WW1 Photo's

[leon21]

 

Here's some of my favorite WW1 Photo's.

 

1st ....R.F.C. Pilot c1917 Training in Scotland,

 

2nd....R.F.C. member in his backyard at home.

 

3rd....3 Brothers outside thier home with Mother and Grandmother looking on.

 

4th....3 German soldiers wearing thier Iron Cross 2nd Class Ribbons.

[Kenny Andrew]

Great photos Leon, I like the German with the stag horn trench fighting knife on his belt and the Scottish Pilot still wearing his tartan trews and Highland cutaway tunic

[leon21]

Here's a couple of photo's .

pic 1

Of the upheaval that swept through Germany after the defeat in 1918. Dissidents in the traditionally conservative navy left their

posts and agitated for radical change

pic 2

Sailors joined by a few disgrunled soldiers cluster around a captured armored car in the courtyard of the royal palace in Berlin.

Designated the People's Marine Division, the sailors were part of the sporadic socialist uprising after the abdication of Kaiser

Wilhelm 11.

[Kenny Andrew]

People forget how close Europe got to becoming a Communist State.

[leon21]

Here's a few more.

 

1st pic Soldier Landwehr I.R.99.

 

2nd .....Soldier Artillerie-Regt.7.

 

3rd...... German soldiers on outpost duty, sharing their food with Belgian orphans Antwerp 1915.

 

4th......Sergeant Bavarian Lanstrum 1915.

 

5th......Machine Gun Unit.

 

6th......N.C.O. Reserve-Pionier-Kompanie 49.

 

7th.....German Kavalrie entering Warsaw 1915.

[leon21]

Here's three more.

 

pic 1 French Cuirassier c 1900.

 

pic 2 U-155 end of ww1 near Tower Bridge.

 

pic 3 Royal Seaforths holding a trench while underfire from a German sniper.

[Greg]

Pic 3 is interesting Leon, they all have the same rifle but in the centre there is a different bayonet so someone is kitted out different, I first though it was a French Lebel but the blade is too wide so possibly a 1913 with hooked qullion?

[leon21]

Hi Greg, I'm no expert on bayonets of WW1, but could it be the 1907 pattern with hooked Quillon made by Wilkinson.

Or the 1907 pattern SMLE bayonet made by Sanderson?.

[Kenny Andrew]

Looks like a 1907 with hooked quillion which are quite scarce to find now, The others are all using lee metfords, to be honest I did'nt know they still used lee metfords in ww1 but there it is in black and white

[Greg]

Same with me Kenny, the hooked one is certainly a 1907... the others I was unaware they were used either, they'd be surplus for 10-15 odd years by the time the photo was taken. But if the War Dept had them laying around it makes sense to use them. I would assume they would hand them out to reserve, behind the line and Pals units and not the regular army. Very odd to see the 1907 in the same unit as it is then a mixture of kit.. they can take the same cartridge though at .303 I believe so possibly a battlefield pickup?

[Fritz]

On 16.11.2012 at 15:12, leon21 said:

Here's a few more.

 

1st pic Soldier Landwehr I.R.99.

 

2nd .....Soldier Artillerie-Regt.7.

 

3rd...... German soldiers on outpost duty, sharing their food with Belgian orphans Antwerp 1915.

 

4th......Sergeant Bavarian Lanstrum 1915.

 

5th......Machine Gun Unit.

 

6th......N.C.O. Reserve-Pionier-Kompanie 49.

 

7th.....German Kavalrie entering Warsaw 1915.

Where is the picture of Artillerie-Regt.7 ? Most of the other descriptions fit. Also there is a photo of a soldier wearing an Ulan uniform with Tschapka, at corner of card "Feldzug 1914" - is there any inscription on the rear of the card? It is difficult to determine which U. Regiment he is from, he is wearing the normal Prussian Tschapka with line eagle. The piping of the tunic is of a darker colour, presumably red or crimson, so therefore he is from one of the regiments 1-8, which wore red facings, but not from 14, which wore a special pattern eagle. Buttons and line eagle appear bright, presumably silver rather than gold. The epaulette appears to bear a monogram, which could only be Regt. 1, 3 or Regt.6. The piping of the Epaulette is also darker, presumably red, so I tend to think he is from U.R.6 (Hanau).

[leon21]

Sorry Paul, must have put wrong photo on post no inscription on back, here is the missing photo.

[Fritz]

This man is also an Ulan - different regiment this time. On collars and cuffs are Gardelitzen, the piping is dark, presumably red. The shoulder pieces, the pear-shaped "Epaulettes" have a monogram, presumably KR - the cap cockade is black with a red ring - this would be Württembergisches Ulanen-Regiment König Karl Nr.19 in Ulm. All rare photos. There is a ribbon (yellow/black) in his buttonhole for the Württemberg silver Militärverdienstmedaille "Für Tapferkeit und Treue"

[leon21]

Thanks for the info Paul, seems I was given the wrong info on this photo, here are two more Ulan soldiers.

[Fritz]

First one is Württembergisches 2. Ulanen-Regt. König Wilhelm II. v. Württemberg Nr. 20 (!) - yellow piped Ulanka, shoulder boards have a crowned gothic W monogram (König Wilhelm II. von Württemberg). I noticed, this picture was on the internet page of flickr!

Second one is the peacetime uniform of Ulanen-Regiment Hennigs von Treffenfeld (Neumärkisches) Nr. 16 - light blue facings, tunic front and collars and cuffs are piped in white. Epaulettes with crowned Monogram GR for König Georg von Sachsen (reigned 1902-1904) white metal buttons.
The man does not look like an 18-20 year old recruit, he has no rank badges at all, also he is wearing a Cavalry Extra-Degen and fine gloves, which had to be privately purchased, probably a university professor or Gerichtsassessor, still dreaming of his old service days, no indication of being a Reservist.

Great photos, rare.

 

[leon21]

Thanks Paul great info.

[Fritz]

U.R. 20 was stationed in Ludwigsburg/Württ. and U.R. 16 in Salzwedel and Gardelegen (Provinz Magdeburg)

[Fritz]

Another interesting photo is the man with the beard. This is before gas came. When gas masks were issued, all beards had to be removed, moustaches trimmed, and regular shaving was ordered, otherwise the gas mask would not be effective. This picture reminds me of the earlier campaigns of the war of 1864 in Denmark, the Düppeler Schanzen and Alsen crossing - the assault sections of infantry and pioniers wore caps, the greatcoat was rolled and strapped over the left shoulder to the right hip, and just equipped with belts, cartridge boxes and sidearm, rifles with fixed bayonets, many are depicted with beards - of course there was no fieldgrey uniform, just the old blue uniforms.  The campaign began with some snow, as can be seen in old pictures and photos.

 

[leon21]

Here are two more these look like they have been digitally colorized.

[Fritz]

The first picture, as taken in St. Avold - would be most likely Ulanen-Regiment 11 or 15 (both stationed in nearby Saarebourg)  - both regiments had all yellow facings, so I asume the photo has been coloured wrongly.

[leon21]

First photo is said to be a soldier of 2nd Hannoversches  Ulanen Regiment No 14.

2nd photo is said to be a soldier of 17th (1st Royal Saxon) Ulanen , Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria,

King of Hungry parade dress home depot Oschatz XII Army Corps.

Is this info incorrect Paul ?.

[Fritz]

Right - 2. Hannoversches Ulanen-Regiment Nr. 14 based in St. Avold-Mörchingen.  The facings were crimson -
However, the Tschapka-Rabatt has been wrongly coloured here, it should also be crimson and not dark blue.
I hadn't noticed the scroll to the emblem, which is just about visible in the photo, introduced 1899.

The 3 Saxon regiments had somewhat different uniforms to the Prussian regiments. Description all correct, the uniforms were
also of a lighter blue, as with all the Saxon cavalry regiments.

[leon21]

Thanks Paul.

Here are two more of Austro-Hungarian soldiers

[leon21]

Here are two photo's of Walter von Bulow Bothkamp, in August 1914 he and his younger brother Conrad joined

the Braunschweige Hussars Regiment 17 . In April 1915 he applied for pilot training in the Luftstreitkrafte.

Born 24th April 1894- 6th Jan 1918 he was credited with 28 victories.

[Fritz]

Nice photos of Bülow, the second postcard I have seen before, the first photo in the uniform of a Sergeant or perhaps Fähnrich, I never saw before. Are these in your collection?

With the Austrian photos, I assume the first card is of two Gebirgsjäger - or possibly Kaiserjäger, there is an Edelweiß on the green collar patches (grüne Egalisierung), I think this is the new pattern of uniform with puttees and tunic with turndown collar rather than the standing collar at the beginning of the war. Field grey was introduced to replace the previous "Hechtgrau".