Austro-Hungarian Hand Grenades of the Great War Part Two – The Ball Rohr Stielhandgranate

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Magicfingers

January 2023: This post has been replaced by a far superior one that you can find by clicking here.

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German Hand Grenades of the Great War – The Stielhandgranate M1917

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Magicfingers

June 2024: Better late than never.  Or, at least, I hope so.  A brand new post can now be found here: The Stielhandgranate M1917.

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A Tour of Boesinghe Part Thirteen – A Detour to the Ziegler Bunker

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Magicfingers

A mile and three quarters south east of the Van Raemdonck Brothers Memorial, two miles almost due west of the centre of Langemark, and just under a mile north of our next stop in the fields opposite Boesinghe, this is the so-called Ziegler Bunker, built by the Germans in the winter of 1915-1916. Continue reading →

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A Tour of Boesinghe Part Twelve – Lizerne: 3rd Line Regiment & Van Raemdonck Brothers Memorials

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Magicfingers

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Three hundred yards north of the Cross of Reconciliation, the main road we have followed so far this tour (with detours, of course – where would we be without detours) along the western bank of the Ypres Canal from Essex Farm, turns in a wide sweeping curve to the north east, crossing the canal on its way to Diksmuide. Continue reading →

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A Tour of Boesinghe Part Eleven – Lizerne: The Cross of Reconciliation

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Magicfingers

Happy New Year folks.  Time to return to our tour of Boesinghe.  Fifty feet high and made of aluminium, the Cross of Reconciliation stands where once upon a time a French memorial remembered the first French victims of the German gas attacks. Continue reading →

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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 being produced for field trials).  There was no M17. 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 for 1917. Continue reading →

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