Fritz Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 4. Mariupolskiego Pułku Huzarów - officers of 4th Mariupolsk Regiment of Hussars, July 1916, with officer and Junker list Rank explanations: Rjadowoi - Soldat Jefreitor - Gefreiter Mladschi Unteroffizier - Unteroffizier Starschi Unteroffizier - Stabsunteroffizier Feldwebel - Porpraporschtschik - Unterfähnrich Saurjad-Praporschtschik - Fähnrich/Stellvertreter Kornett - Ensign/Fähnrich Podpurutschik - Unterleutnant Porutschik - Leutnant Nadporutschik - Oberleutnant Rotmistr - Rittmeister/Hauptmann* Stab.Rotmistr - * Kapitan - Hauptmann Maior - Major (abolished 1884) Podpolkovnik - Oberstleutnant Polkovnik - Oberst Gen. Maior - Generalmajor Protoierei - Priest Doktor - Arzt, Doctor * Cavalry designation for Hauptmann 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share Posted July 11, 2021 US Female Telephone switchboard Operators, known as "Hello Girls". Note the Gas masks and helmets on the rear of their chairs. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share Posted July 11, 2021 Early war photo of French Dragoons and Chasseurs. Most Calvary units were converted to Machine Guns units during the war, however the military still had a love for the Calvary and some units were in service till war's end. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share Posted July 11, 2021 In this often published photo, allied troops are guarding German prisoners after the capture of Bellicourt in 1918. Mark V tanks with cribs can be seen in the background. Over half the books I have seen this image in say the allied troops are Australians, however by examining their equipment, they are clearly US troops, however they have SMLE rifles. Most likely the troops are part of the US 30th Division. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted July 12, 2021 Author Share Posted July 12, 2021 US soldiers riding Indian PowerPlus Motorcycles (which were produced from 1916-1924), most likely before the Us entered the war. The soldiers have the M1903 Springfield rifles and the early type leggings. Indian, along with Harley-Davidson supplied the military with motorcycles and side cars, however most did not make it overseas. Some did and were used as dispatch riders, mobile machine gun platforms, ambulances and even for homing pigeon lofts. These motorcycles have the US Signal Corps emblem on them. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 Image of WW1 era US Signal Corps men with various cameras and accessories. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share Posted December 17, 2021 Italian Alpini carrying a FIAT-Revelli Modello 1914. Italy was one of the first countries to adopt the Maxim guns, however when WW1 started, the waring nations got the priority for purchases. So Italy decided to make a domestic version, tailored to their needs. The FIAT-Revelli Modello was a delyed blowback system, and its most notable feature is the magazine. This gun used a detachable magazine which held 50 rounds, although a 100 round version was also available. The box magazine system was more complicated to make than the other types in service. The gun had a fire rate of about 400 rounds per minute and weighed 37 pounds, much lighter than the Maxim types. The Modello 1914 was updated for use in WW2 and over 47,000 were eventually produced. Static display of the Modello 1914 with the box magazines and carrier. M35 version of the gun used in WW2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share Posted December 17, 2021 Image of a captured MG08, note the 250 round ammunition boxes. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share Posted December 17, 2021 Another image of the FIAT-Revelli Modello 1914, mounted on a bicycle. Note the Adrian helmet, the Italians used the French made helmets, but painted insignia on them instead of using plates as the French and other nations did. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Gallipoli landings, 1915, no details of artist 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted January 28, 2022 Author Share Posted January 28, 2022 Colorized image of a French Position, these were commonly dug into side walls of trenches, they offered some protection from the elements. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 Nice early war image of French troops wearing uniforms that were very much outdated. After heavy losses, especially in the officer ranks, they adopted the horizon blue uniforms in 1915. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted March 9, 2022 Author Share Posted March 9, 2022 Women making grenades at a UK factory. During the war many countries employed more and more women to make up for the shortfall in men. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted March 15, 2022 Author Share Posted March 15, 2022 French soldiers, 1916 in the Battle of the Somme. They are using the Lebel 1886/93 rifles as well as F1 grenade with the model 1915 percussion ignition plug, these are recognizable by the long cardboard tube covering the fuse. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted March 17, 2022 Author Share Posted March 17, 2022 French Annamese Colonial soldiers from Indochina, arriving at Camp Saint-Raphael. Over 100,000 served during the war, most as labor however some did see combat. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted March 17, 2022 Author Share Posted March 17, 2022 The Russian Expeditionary Force (REF) or Corps Expéditionnaire Russe en France arrives in Marseille. France had asked for 300,000 men, however this was unrealistic, and several brigades were sent, in this photo, the 1st Brigade arrived in April of 1916 and roughly had about 9,000 men. Ultimately 5 brigades were formed, with most going to the Salonika Front. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted March 17, 2022 Author Share Posted March 17, 2022 New Zealand soldiers posing in a well shot photograph. These troops began arriving in early 1916, and fought in the region till the war's end. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted May 1, 2022 Author Share Posted May 1, 2022 Period image of French soldiers with several flares and at the bottom center, a box with the raquette type improvised grenades, not often seen in photos. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted May 17, 2022 Author Share Posted May 17, 2022 Colorized period photo of early war French Troops. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 Colorized photos of allied troops. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted September 9, 2022 Author Share Posted September 9, 2022 Colorized image of French Troops along the Luxembourg Border Portuguese Soldiers in France, 1917. Note the distinctive helmets. Somme 1916, French solider looking at items for sale from a mobile vendor. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Berliner Kleiderkammer des amerikansichen Roten Kreuzes nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg. Foto: American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted October 14, 2022 Author Share Posted October 14, 2022 Nice period image of a French Soldiers with signal flares. I do plan on making one of these for my collection, as I have never seen one for sale. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted October 17, 2022 Author Share Posted October 17, 2022 Russian soldiers wearing their unique looking Zelinsky Kummant gas masks. These masks appear to have the longer oval type filter or Moskovsky. Most Russian soldiers later used the British made PH and SBR models. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted October 31, 2022 Author Share Posted October 31, 2022 Colorized French Soldier Photographs Early war image of a St. Étienne Mle 1907 Soldiers speaking with a vehicle operator, April 20, 1917, in Savigny sur Ardres Soldiers dining at the Eifel tower in 1915 Colonial soldiers of the 2nd Spahis Regiment 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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