evil brother and sister! The shoemaker's bench and Big Laura. Wiley Möhle from Dankelsheim is posing with a group of dud shells. The evil siblings being a 21cm artillery shell and a trench mortar shell. I can find no reference as to which is which.
In this pre-war photograph the soldier 5th from the left has his fingers up behind the soldier next to him. First example I have found of rabbit ears or devil horns in my collection.
Four from this group have been awarded the War Cross, with star. Twelve of them have on the fourragère. This was given to units that were mentioned in dispatches more than once. Only those soldiers in the unit at the time are allowed to wear the fourragère.
Three members of Company A, 18th Infantry Regiment, United States 1st Division. This photo was taken in Germany after the war. The 1st Division was was first to arrive in France, the first to the front lines and the first to suffer casualties.
The fortress at Namur fell to the Germans on August 24th after a three day bombardment. The city was occupied for the duration of the war.
Three American infantrymen on occupation duty in Germany. The one on the left is wearing a wool lined leather jerkin. Popular with the British it seems the were used by the Americans late in the war.
Here is a group of German soldiers in front of a Nissen hut in February 1918. The Nissen hut was developed by Major Nissen of the Royal Engineers in 1916. Making this hut one in captured territory or German copy.
A pre-war photograph of the class of 1905. Tucked in the middle of the group is a Sommaire Motorcyle.
Nicholas Koehn was born August 16th, 1887 in Valley City, North Dakota which makes him 30 or 31 when this picture was taken. He was drafted in late 1917 so it would have been sometime in 1918 that he would have been in Scotland.
On his right sleeve below his service chevrons in his cyclist patch. He has two wound chevrons on his left sleeve.
A Captain in the Field Artillery while on Occupation duty in Germany after the war.
A group from a number of different regiments. Identifiable numbers include 66, 67 and 76. No explanation for the skeleton in the middle. Photograph by H. Noiret of Paris.
Johan Steipp in bed 195 enjoying a smoke while recovering from his wounds. Over in bed 194 is Salomo Weinberger. The writing under his name is not clear but suggests he is in for ulcers.
A group of French soldiers from each from a different regiment all with the insignia of a blacksmith on their sleeve.
