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Leib Kürassier-Regiment Großer Kurfürst Nr. 1 (Breslau)

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Nice image of an Austro-Hungarian soldier, out fitted with several M17 grenades, wire cutters, and a Kugel Grenade. 

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Austrian soldiers, the one on the left has Rohr Grenades, the one on the right has the German M1917 version. 

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German soldiers using a MG 08 in an anti-aircraft role, note the side opening ammo carrier, this was the first model, later ones opened one of the ends instead. 

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Austrian soldier getting ready to fire a Zeitzünder M15 rifle grenade.

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German soldiers with a Schießgestell or shooting frame – Model 1913 with the M1914 rod grenade and G98 rifle.

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German soldiers with G98's in a storage rack with the Grabenmagazin, which was a magazine extension or trench magazine that held 20 cartridges, this increased to total amount in the rifle to 25. 

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Herzog Ernst I. von Sachsen-Altenburg
1853-1908

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Herzog Ernst II. von Sachsen-Altenburg
1908-1918

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Moritz Franz Friedrich Constantin Alexander Heinrich August Carl Albrecht von Sachsen-Altenburg
1829-1907

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Herzog Georg II. von Sachsen-Meiningen
1866-1914

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Herzog Bernhard III. von Sachsen-Meiningen 1914-1918

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Herzogin Charlotte von Sachsen-Meiningen, geb. Prinzeßin von Preußen

 

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Herzog Alfred von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha
1893-1900

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Herzog Carl Eduard von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha
1900-1918

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Rekruten aus Österreich-Ungarn

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Gottlieb Ferdinand Albert Alexis Graf von Haeseler
Graf Haeseler, 1836-1919, was the oldest officer in the Prussian army
Foto vom Kunstatelier Oskar Tellgmann, Eschwege

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Potsdam, 1836 - Harnekop, 1919
1853, Seconde Lieutenant, Husaren-Regt.3
1860 Adjutant des Prinzen Friedrich Karl beim III. Armee-Korps
1867 Eskadronschef beim Husaren-Regiment 15
1867 Major
1871 Quartiermeister bei der Besatzungsarmee
1873-1879 Kommandeur, Ulanen-Regt.11
1879 Leiter der Kriegsgeschichtlichen Abteilung des Großen  Generalstabes
1880 Kommandeur der 12. Kavallerie-Brigade
1881 Generalmajor
1883 Kommandeur der 31. Kavallerie-Brigade
1886 Generalleutnant
1886-1887 Kommandeur der 20. Division
1887-1889 Kommandeur der 6. Division
1889 Oberquartiermeister im Großen Generalstab
1890-1903 General der Kavallerie, XVI. Armee-Korps, Metz
1903 als Generaloberst ausgeschieden
1905 Generalfeldmarschall
1914- Beobachter beim XVI. Armee-Korps
 

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Donated to Heimat Museum, Wandsbek

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Landwehr IX. Reserve-Korps, Altona

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Feld-Artillerie-Regiment Nr. 9, Altona

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Schleswig-Holsteinisches Train-Bataillon 9, Rendsburg

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Grandfather of Lore Jacoby, Herr Scharfe, who was from Benneckenstein in the Harz district, most likely Landwehr oder Landsturm, further details to be researched.
Landwehr-Bezirk XI, see collar insignia.

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New York, 1919, pyramid of German helmets, displayed as tropies, later sold off for benefits for US war wounded

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