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And God with us! God, armed with a blunderbuss and already having received a medal, steps between Kaisers Wilhelm II of Germany and Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary. The German soldier's belt buckle included the inscription, Gott mit Uns — God with us. Illustration by Aurelio Bertiglia. |
Dio E con Noi!
And God with us! |
A. Bertiglia, Bertiglia, God, Kaiser Franz Josef, Franz Joseph, Kaiser Franz Joseph, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Kaiser Wilhelm, Wilhelm, Gott mit Uns, God with Us, Aurelio Bertiglia |
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The Channel port of Calais under a Zeppelin bombing raid the night of February 21-22, 1915, illuminated by the airship's searchlight. Newspaper reports placed the bombing at 5:00 AM with five civilians killed. |
Calais wurde in der Nacht vom 21.-22. Febr. 1915 ausgiebig mit Bomben belegt.
Calais was extensively bombed on the night of February 21st-22nd, 1915.
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Message dated February 5, 1916, field postmarked February 6, 1916, German 7th Army Corps |
Channel port, Calais, Zeppelin, bomb, bombing raid, February, 1915, 1915-02-21, 1915-02-22 |
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A battery of French Rimailho 155mm Howitzers, a gun capable of delivering up to 15 rounds per minute. With a range of 6,500 yards, it was obsolete by 1916. |
La Guerre 1914-1915 Artillerie lourde française - Batterie de 155 Rimailho
104 P.P. Paris French heavy artillery - 155 Rimailho's battery.
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Message dated July 18, 1915(?), and written in three directions. The writer had "le plaisir de voir 28 aeros française qui revenaient de chez les boches" - the pleasure of seeing 28 French planes returning from the Boche. |
artillery, Rimailho, cannon, gun, field gun, Rimailho 155mm Howitzer Field Gun, Rimailho 155mm Howitzer, Rimailho 155mm Field Gun |
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A crew comprised of German naval artillery and Turkish troops man a gun in one of the Turkish forts defending the Dardanelles against a naval assault by an Anglo-French fleet. |
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Deutsche Marineartillerie kämpft mit türkischen Truppen gegen die vereinigte engl. franz. Flotte in einem Dardanellenfort.
German naval artillery fighting with Turkish troops against the united English and French fleet in a Dardanelles fort.
Waffen Brüder 1914-15
Brothers in arms
Message dated November 21, 1915
Feldpost (field postmarked November 25, 1915)
Logo FPnG; 3424. Serie 94. |
Germany, Turkey, France, Dardanelles, fleet
Dardanelles forts, naval assault, 1915, February, 1915-02-19, 1915-02-26, The Allied naval campaign in the Dardanelles |
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German-Austrian War Mill — an Austrian postcard from July or August, 1914. German and Austro-Hungarian soldiers enjoy the sight of their enemies caught in the arms of a mill of weapons. Serbia, Montenegro, France, Belgium, and Russia whirl. Likely a card from the first days of the war as Great Britain is not included. Illustration by P Gust (?). |
Deutsch-Österreichische Kriegsmühle.
Eigentum und Verlag der Buchdruckerei Julius Lichtner, Wien, 8. Bezirk, Strozzigasse 41.
German-Austrian War mill.
Property and publisher of the book printer Julius Lichtner, Vienna, 8th District, Strozzigasse 41st |
Germany, Austria, Russia, windmill, war mill, 1914, July, August, 1915-02-23, 1915, February, Triple Entente, Entente Allies, Franco-Russian Alliance |