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Hi,

I would go with Will's suggestion and try the deutscher kavallerieverband facebook page. English is no problem.

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Tom

Hi Todd,

although I have more than 34 degrees centigarde here, I still find it very interesting!

Thanks for sharing.

Tom

Ralph,

I am most impressed by your work! I shared your link on the German Cavalry Association facebook page. Hope you don't mind, but I do not think there is anything comparable in Germany. Outstanding work and thanks for sharing.

Tom Muller

Good pics, thanks.

Not too bad actually!

I got myself a free copy from Gutenberg for my kindle. Interesting stuff.

Regards

Tom

I'd like to see some photo, please!

Regards

Tom

Merry christmas to you all out there!

Cheers

Tom

Hi guys, he is not sitting on his crotch but rather the buttocks. The way he holds the reins is also not very professional. Is he from a mounted unit? The boots look hungarian to me but might be of the old ulan type, sp maybe polish?. The stirrups are the typical austro-hungarian type as Tom mention...

Shooting while standing on the horses back was no standard training feature. It was done by a few troopers to show the high training level the remounts had reached. Standard training was firing a pistol mounted, but no rifle or smg shooting from horseback. This was done dismounted, as the German Cav...

Couvi wrote:

Tom Muller wrote:Couvi,

the bloke with the black frock and the long arm, could he be the brides father and the whole thing be a shotgun wedding?

Cheers

Tom

You will note for the record that the groom is an officer!

Must have been a hell of a gentleman!

Couvi,

the bloke with the black frock and the long arm, could he be the brides father and the whole thing be a shotgun wedding?

Cheers

Tom

Dan, the carbine boot was used by the Schutztruppe in the Herero war in South West Africa prior to WWI. All the photos I have seen so far show the carbine or rifle slung across the back in the WWI period. I'm at work now, but I'll check at home if I can find any reference to the bucket use between 1...

Pat,

yes it is, but just the one hanging behind the saddle, not the type with the carbine (what is it by the way?) lying across the riders leg.

Tom

Left-side-horse-tackle.jpg Right-side-horse-tackle.jpg Bridle and horse kit.jpg Thanks gentlemen! I don't often post photos on this web site, so had to remember how and trial-and-error my way thru. In the third photo (pre-war), I can see what looks like it might be a German bridle. Maybe. Can't see...

I found one set of files on the Library of Congress web site that may be useful. These photos were created 1880 to 1893 (so not exactly the right period) and concern the Turkish 1st Lancer regiment. Some horse equipment looks German (stirrups and the horse wallet on the NCO photo for example). Some...

Tom; Here's one that falls in that time and place that might interest you: "Black Jack Davidson, A Cavalry Commander on the Western Frontier. The Life of General John W. Davidson" by Homer K Davidson (grandson, Capt USN Ret.1919-1951) Arthur H Clark co., 1974 West Point; !st Dragoons; Com...

Hey again The US airborne on horseback were photographed at Saint Mere Eglise on or just after June 7/1944. They belong to the 505th P.I.R of the 82nd Airborne Division.The horses probably came from the 624th or 624th Cossack Battalions.These were Cossacks in service of the German army(see Pannwitz...

Pat,

I believe they are German. Look at the caps, collar on the soldier on the left and the belt buckle plus jackboots are typical German of the WWI time frame.

Regards

Tom

Tom, The racks held the hay above the mangers. The stock could reach up and pull it down taking what they needed. This kept the feed fresh and allowed once a day or every other day restocking of the hay. Many old feed barns of the West are still this way but then they were built in the same time. C...