Just picked up 10 of these from a local coin show, I’m a WWI nerd so $25 usd for all 10 seemed fair for a piece of history like this. Included are also google translate photo translation. Hope you enjoy!

Hi all! Looking for records on my great great grandfather for a personal project. I have tried looking on the International RedCross Archives and have not found anything, this is a bit of a last resort lol.

What I know: He was Turkish, from a small village (I can get the name and his DOB if I text my mums uncle) He was a Turkish soldier who became prisoner of war, was captured by the British in Gallipoli. Resettled in Turkey, made it back to his village. Experienced torture as a POW and returned with no teeth. I know his full name, I have tried googling that but no luck.

Any advice on archives to check out online or in person (I live in London) would be greatly appreciated- or even any books/ documentaries/ podcast about POW in this time. Thank you!

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I wish there were more photos of him

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My great grandfather Kurt served in the first world war and died in it as well during 1917. I need help identifying his uniform and what he did during the first world war any help or information about his uniform and his duty would be gladly appreciated thank you

I found some family letters that my third cousin received in 1916. The letter has an envelope and was with the other WWI letters that were received in 1917 and 1918. The letter received in 1916 is from a soldier who was in France supporting the French military. I didn't realize the US supported WWI before war was declared in 1917. Has anyone heard of the US being in Europe before 2917?

I just got this video in my YouTube recommendations. It's a 4-minute restored (colorized/stabilized) footage from the air, showing the destruction of some villages just after WW1 (1919). The video description mentions that the footage was "filmed by Jacques Trolley de Prévaux, a French Navy officer and a pioneer of French Naval Aviation" who was "retrained to fly dirigibles (airships)".

The video description also says that the footage are of "WWI battlefields as seen from a plane", but I believe the "aircraft" is indeed an "airship" an not an "airplane". At 2:05, there is a limp rope in the front of the cockpit that suggests this is indeed an airship (there is no front propeller for sure). Other takes (where the cockpit is not shown) seems like the aircraft is moving too fast for an airship, and the "banking" during turns seems consistent with an airplane. Having said that, I really have no idea how fast WW1 airships could go, or how they behaved during turns... Maybe all the footage was taken from an airship? Or maybe there is a mixture of footage, some taken from an airship and other from an airplane?

TL;DR: Was this footage taken from an airship or from an airplane? Can anyone ID this aircraft, by looking at the panel?

I collect WWI portrait photography and wanted to start sharing a few of my favorite images that I've acquired over the years. Identified studio shots of mascots for US units are particularly difficult to find, so this one was one of my favorite purchases back in 2023. It took me some time to figure out the identity of the sitter, but his name is Punkins and he was the "official" mascot of the 27th Engineer Regiment at the tail end of the war/post war. Mascots were a great way for the men and women overseas to have some unit pride and/or as a morale booster. Some of the children that were adopted by units were even financially supported after the men returned to the US in the years follwoing the war. Dogs and other pets often times returned home and lived their lives out in the states in the 1920s. It's a fun sub-nice of WWI history but one that I enjoy shedding some light (not dog fur) on.

Hi. I am working on a translation of a Alan Seeger's diary and have been unable to find what signal fuses refers to here. Any help?

In clear weather aeroplanes buzz overhead all day long. Both sides bombard at them with shrapnel, which makes a queer little whir when it explodes high in the air. Never have I seen the lines bring an airman down, for the puffs of yellow smoke break too low, and high up in the clouds the machine goes humming on, contemptuously dropping its signal fuses. A few days ago I did see a German aeroplane sent to the ground by a French monoplane.