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In 1915, industries of the German Empire designed and began production of the original Stielhandgranate, the "Model 1915" (M15). It used a priming system, unlike the percussion cap pin used in most grenades of the period. The easily recognizable "potato masher" shape is a result of a number of different styles and choices of the design.
K-Brot was a potato and rye wartime bread in Germany during the First World War. In response to severe grain shortages the contents of k-brot were set by legislation to contain 5 per cent potato in rye breads. This type of bread was consumed almost entirely by the German working class who complained that the loaves lacked a proper crust and ...
At the rise of a potato famine in 1916, a German culinary staple, the government substituted the item with turnips hoping to make up the difference. [ citation needed ] In turn, German soldiers, "increasingly relied, for sheer survival, on one of the least appealing vegetables known to man, the humble turnip."
German Military Vehicles of World War II: An Illustrated Guide to Cars, Trucks, ... German Panzers 1914–18. New Vanguard. Oxford: Osprey Publishing.
The Silent Dictatorship: The Politics of the German High Command under Hindenburg and Ludendorff, 1916–1918 (London: Croom Helm, 1976) Morrow, John. German Air Power in World War I (U. of Nebraska Press, 1982); Contains design and production figures, as well as economic influences. Sheldon, Jack (2005). The German Army on the Somme: 1914 - 1916.
German decorations of the First World War were those medals, ribbons, and other decorations bestowed upon German soldiers, sailors, pilots and also for civilians, during the First World War. These special awards were awarded by both Imperial Germany and various German Kingdoms and other states and city-states of the Reich.
Sidearms. Browning FN M1900; Browning FN M1903; Browning FN M1910; Colt M1903 Pocket Hammerless; Nagant M1895; Ruby M1914; Shotguns. Browning Auto-5 (Used by Garde Civique); Rifles. Gewehr M1898
Color poster showing the insignia, patches, hats and uniforms of the German Army. The poster features two figures: one is a German soldier wearing the gray-green wool field uniform and the other is a German soldier wearing the olive cotton tropical (Afrika Korps) uniform. Also depicted are the national emblems worn on headgear.