Monday, August 26, 2013
134è Régiment d'Infanterie
Members of the 134th Infantry Regiment in the midst of transition to the horizon blue uniforms. Some of the greatcoats are the 1877 model made in horizon blue while other are single breasted with a turn down collar. There are both light and dark blue kepis and even a couple that appear to have canvas covers. One soldier has a kepi from the 133rd regiment while his coat is from the 134th.
Labels:
134è Régiment d'Infanterie,
Army,
France,
Greatcoat,
Horizon Blue,
Kepi
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Friday, August 23, 2013
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Machine Gun Nest
Labels:
Army,
Germany,
Machine Gun,
Maschinengewehr 08,
MG 08
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
The Funny Ten
The sign reads "Transport der lustigen zehn nach Rumänien" or Transport of the funny ten from Romania. They have their shoulder straps turned over to hide their regiment number and the field caps have a cloth cover to hide the cap band color.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Monday, August 12, 2013
5e Régiment
A group of 5th Regiment engineers in a mix of work Fatigues and regular uniforms. The soldier on the left wears the specialist insignia of the railways.
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Thursday, August 8, 2013
155mm Cannons Mle 1877
A row of French 155mm Cannons Mle 1877 at Verdun. A different view of these same four guns was previously posted in 2011.
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
2. Hannoversches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 77
This card was sent in November 1916 while the 77th Infantry Regiment was in Sissonne Camp to receive some training after spending the first half of the year on the Eastern Front.
Saturday, August 3, 2013
74th Landwehr in Belgium
A member of the 74th Landwehr posing by a damaged house in Belgium. His unit spent most 1916 in the area southeast of Ypres before moving to the Somme in October. Kruisstraat would be the site of three mine explosions during the Third Battle of Ypres.
Labels:
1916,
74th Landwehr,
Army,
Belgium,
Germany,
Kruisstraat,
Ypres
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Schützengraben
Labels:
1918,
Army,
Dunajec,
Germany,
iron cross,
Oberleutnant Klee,
trench
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