r/ww1

Currently ongoing: a restoration of German footage from East Prussia filmed in September 1914.
No AI used in the restoration process. Please note the sounds are not original to the film.

Project links:
https://www.instagram.com/to_hell_and_back_project/

https://www.tohellandbackproject.com/

Personally photographed, slightly bad resolution because of the glass.

It's kept in Oplenac, the Karađorđević dynasty complex inside King Peter's house.

-Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 (EK2)

-Honor Cross 1914-1918 with swords (Ehrenkreuz / “Hindenburg Cross”)

-“Für Verdienst im Kriegervereinswesen” cross merit award for veterans association service (Kyffhäuserbund, Weimar era)

-Small unidentified cross, possibly a state veterans merit order — anyone recognize it?

-Miniature ribbon bar combining the ribbons of both upper crosses

Recently got this hand-me-down helmet and I’d like to know if it’s ww1 or ww2. P.S sorry for the bad pictures I’m away from home right now but I really wanna know :/

This is a page of the paybook belonging to a German artillery Unteroffizier in "Kurmärkisches Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 39". He fought on the Western Front before being quickly moved to the Eastern Front.

He was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class and later on the Wound Badge in black.

According to this page, he participated in following campaigns:

​Aug 23 – Sept 26, 1914: Security operations against Antwerp (Sicherung gegen Antwerpen)

​Sept 27 – Oct 9, 1914: Siege of Antwerp (Belagerung von Antwerpen)

​Oct 10 – Oct 17, 1914: Pursuit battles in Flanders (Verfolgungsgefechte in Flandern)

​Oct 18 – Nov 30, 1914: Battle of the Yser (Schlacht an der Yser)

​Dec 14 – Dec 17, 1914: Battle of Łowicz-Sanniki (Schlacht bei Lowicz—Sanniki)

​Dec 18, 1914 – Feb 28, 1915: Battle of the Rawka-Bzura (Schlacht an der Rawka—Bzura)

​Mar 3 – Mar 10, 1915: Battles in the Orzyc Bend (Gefechte im Orzyc—Bogen)

​Mar 11 – Apr 1, 1915: Positional warfare north of Przasnysz (Stellungskämpfe nördl. Przasnysz)

​Apr 6 – Apr 22, 1915: Combat in the fortified position between Orzyc and Szkwa (Kämpfe in der befestigten Stellung zwischen Orzyc und Szkwa)

​Apr 26 – May 9, 1915: Advance into Lithuania and Courland (Vorstoß nach Litauen und Kurland)

​May 9 – May 11, 1915: Battles on the Venta (Windawski) Canal, before Šiauliai (Schaulen) and on the upper Venta (Windau) (Gefechte am Windawski=Kanal, vor Schaulen und an der oberen Windau)

Rouler rapidement un cigarette entre de vagues d'attaques, vers Combles, Somme, 1916.

The rifle is a Repetiergewehr M.14. It was a Gewehr 98 pattern rifle chambered in 7x57mm Mauser and manufactured by OEWG (Steyr) for Mexico, Colombia and Chile. Some 73,000 rifles not yet exported were appropriated by the Austro-Hungarian military at the outbreak of the First World War and pressed into service.

My Oldest Great Grandpa Henry yes that was his real name. Born November 26 1895, died June 26 1979. He also served in World War One. He married my Great Grandma Dorothy Hatfield (Yes those Hatfields) . In 1944 my Great Grandma would give birth to my Grandpa Martin. My Grandpa Martin would marry my Grandma Jeannette who would give birth to my Dad in 1975. My dad Jason would marry my mother Kimberly in 1995 then in 1997 my mom gave birth to me.

Hi! Last year I went metal detecting in an old giant traininggrounds of german Sturmtruppen from ww1. I found a lot of shrapnel, but also this piece. It seems to be some kind of plug from a fluid container, but after doing research, I cant find anything similar on german fuel cans or drinking tins. It still has a piece of felt or some waterisolation in it. There is a chance it could have been post war, but the place where I found it was very abandoned and they layer of dirt I found it in was very old, comparable to the dirt I found the shrapnel in. Can anyone help? It seems to be aluminium (or possibly Zinc, but there is no zinc corrosion visible so I doubt it.)I found it in the Koppenberg Forest, in Oudenaarde (Near the river Scheldt, the old trenches are still visible there)

thanks!