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German gear like the gas mask and the helmet actually look way more modern than what the French and British had at the time. Helmets and gas masks today basically still have almost the same shape.
The clip on "cover" for the mask filter was actually an additional filter for vomiting agents. These agents, usually arsenic based, were intended to be distributed as a fine dust that was thought to penetrate filters at the time. This would cause the victim to vomit, forcing them to take off their mask and exposing them to more lethal agents launched at the same time.
I'm from Bremen, where the regiment 75 this man portraits was stationed. Thanks for re-enacting and keeping history alive. This war (as most) was such a waste of human life...
Betcha he'd be more worried about getting stabbed 15 times in the face by the German than trying to unscrew his mask... Just throwing that out there....
I was kind of expecting low boots and puttees for the footwear. This was very informative, and I was pleasantly surprised by how much of this I already knew.Could you do more videos like this?
You tend to see jackboots all the way until the end of the way, my own personal conjecture is that they, like Tornisters, were prioritized towards infantrymen. This is because you see many auxiliary troops in puttees and low boots almost always after 1914, the famed Stoßtruppen included (their having formed from Pioniere, engineers/sappers).
I have been looking for the webbing but I don’t know the name and I keep finding WW2 things I know I need suspenders but do the pouches go on the belt and the bread bag straps I’m lost. Just got into WW1
Also, do you know any documentation of helmet decals in WWI? I have seen a couple pics of helmets that have them, but they might have been put on later.
As far as I know, there are no helmet decals used in the Great War, however, after the war decals were applied to these helmets with their use in the Reichswehr, as well as many painted decals and symbols used by various Freikorps. These helmets also saw some service in the German Wehrmacht and early SS as well and would have the corresponding decals applied for their service there, too.
I'm just off screen to the right but you're correct, we're both there! You can hear him yelling at me to get up somewhere in there, he captures me thereafter following some hand-to-hand fighting.
No problem. We had a reenactment in MN yesterday I went to watch, but the weather was so shit that we ended up turning around and didn't go. Horrible out there.
They fit pretty well, though, mine are a little large. I'm between sizes but they stay where they need to. When weather permits, I wear them with footwraps over my socks and they stay very snug.
Mike B By the way, you know how I can connect with a unit? I was on the 3rd Panzergrenadier's online membership until I changed my password and got locked out since. Now I'm a free agent, and I don't really have preference for any nation or the other, with WWI and II being fine with me as well.
Hello, I have a question I want to buy ww1 german late uniform (1916(, If I want to buy m15 feldbluse tunic should I get M07/10,M14 or M15 pants? is that proper unifrom for 1916soldier?
Another thing to add with the bayonet is that if the situation that the enemy entered your trench and now you were face to face. The long bayonet, especially when it was fixed would be difficult to use because you're in tight quarters in the trench, and trenches would be about 1-3 meters wide. About 3 feet wide. So movement would be tough when wrestling with the enemy. Not to mention that many rifles were long enough as it was. So in a situation where I saw the enemy in the same trench as i was. I'd ditch my rifle for the time being and take out my knife or an axe or anything that was sharp and just go medieval on their ass. However if you were issued a side arm that would be more suitable in the situation than using your rifle in the trenches. Ww1 may have been the first war of its kind, but to a degree, ww1 could be more medieval primitive fighting than actually fought in a more modern and industrial type warfare. It was really a matter of how effective you were in repelling an enemy wave attack. In the movie, passchandeale, my favorite line and scene was during the battle at the end and the Germans are charging the Canadian position and once they got to a point where the Germans were getting too close. The guy just takes out his knife and says "Here we go".
Very cool, I inherited a similar gas mask from a great great uncle that picked one up at the end of the war when he left the pow camp. But the one he picked up looks slightly different. Its a very nice smooth blackish brown leather vs what is shown here and has the spider eyes that is mentioned here in the video. Might it be an earlier version? Later perhaps as well? Hell Idk if its german. But you may know. All I know is that he picked it off the ground by seicheprey in 1918.
That's the Ledermaske, like this one, your original is older and will be darker from being oiled more and soiled more with time. Mine's a reproduction that's about a year old and has only been oiled once. It'll darken with time and be more like yours.
thank you for the reply and information. Very cool indeed. I guess whomever owned it really oiled the shit out of it over time. It looks like it was blackish brown leather from the start.
It was also surrounded by dirt and grime and things that mine's never seen, then stored who-knows-where for a century. Could have started with darker leather too, though.
DrunkShovel it could of. I can tell you mine 1918 until 1981 it was stored in a box in an attic. Then from 81- now it's been in a room on display. But your right who knows what the soldier did with it when and how much mud etc it saw.
Im trying to do a late war impression like this one (without a rucksack though) but im having trouble finding sources that have all the right stuff. So far I need to find pouches, gas mask + canister, shovel + carrier, and a bread bag. could you help me find a reliable source?
where did you buy this gear if possible give me a link thank you :) and p.s. do you do reenactments? btw im asking Dakotah since im not sure if this was your kit.
This gear comes from all over the place, honestly, the helmet and rifle are originals, the tunic was from Great War Militaria (now defunct, I think), the trousers are from Hessen Antique, the boots are from Hessen and heavily modified (new soles and dyed and oiled), my undershirt (unseen) was a civilian shirt from Darcy Clothing in the UK, my Erkennungsmarke (ID Disk, also unseen) came from Clang Armory, the gas mask is a repro that came from IMA, the tin it's held in (which needs replacing) was old Schipperfabrik stock (now defunct). If you have any more questions feel free to ask, I can try to help you build this impression if you have the cash for it.
No he didn't...he's not a basic b*tch "reenactor" like you, and spent a long time sourcing all of his gear and uniform from all over the world from small retailers.....
Not possible unless you want to buy everything required for each country. Just warning you, each impression (common) is about 2-3 Grand. If you've got the cash, we've got the will power to make vids.
I'll model any kit if you'd like to donate! The Austro-Hungarians, Belgians, French, Bulgarians, Romanians, Portuguese and Russians could all use some love.
Then they weren't originals... I know you've got decades of experience and expertise, but trust me, if it had a bottle green collar, it was a reproduction.
@@MikeB128 oh, I saw them on epic militaria being sold as originals, and one that got sold at auction that had that color of collar... Im not trying to annoy you I just wanna know as much as everyone else
@@historystuff1825 nuh uh. The gemeine of infantry, pioneers, artillery etc. would have none had bottlegreen collars. It would have been reseda green. Rarely some NCOs who had got their tunics tailored could have had them in the bottleneck green looking shade as well as some jägers i think. But generally no.
@@MikeB128 just did a little research and you were right. My bad. Apparently they were only given to Calvary at that time (sparingly) and wouldn’t be used until the Second World War.
would there be space to carry a mess kit on the bread bag and to strap the zeltbahn to the back of the belt? Those are two items I'd want access to in the field.
There's not 'official' place for it that I know of but if I had to carry it with me, I'd roll an assault pack with my blanket so I had that and the mess tin, otherwise I'd lash it to my breadbag and clip the canteen onto that instead.
He's me and no, the Tornister goes with you to the trenches and the mess tin stays with it, you fight from the trench unless you're assaulting another trench. If you succeed, you can just get your stuff. You won't go into combat with your tin usually. The assault pack is literally just your zelt/blanket rolled around your mess tin. It holds next to nothing and everything it _does_ hold clangs loudly unless covered. Honestly, you're better off stuffing your pockets with bread and whatever other food you can get if you need it to go with you.
Maybe that's why the Germans started doing assault packs? In honesty I'm not sure. I just know nothing seems to officially accommodate the mess tin aside from the tornister. Perhaps it's intended to be strapped by one strap to the breadbag but I've never heard either way.
Wikipedia seems to suggest the name comes from an Englishman visiting France in 1803 and observing the long leather boots stagecoach guides wore to protect their legs, however, I can't confirm that this is the origin. In German they are called "Marschstiefel", "marching boots".
@@silver.sorner2059 No, it's not...Maybe ask instead of just assuming. It's an old Great War Militaria tunic that hasn't been made for about 20 years now.
I was wondering about the placement of the Iron Cross ribbon. I have seen many pics of the 1915 tunic with a small ribbon over the left breast, instead of in the button hole like with earlier tunics that have the buttons uncovered. Was this a distinction between 1st class and 2nd class, or just personal preference?
You place it over he second buttonhole's area around the weather flap, so it's in the same place but doesn't interfere with the button/can still be seen. The 1. Class, the medal itself is worn on the chest, with the 2. Class the medal is worn around the neck the day it's received and then only the ribbon is worn on the tunic in the second buttonhole. There are less buttons on the M1915 so the hole is likely not exactly in the same place.
But what about the small ribbon worn where a breast pocket would be? I have seen more pics showing this placement than in the button hole(with the M1915 of course).
Oh, I see what you're saying, yes, that's the same medal made for a ribbon bar. I'm not sure what the regulations for wearing that are but I know men did it, I think it's for formal and parade-type use. There is likely some sort of allowance for field wear of some of those, like the 2. Class Iron Cross, I just don't know the rules, myself.
You need to do more research before you post comments like this. Red was the color of infantry before the First World War and was used throughout in conjunction with white on the m15 feldbluse.... don’t be an internet expert....
Hey this is a bit off topic. But, I noticed you had MK6/7 Helmet pads on your shop. I'm making a custom made CVC into a SOHAH helmet and I was wondering do you think those pads would fit into a large CVC shell?
