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Sculptures made by British soldiers from the skeletal remains and equipment of fallen German soldiers at St. Quentin, ca. 1918.

Mark Six gun being transported to the vicinity of the Somme region, early 1916.

I apologize for the low-quality photo. The previous family that had these photos didn't care to keep them nice or keep them away from other relatives who would draw on them or try to color in something. I do know if he's who I think he could be, his last name is Lauda, and he had at least 10-13 siblings, if not more. I'm going to work on restoration and colorization later on but for now I'd just like to know about his story.

My family came from the Basque region between France and Spain. My great-grandmother received her baptism in France as did her family. My great-grandfather had his ceremonies in Spain, but they lived in the Basque region. Just telling this to give more context.

Le premier ligne dans Belloy-en-Santerre, 1916.

- Kaiser Willhelm II, Tsar Nicholas II and King George V were all cousins!

- Gavrilo Princip prepared for his assassination attempt by shooting his pistol in a local park!

- To hide the development of the new armored vehicles from spies - British officials called them "water tanks", telling factory workers they were building mobile water. The name stuck!

In correction of the previous post I made.

In theory the MQ would stand for Mayer & Quenzer of Idar-Oberstein and is a rare hallmark. But I can’t find anything online about it. Anyone familiar with this?

We're busy gearing up for our second Kickstarter, Allies on the Aisne, which will bring dynamic, historically accurate French and U.S. 28mm WW1 miniatures to your tabletop. The French previews are out (images above).

This new range builds on our existing range of British and German WW1 miniatures, and our innovative platoon-scale game system, 1918. Physical and digital (STL) copies will be available through the KS.

The Kickstarter will goes live very soon, so follow our pre-launch page to get notified when it does (and get those sweet sweet early bird deals...) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/warfulcrumgames/1918-allies-on-the-aisne

An example of using simplified equipment of the Russian Imperial Army of the 1915 model. The presented canvas nature bags, the same leather belt (instead of an eagle buckle), a simplified uniform of the sample of 15, a simplified case with a glass flask, an additional bandolier, a canvas cover for a shovel, a rolled-up tent raincoat is used instead of a greatcoat

My Great Grandfather Pte. Thomas Smyth from Clogheen county Tipperary, Ireland. He is one of these men, very proud of him.