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WWI

A closer look at the sergeant shows him to have the American Forces in Germany (AFG) unique MP collar emblems, four overseas stripes and four Army service stripes as well as his ever-present NCO whistle.

Photographs and Ephemera

WWI AEF/AFG Portraits

By Alexander F. Barnes
Feb 13, 2020

Private James F. Callahan, Co. F, 17th Evacuation Hospital, Siberian Expeditionary Force posed wearing his 1907 pattern cap backwards as was often suggested by photographers.

Photographs and Ephemera

Snapshots 2020 No. 1

By Military Trader
Jan 17, 2020

Book Reviews-Militaria Collecting

Books in Review: Play Ball! Doughboys and Baseball During the Great War

By John Adams-Graf
Jan 2, 2020

The author’s own Enlisted Model 1917 Medical Belt with complete contents out of pockets. This belt is dated July of 1918.

Ten decades later, 1917 medic’s belt is a worthy challenge for patient collectors

By Ron Leverenz
Dec 23, 2019

Museums, Clubs, Organizations

‘The Vietnam War: 1945-1975’ at National WWI Museum and Memorial

By Mike Eppinger
Nov 5, 2019

In early 1918, the US War Department created the Student Army Training Corps (SATC) as a way to hasten the training of soldiers for the war. Students in the SATC would simultaneously take college courses and train for the military. The intensive training course at Bliss Electrical School where Maurice Bryant served provided training for electricians. This photo shows SATC drafted men from the Washington, D.C., area installing wires for the electric lights and motors in the wiring laboratory at the school, August 13, 1918. National Archives

Photographs and Ephemera

The SATC: They Also Served

By Alexander F. Barnes
Nov 12, 2019

Propaganda card showing members of Himmler’s SS Technische Nothilfe / Technical Emergency Aid organization. The TENO (Technische Nothilfe —Technical Emergency Relief) had been founded in 1919. Today, the organization still exists as the Technische Hilfswerke (Technical Assistance).

Teno

By Chris William
Nov 12, 2019

The Battle of Verdun was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916, was the largest and longest battle of the First World War on the Western Front. Casualties of the German and French armies is estimated at around 770,000. The drawing, “Fighting in a crater during the Battle of Verdun, France” was done by J Simont for the L’Illustrazione Italiana, (XLIII, No 17, April 23, 1916).

Commemorating the WWI Battle of Verdun

By David L. Burrows
Nov 12, 2019

Children dressed in costume honored Prince Ferdinando of Udine, head of the Italian War Commission to the United States, at a ceremony in Lewisohn Stadium at the College of the City of New York, June 23, 1917. Library of Congress Flickr Commons project, 2015

Allied War Commission Medals

By David L. Burrows
Nov 8, 2019

During the Great War, thousand of Ford Model Ts served as ambulances for the American Expeditionary Forces and their allies in Europe and North Russia. Sadly, very few survived. Remarkably, a talented crew using computers, original photos, and drawings are able to recreate these gallant war horses. John Adams-Graf collection

4. 1 to 2-ton Vehicles (M715s,CUCVs, HMMWVs, GTBs, G-506s, etc.)

WWI Model T Ambulance

By David Williams
Nov 13, 2019

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Book Reviews-Militaria Collecting

Book Review: WWI Journal

By Military Trader
Nov 25, 2019

While giving final instruction before going into the fray, the King of Saxony is seen conversing with one of his men who has just received an Iron Cross.

The Iconic Iron Cross

By Chris William
Nov 12, 2019

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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

Cipher machine up for sale at 79th Auction of Hermann Historica GmbH

By Mike Eppinger
May 8, 2019

Play Ball! Doughboys and Baseball During the Great War, by Alexander F. Barnes, Peter L. Belmonte, and Samuel O. Barnes (ISBN: 978-0764356780, Schiffer Publishing, 4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, PA 19310; 610-593-1777; www.schifferbooks.com. Hardcover, 256 pages, illustrated throughout, 2019, $26.99)

Book Reviews-Militaria Collecting

Book Review: Play Ball! Doughboys and Baseball During the Great War

By Military Trader
Nov 25, 2019

Glenn L. Niccum — a “Polar Bear” from Detroit who served in North Russia during WWI.

Militaria Collecting 101

Favorite Find: Sgt. Glenn Lee Niccum - A Polar Bear

By Eric Kaechelin
Nov 13, 2019

The largest WWI Memorial in California will now share billing with United Airlines Inc after the airline purchased naming rights for $69 million.

What's the Price of History?

By John Adams-Graf
Apr 4, 2019

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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

April Events at the WWI Museum and Memorial

By Mike Eppinger
Mar 28, 2019

One of the more colorful, but harder to find in good condition, souvenirs purchased by the soldiers are the felt and cotton pennants made for units or training camps. This camp Devens example gives some hint of the original colors but has suffered a lot of damage over the years.

Photographs and Ephemera

Collecting the WWI Training Camps

By Alexander F. Barnes
Nov 13, 2019

Robert Dalessandro, a Virginia native, has devoted his life to the study of the American Expeditionary Force and the role of its soldiers in WWI. He has published several books on the subject and is deeply involved in the work of the World War I Centennial Commission (WWICC).

10 Questions with Robert J. Dalessandro

By John Adams-Graf
Nov 13, 2019

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A Deep Look Into Militaria Collectors

By John Adams-Graf
Feb 12, 2020

As the Great War bogged down into a trench slug- fest, armies of both sides produced and carried a vast array of close-combat weapons including small, versatile weapons that the combatants would come to call, “trench knives.” This Belgian soldier wearing body armor and a Farina-style helmet, carries a modified Mauser bayonet in his teeth. John Adams-Graf collection

Militaria Collecting 101

Trench Knives of the Great War

By Mike Eppinger
Jan 24, 2019

Tapestry honoring a French soldier (unnamed) for La Grande Guerre

Museums, Clubs, Organizations

'Color of Memory' exhibit opens Jan. 29 at National WWI Museum and Memorial

By Mike Eppinger
Jan 23, 2019

USS San Diego (Armored Cruiser No. 6) photographed Jan. 28, 1915, while serving as flagship of the Pacific Fleet. U.S. Navy Photo courtesy of Naval History and Heritage Command.

Militaria Collecting 101

Navy Releases Findings on WWI Cruiser USS San Diego

By Mike Eppinger
Dec 12, 2018

“British and German Commander from WWI,” by Asher Richter, age 11

Photographs and Ephemera

Our Young Remember Part II

By John Adams-Graf
Nov 13, 2019

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