Reenacting The Great War

The Western Front ,1917? Nope. It's somewhere in Pennsylvania, now!

Reenacting The Great War This fall (1996) I was fortunate to come into contact with a Great War reenactor by the name of Ralph Reiley. Ralph was willing to share some photos he had of several reenacting events starting back in 1989. When I received the photos in the mail I was amazed to see what appeared to be color versions of the old black and white photos with which we are all familiar. The realism and attention to detail that is part of reenacting yields these incredible results. I thought I would post them out here for all to see. Hope you find them as interesting as I did. See also: The German Pickelhaube, 1914-1916 The German Stahlhelm, M1916 Wartime Changes to the German Field Uniform 1914-1916 Reenactor's Photo Album ø The Great War Association (reenactor info) ø 3. /Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 63 (reenactor info) ø Infanterie-Regiment (2.Oberschlesisches) Nr.23 (reenactor info) ø An Unfortunate Region A German Soldier posing by a 1915 model Krupp 77mm field gun. A machine gun crew of the M.G.08-15, light machine gun, returning from fighting the allies. Two German soldiers posing with the German artillery spotting scope.We used this scope to watch the fall of our simulated mortar rounds. Both the Germans and Allies have original trench mortars which fire a simulated shot weighing not more than the required 7 ounce limit for projectiles. A typical German soldier, in late 1918. By that time Germany was scraping the bottom of the barrel, inducting old men and young boys into the army. Members of the French and American forces taking a break during the fighting in a machine gun emplacement. The 1st Company, Bavarian Leib Regiment, circa 1989. The Black Watch, Scottish Highlanders, overrunning a machine gun position manned by the 14th Pommeranian Regiment.