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WWI display
Gustaf:
Greetings All,
I am not a re enactor, but I do some living history (the differance is that I sleep in a warm bed and eat hot food,) attached is a photo of my WWI infantry display.
Best wishes
Gus
Sturmkatze:
Wow!!!!
Soldat21:
Absolute amazing!! Great collection you have there!
Gustaf:
Can you believe that I go deleted from the off topic forum for posting this item?
A German soldier wears the M1916 Stahlhelm and the M1917 Ledersch?tzmaske, the storage canister for the gas mask is suspended on a paper cloth strap; the tunic is a 1930s studio copy of the M1915 Bluse and the trousers are Swedish, due to the rarity of original trousers; the ID disc is suspended around his neck; The M1910 ammo pouches are on the M1895 belt with a M1915 buckle; on the belt beside the buckle is a close combat knife; the M1887 entrenching shovel is suspended from the belt on his left rear along with the bayonet scabbard; on the right hip is the M1887 bread bag with the M1915 water bottle suspended from the D ring; the leather boots are similar to German WWI March boots, but can be identified as Czech fireman's boots due to the external reinforcement at the back of the boots; this soldier is armed with the Mauser Kar98 with bayonet.
This German soldier wears the M1895 erstaz Pickelhaube with ?berzeug; the gas mask is a M1915 Gumimaske; the overcoat is the M1915 pattern; his ID disc can be seen around his neck with a bit of cord; The M1909 ammo pouches are on the M1895 belt with a M1915 buckle, a M1917 Stielhandgrenate is hung from the belt on the right and a Nahekampfmesser is suspended on the belt on the left of the buckle; he has a M1895 Tornister on his back with the M1910 mess tin strapped on; on his left hip is his entrenching shovel with the bayonet scabbard; on his right hip is the M1887 breadbag with the M1893 waterbottle attached; he is armed with the Gewehr M1898 with bayonet.
Best wishes
Gus
Gustaf:
Hey I forgot my Austrians
Austrian impression
He is wearing the Austrian M1917 helmet similar to the German M1916; the gas mask is the M1916 patterned after the German M1915; the tunicis the M1915 field grey with matchin trousers of the same pattern; The ancle boots are topped with puttees (the left is a reproduction);the M1908 ammo pouches are supported by the belt wih a M1895 buckle; the haversack is slung on the left hip and supported by the belt, the canteen is carried in the haversack along with iron rations and personal items; on his back is the M1888 back pack with the mess tin strapped to it; the M1910 tranch shovel is hanging from the belt on his right hip; he is armed with the M1895 Steyr straight pull rifle with bayonet (the bayonet scabbard is carried on the left hip under the haversack.
Shown here is the uniform of Ferdinand Holzner of the Austrian KuK Tiroler Reit Kaiserssch?tzen; The cap is the peakless style common to mounted troops, it has the K rosette for Kaiser Karl and an Edelwei? tinnie dated 1914-1916; the tunic is an M1908 pike grey tunic with grass green collar and cuffs; the marksman's lanyard on the left breast is possibly German post war; the single ammo pouches are the style used by mounted troops with no provision for a knapsack strap; the belt is the style used by mounted troops and later by all troops; the trousers are pike grey with grass green piping; the water bottle slung on the right hip is in the leather carrier for mounted troops; and the soldier is armed with a Steyr M1895 carbine and bayonet.
Best wihses
Gus
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