An anomaly of V C ribbons

During the Great War all personnel from the Royal navy who joined the Royal Flying Corps and  won a V C wore a blue ribbon as shown below all the Poor bloody infantry (P B I ) wore a crimson ribbon.|But after the end of the Great War R.N. winners were sent a crimson ribbon on the R F C being disbanded and the Royal Air Force was formed

 

Photos from France and Flanders of German infantry

These photos are used with the permission of Mr Quinn.

A  German M M G

German infantry out side of trench

Looks like a German high command “O” group

German infantry ready to get on the march

A German sentry by the fire step.

Germans trench cleaning

Germans peering out of a damaged trench entrance

A German O P group

A German artillery piece on the move

German infantry launching a stick grenade attack

A  German infantry man.

A German in what is left of a trench.

German infantry with a homemade plaque.

German infantry men playing cards

Germans out side the shell of a damaged house

A view of the damage in Langemark.

German troops on he Somme.

German infantry from the 112th Regiment.

German infantry men  on the fire step.

Men from the 106th Regiment

A German M M G squad.

Germans in make shift winter clothing.

A German infantry man posing with a dud shell.

A tank approaching a trench.

A German M M G with an observer.

German Great War adverts

These cards show a selection of German biscuits and this item was still on sale at the beginning of World War 2. My thanks to Mr Quinn for permission to use them.

Satirical cards Great War.

These cards are self explanatory and are used with the kind permission of Mr D Quinn.

A selection of German Xmas cards.

Here is a selection of German Xmas cards from the Great War.It shows the other side of the coin.

A welcome home

A German Xmas card from the Balkans

A German Xmas card

A German maritime Xmas card

A German Xmas card in the field.

A semi religious German Xmas card

Weinachten

A search for a Xmas tree.

A lonely vigil.

A German sepia Xmas card

Ieper programme September 2014

Cover of the programme.
The unveiling of national memorial not just to the circa 40,000
who died in the Great War but all those of Welsh descent who served.



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