| Since starting this website in 2003 I have received hundreds of
helpful and complimentary emails from many experts in various fields of
study and interest. This website has only been able to expand due
to their generosity with information, photographs, encouragement
and friendship. I would like to thank all the following- Peter Abbott (the author
of books such as Osprey's "Armies in East Africa
1914-18" and Foundry's "Colonial
Armies: Africa 1850 to 1918") for sharing his
specialist knowledge of colonial history.
Captain George Albert
for sharing some great information and photographs.
Shaun Aumua for sharing some great information and photographs from
German Samoa.
Mike Blake for sharing some
great information on German units in China.
Henry von
Blumenthal (the great nephew of Leutnant der Reserve
Robert von Blumenthal who commanded a
unit of German reservists and Melanesian Polizeitruppe at Toma on
New Guinea during the Australian invasion in 1914) for sharing
some great information.
Steve Bombowsky
for sharing some great information and photographs.
Chris Boonzaier (of the
Trench Fighter Website) for sharing information and
photographs.
Phil Buhler for sharing some great photographs of
Uniforms and
Artillery from German South West Africa.
David Chessmasterdee
for sharing some great photographs.
James Calaski (the
great nephew of
Reiter Emil Hettich
of the 5th Field Company of the German South West African
Schutztruppe)
for sharing some
original Postcards from German
South West Africa.
Cristiano
Campos for translating from Portuguese and sharing much
information including his specialist knowledge of
insignia.
Dow Cross for sharing some great
Bayonet photographs.
Damien Doppler for sharing photographs
of his amazing collection of Colonial
Militaria.
Glen Davis
for sharing some great
Medal photographs.
Christophe Deruelle
for sharing some great
Medal photographs.
Alain Ereth
for sharing some great
Bayonet
photographs.
John Falcon for sharing some
great photographs.
Markus
Felten (of the
Marine Infanterie
website) for sharing his specialist knowledge of German colonial
campaigns.
Per Finsted (of the
Chakoten military history
website) for sharing much information and research.
François
Fischer for sharing
great photographs of his excellent
East Asian Collection.
Joe Fishpaw
for sharing some great
Bayonet photographs.
Dr. Christopher Flaherty for his
specialist knowledge of the Ottoman Army.
Jeffrey de Fourestier (the grandson of Seesoldat Max
Fourestier of the III. Seebataillon) for sharing some very useful
information.
Nate Friedlander for sharing some great
Bayonet photographs.
Dick Gardner of
Battery
Press books for his generous help.
John Gajcowski
for sharing some great bayonet photographs.
Edward Garcia (of the
Soldiers of the
Queen website) for sharing some very interesting information and photographs.
George from the
History by
George website for sharing some great photos of a
Dragon Sword and other
Chinese photos.
Greg Gerardi for all his help
and encouragement which has helped this website grow so much.
Tobias Gibbert
for sharing some great photographs.
Shawn Gibson of
Bayonet
Connection
for sharing some great bayonet photographs.
Jay Graham
for sharing his specialist knowledge of brass musical instruments.
Bob William Green
(the grandson of
Able Seaman William Thomas Clegg of
the British Royal Navy who served on HMS Vengeance in East
Africa during the First World War) for sharing his photographs
of German Artillery
with us.
Heiko Grusdat for sharing photos of
his Medal Collection.
Michel H for sharing a great bayonet
photo with us.
Peter H at the
Axis History Forum for sharing much information and
research.
Chris Handisides for sharing photos of
his Medal Collection.
Ian Harrion for sharing photographs of his
German Colonial Slouch Hat.
Christoph
Hatschek (of the
Heeresgeschichtliches Museum
in Vienna)
for sharing some useful information.
Jim Haugh for sharing his specialist knowledge of the
Austro-Hungarian army.
Alistair Hayes for
sharing photographs of a
Landespolizei
Roth-Sauer Pistol.
Zylgwyn Heckenbücker (the great
grandson of Seesoldat Jacob Heckenbücker of the III.
Seebataillon) for sharing some great
Photographs and family history.
Karsten Herzogenrath for
sharing his specialist knowledge of
Imperial German Medals and some
amazing Photographs.
MC Heunis for sharing some
great Photographs and his specialist
knowledge of artillery and many aspects of German history
relating to South Africa.
Bill Hines a former National Parks Warden in Namibia for his help
and general
encouragement.
William D Holland (a
descendant of the Bamum Royal Family) for sharing some very
interesting information.
Keith Homer for
sharing some great bayonet photographs.
Chandler Honeyman for
sharing some great bayonet photographs.
Mark E Horan for sharing his specialist knowledge of German colonial artillery.
Dominic Hoole
for sharing some great
Artillery Photographs from Tanzania.
Pascal Hulin
for sharing some great photographs.
Johan Jansens for sharing
some great photographs.
Glenn Jewison (of the
Austro-Hungarian Army website) for sharing his specialist knowledge of Imperial Germany
and Austria-Hungary.
Murray and Selwyn Jorgensen
for sharing some great bayonet
photographs.
Gary Kadau for
sharing some great postcards.
Peter Klein for sharing some great photographs.
Dietrich Köster for
sharing some great photographs of a missing
Königsberg Gun.
Holger Kotthaus for
sharing his specialist knowledge of German colonial artillery.
Thomas Krause
for sharing some great Bayonet photographs.
Dixie Krauss
(the great niece-in-law of Matrose Ludwig Krauss of the Imperial
German Navy) for sharing some great
Photographs.
Francois Kruger
for sharing some great Bayonet photographs.
Keith Lam
for sharing some great bayonet photographs.
Leonid Lantsman
for sharing some great photographs of a
Schutztruppe Sword.
Christophe Lebrun for sharing some great photographs.
Norbert Linke (of
the Kolonialmuseum in Rödelsee) for allowing his amazing
collection to be photographed.
Frank Louw
for sharing some great information.
Adrien M for sharing some great photographs.
John McCuen
for sharing some great information.
Gordon McGregor (author of books
such as "The German South West Africa
Commemorative Medal awarded to non-German military personnel"
and '"For
Valour - The history of the Iron Cross and Wound Badge in German
Southwest Africa 1914-1918") for sharing his knowledge of German
South West Africa.
Stephen Manners
for sharing some great information.
Christian Méry (of
the
French Bayonet Collectors Association)
for sharing some great photographs.
John Middleton for sharing some great photographs.
Joe Mikolajczak
for sharing some great photographs.
Thomas Millow for sharing a great
medal photo with us.
Chip Minx
for sharing some great photographs.
Thomas Morlang
(author of books such as "Askari
und Fita-Fita") for sharing his specialist knowledge of
the German colonies.
Mike Murrie-Jones for sharing some great photographs
of a German East
African Tunic.
Rolf Noeske (of the
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Heereskunde)
for sharing some great information,
especially his specialist knowledge of the Tsingtao Chinese
Company and Chinese Police.
Xavier Orthlieb (from the
Chevaulegers
website) for his specialist knowledge of the Marine Feld
Batterie.
Robert Pandis for sharing
some great photos and his specialist knowledge of Imperial
German pilots badges.
Kevin Patience for
sharing his specialist knowledge of German colonial artillery.
John Pohl
for sharing some great information.
Alejandro M. De Quesada
(author of
"Uniforms of the
German Soldier - 1870 to the End of World War One") for
sharing some great photographs.
Marco Ramerini
for sharing some great information.
Peter Richardson (of the
AE1 website) for sharing some great
information on an Australian submarine that mysteriously sunk
off German New Guinea during the First World War.
Joe Robinson (of the
Pickelhaubes Forum and
Col J's Website)
for sharing some great information and
photographs.
Laura Rowe (the
great great granddaughter of Matrose Miklaw
of the Imperial German Navy) for sharing a great
Photograph.
Freddy Rudolf
(the grandson of Seesoldat Jacob
Heckenbücker of the III. Seebataillon) for sharing some great
Photographs
and family history.
Michael Ruhland
of the
Boxer
Aufstand website
for sharing his specialist knowledge of
German involvement in the Boxer Rebellion.
Paul Scarlata for his specialist knowledge of
firearms.
Scarlett
at the
Axis History Forum for sharing very useful information and
research.
Axel Scharr (the nephew of Robert
Bartsch of the SMS Iltis, Imperial German Navy)
for sharing some great
Photographs.
S Schepp (the author of "Unter
dem Kreuz des Südens") for sharing
so much of his specialist knowledge of the South West African
Landespolizei.
Robert Schlotte (the
nephew of Werner
Schlotte who served in the I. Seebataillon, the Landespolizei
and the Schutztruppe for South West Africa) for sharing
a great Photograph and information on his
uncle.
Arne Schöfert (of the
Traditionsverband website)
for sharing his specialist knowledge of the German colonies and
some great photographs.
Tony Schnurr
and his dog, Kaiser (of the
Kaiser's Bunker
website) for sharing their
photographs and specialist knowledge of Imperial German uniforms.
Manfred Schuster
for sharing some great information.
Paul Shafiroff
for sharing some great photographs of
Medals.
Andy Shoredits
for sharing some great photographs.
Gilles Sigro of
the
Armurerie Toulouse for
sharing some great photographs of his
Maxim Machine Gun.
Old Smithy of
Old Smithy's Bayonet Pages
for sharing some great bayonet photographs.
Johan Somers (author of
"Imperial
German Field Uniforms and Equipment 1907-1918" Vols 1-3)
for sharing his specialist knowledge of Imperial German Uniforms.
John Strott for sharing
some great photos and information.
Peter Suciu (the
author of "Military
Sun Helmets of the World")
for sharing his specialist knowledge and photographs of Tropical
Helmets.
Graham Sumner (the
illustrator of Osprey's "German
Air Forces 1914–18" and
illustrator and author of several Osprey books on the Roman
period) for his general help and encouragement.
Johannes Sundermann for his specialist knowledge of the
Imperial German Navy.
Ondřej Surový for sharing
some great photos of Czech sailors in Austro-Hungarian service.
Bruce Swanton for sharing his specialist knowledge of New Guinea.
Bob Wagner
for sharing some great photographs of a newly discovered
Königsberg Gun.
Tobias Weber for sharing some great photographs.
Guido Welk
for sharing some great photographs.
Marcus Wendel
at the
Axis History Forum for his hard work and support.
Jeff Wewers, the grandson
of Matrose
Heinrich Wewers of the SMS Goeben for sharing a great
photograph.
Peter Whamond (at
German
Militaria)
for sharing some great photographs.
Albert
"Geordie" Whitwell (formerly of the 7th Battalion
The Black Watch and the 4th Battalion The Kings African Rifles) for
sharing useful information on a
Königsberg Gun.
Mathieu
Willemsen
for sharing some great information.
Jason Williams for sharing photos of
his Medal Collection.
Roy Williams
(author of
"The
Collector's Book of German Bayonets 1680-1945") for
sharing Photographs of Imperial
German Bayonets.
Johan Wolfaardt (of the
War Museum of the Boer Republics in Bloemfontein) for sharing
his specialist knowledge of South African History.
Christopher Wood for
sharing his
specialist knowledge and
Photographs of Imperial German Bayonets.
Sam Wouters for sharing
some great photos.
Vincent Wratten for sharing his specialist knowledge of German colonial artillery.
Special thanks also go to all the
very many helpful members of the following highly recommended
forums for so generously sharing their knowledge: the
Axis History Forum,
Pickelhaubes Forum,
Traditionsverband Forum,
Gentleman's Military Interest Club,
Militaria-Fundforum,
Wehrmacht Awards Forum,
Lead
Adventure Forum,
Ost
Afrika Yahoo Group,
Great War Chat Forum and the Aerodrome
Forum.
Thanks also to the
very helpful staff
at the following excellent military museums: the
Imperial War Museum
(London), the
Wehrgeschichtliches Museum
(Rastatt),
the
Musée Royale de
l'Armée (Brussels), the
South
African National Museum of Military History (Johannesburg),
the
War Museum of the Boer Republics (Bloemfontein),
the
Musée de l'Armée
(Paris), the
Hadtorteneti
Muzeum (Budapest),
the Museo Militar (Lisbon) and the
South Wales Borderers Museum (Breacon).
Last but not least thanks to all
the authors of the books mentioned on the
Book Reviews Page and the owners of the
websites listed on the
Links Page for
supplying so much great source information.
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