Imperial tool - Regimental Marked

Norme · 04-29-2010, 11:16 AM

Hi Klaus and Jerry, In Barbara Tuchman's "The Guns of August" (excellent book , by the way), she describes von Kluck's triumphal entry into Brussels. The onlookers were awed by the exhibition of equipment such as the wagons fitted out as "cobblers' shops with cobblers standing at their benches hammering at bootsoles, and soldiers whose boots were being repaired standing on the running boards". It seems likely that Klaus's holster was a similar running repair. Regards, Norm

04-29-2010, 11:16 AM	#7
Norme Always A Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,417 Thanks: 226 Thanked 2,607 Times in 933 Posts	Hi Klaus and Jerry, In Barbara Tuchman's "The Guns of August" (excellent book , by the way), she describes von Kluck's triumphal entry into Brussels. The onlookers were awed by the exhibition of equipment such as the wagons fitted out as "cobblers' shops with cobblers standing at their benches hammering at bootsoles, and soldiers whose boots were being repaired standing on the running boards". It seems likely that Klaus's holster was a similar running repair. Regards, Norm