Monthly Archives: December 2017

Der Deutsche Stahlhelm M16 – The German Steel Helmet

Posted on December 27, 2017 by Magicfingers

Between 1916 & 1918 the Germans produced three types of steel helmet, the M16, M18, and the M18 Cut-Out (the latter was introduced only in 1918, had a wavy rim, and most examples you see today are fakes, only 100,000 … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas Everybody

Posted on December 25, 2017 by Magicfingers

Well folks, another Christmas, the eighth that this website has seen, and this year, for your delectation, a selection of Christmas cards from the collection, all written one hundred years ago.  This first one is the official London Regiment card … Continue reading →

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German Hand Grenades of the Great War Part Two – The Kugelhandgranate Model 1915 ‘Na’

Posted on December 23, 2017 by Magicfingers

So here’s the grenade that replaced the Model 1913.

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German Hand Grenades of the Great War Part One – The Kugelhandgranate Model 1913 ‘Aa’

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Magicfingers

Today we begin a series of posts on German hand grenades of the Great War, and the posts will do exactly what it says on the tin.  Until we get to Austro-Hungarian grenades.  Which we shall, never fear.

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A Tour of Boesinghe Part Ten – Lizerne: The Belgian Grenadiers Memorial

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Magicfingers

Hot on the heels of our brief stop in Lizerne, here we are a little under half a mile north of the village, and this is the memorial to the Belgian Grenadiers who died during the first German gas attacks … Continue reading →

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A Tour of Boesinghe Part Nine – Lizerne Demarcation Stone & Belgian Carabiniers Plaque

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Magicfingers

A mile and a half north of Boesinghe we find ourselves in the centre of the little village of Lizerne, about 900 hundred yards west of the Yser Canal, where, at the crossroads at its centre, another Demarcation Stone shows … Continue reading →

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A Tour of Boesinghe Part Eight – Boesinghe War Memorial & Churchyard

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Magicfingers

St. Michael’s Church, totally rebuilt since the Great War, of course, stands in the centre of Boesinghe, the village war memorial in the foreground.

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