Dear visitor
The main purpose of this website is to share the knowledge that is obtained with others. A purpose of this site is also the description of my collection as a reference. The study of the subject is one of the aspects of collecting arms that gives most satisfaction. Things will be forgotten sooner or later, unless documented.
I always try my very best to only publish correct information. If, however, you find any inaccuracies on this website please contact me so I may rectify them. I would also like to invite you to share any interesting related technical and/or historical information, and will always respond to questions about the subject of this website.
Sincerly
Jan van Gelderen
The Netherlands
I am a member of:
Vereniging van Nederlandse Wapenverzamelaars (VNW)
Prins Hendrikstraat 15-D
3071 LG Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Website http://www.vvnw.nl
Edouard de Beaumont (EdB)
Nederlandse Vereniging ter Bevordering en Instandhouding van Wapenverzamelingen
Staniasingel 29
9062 GL Oentsjerk
The Netherlands
Website http://www.nvbiw-edouard-de-beaumont.nl
Nederlandse Vereniging ter Bestudering van Munitie en Ballistiek (NVBMB)
Karolusgulden 24
2353 TA
Leiderdorp
The Netherlands
Website http://www.nvbmb.nl
Koninklijke Nederlandse Schietsport Associatie (KNSA)
Postbus 303
3830 AJ Leusden
The Netherlands
Website http://www.knsa.nl
About the photos in the banner
Colorised by Julius Backman Jääskeläinen - Website https://www.flickr.com/photos/juliusjaa/with/49652330563/
In chrological order:
- Four German soldiers with gas masks, a flare pistol, and armed with Model 1898 rifles posing for photgraph in the trenches, c.1916.
- Battle of Albert. British troops armed with Short Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE) rifles, blinded by gas, assisting each other to the dressing station at Croisilles, France 21 August 1918.
- Two Dutch army soldiers armed with M.95 Mannlicher rifles, at the trenches during the battle of the Grebbeberg, The Netherlands, May 1940.
- German Gebirgsjägers armed with Gewehr K98 advancing with tank support of a Panzer I Ausf. B towards Soviet positions, Jelettijärvi, Loukhsky District, Karelia, 15 May 1942.
- Troops of the Eight-Nation Alliance (except Russia) that fought against the Boxer Rebellion in China, 1900. From the left: Britain, United States, Russia, India, Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Japan.
- Swedish soldiers from the Gotland Infantry Regiment (I 27) armed with Gevär m/96 (Model 1896 Rifle) while on guard duty along the coast, Gotland, Sweden c.1915.
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