A Third Reich Period Photo Of Flag Bearers Unit Auction WWI 11th Mounted Rifle Battalion

WWI 11th Mounted Rifle Battalion Collar Badge Pair - Browning copper

along with assorted research papers   Footnote: John Henry Gibbons was born on January 7

Almost one quarter of the men in the cyclists were killed during the war

Stuttgart maker's insignia on the reverse

but their advance was soon checked by intense and accurate German artillery fire

A Third Reich Period Photo Of Flag Bearers Unit Auction WWI 11th Mounted Rifle BattalionMeasuring 138x87mm, extremely fine condition with light discolouration. Remnants of removal from an album. The photo shows soldiers of a unit at a display, presenting several flags. It was taken in Rendsburg (northern Germany). A handwritten note reads Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) Rathjen.