well armed..........WW1
 

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A young Saxon machine-gunner prepares to go to war.

He appears in full marching order albeit without his helmet and is armed only with a 9mm P08 Luger and steely determination.

what are the white coloured things tucked in his belt?

before their departure to the Front, flowers, roses were given...
 

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Flowers. He's probably just about to go to the Front and has been adorned with flowers by local women and girls sending off the troops.

being more observant, i have seen this in a number of pics.....
 

never paid attention to it before.........

Flowers..... Flowers!!!!!! I didn't get no stinkin flowers!!!!!!!!!!!When I left for a war, the ladies gave me a lot more than flowers.............:thumbsup:

I was spit on by three young ladies from the University of Louisville in 1970.

When I came back, it was a different story and decided to stay with my own kind and stayed another fifteen years. It was good therapy.