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Posts by Robin Schäfer

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Nothing beats old school lighting for a relaxing night.

4 months ago 3 0 0 0
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US-import torture pork must be one of those many Brexit-Wins (TM).

Could maybe be used as Pork-a-Ceutical Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Bacon or to make Ractopamine-Relaxant Sausages.

#Downfall

6 months ago 3 0 0 0
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#mooh

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Waterloo-Fälschungen entlarvt: Historiker decken Täuschung auf Zum 210. Jahrestag der Schlacht von Waterloo zeigen Forscher, dass die Geschichte in Teilen neu geschrieben werden muss. Ein Großteil der in Sammlungen und Museen vorhandenen Überbleibsel des Kampfes ...

www.faz.net/aktuell/gese...

Danke @hemicker.bsky.social

#waterloo210

9 months ago 3 1 0 0
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Sowing Eagles: 200 years of forging Waterloo battlefield relics. - SRAMA – KVVL BERNARD WILKIN (State Archives of Belgium), ROBIN SCHÄFER (Independent historian) et ARNE HOMANN (Director of the Schloss Salder Municipal Museum, Salzgitter, Germanyne) Introduction ‘Sir!’ exclaimed ...

am thrilled to announce the publication of our latest peer-reviewed research, "Sowing Eagles: 200 Years of Forging Waterloo Battlefield Relics."
From October in the 'Revue belge d’Histoire ­Militaire' you can read online here already:

sramakvvl.be/en/sowing-ea...

@bernardwilkin.bsky.social

9 months ago 3 1 0 0

Rain hood

11 months ago 1 0 0 0
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No matter how cool you are, you will never be as cool as Oberleutnant Freiherr von Fabeck's dog, 'posing' for the camera after the Battles of Dybbol and Alsen, at the end of the Second Schleswig War of 1864.

#photography #war #militaryhistory

11 months ago 12 0 1 0
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I could do with some servicing, but I guess this just what happens when you put "Profiter de vous et vous servir" directly into Google Translate.

#FrenchGite

11 months ago 4 0 1 0
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The economic exploitation of "hero's bones" and other human remains: A Central European Perspective (1800-1930) This paper provides a concise overview on the usage of human bones for industrial purposes (fertiliser, charcoal for sugar refining) in 19th and 20th century Europe. The bones used were mostly taken f...

Very happy that this chapter is now publicly available via academia.

"The economic exploitation of 'hero's bones' and other human remains: A Central European Perspective (1800-1930)" by Arne Homann and myself.

www.academia.edu/128964647/Th...

#history #archaeology #battlefields

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The real fate of the Waterloo fallen. The exploitation of bones in 19th century Belgium

How did trade tariffs affect the bone industry in the 19th century? And how did it contribute to the exploitation of the bodies of the Waterloo fallen? Find out for free in our article www.journalbelgianhistory.be/en/journal/b...

1 year ago 6 5 0 0

That's likely to be spot on! Excellent! Thanks so much

1 year ago 0 0 0 0

Haven't done one of those shout outs on here before.

Can anyone shed light on the first names of:

Second Lieutenant (in 1916) A.C. Harrison, 15th Royal Scots

@profpeterdoyle.bsky.social

Any help appreciated

#ww1 #history

1 year ago 1 0 1 0
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Merci @hemicker.bsky.social

Can't wait to get started!

#history #Germany

1 year ago 6 1 0 0
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Two more revamped covers...

1 year ago 11 2 1 0
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After approx 140 years this lamp is still doing it's duty without complaints

1 year ago 6 0 0 0
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In addition to a 'Weisswurst Äquator' (white sausage equator) we Germans also clearly have an Idioten-Äquator (idiot equator). The people behind it are not desiring democratic participation & safeguarding of fundamental democratic rights, but rather the apparent security of an authoritarian state

1 year ago 2 0 1 0
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Harry (History Editor) is a good guy.

1 year ago 1 0 0 0

Merci kind Sir

1 year ago 1 0 1 0

Again! They never stop.

1 year ago 3 0 1 0

The comments on this article are as frightening as they are stupid

1 year ago 8 0 2 0

Zero educational value. There are things you can't portray.

1 year ago 1 0 2 0
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Row breaks out among Nazi re-enactors Rules of attendance at the 'Spirit of Wartime' event in Nottinghamshire have been changed after participants were allowed to fly Swastika flags and wear uniforms resembling the Waffen SS last year.

Was asked today what I think of #WW2/Nazi reenactment (German in particular)

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

#history #livinghistory

1 year ago 13 0 3 1
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I have someone on my wall who fought in it. Émigré Jean Baptiste Pasquanet Baron de Pierre Brune (*1766), photographed in 1845.

1 year ago 4 3 1 0
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Not bad

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I had it a few times in pubs when Dawn and I walked the Hadrian's Wall. Never can find it down here. I have become a lot 'drier' than I used to be. More cups of tea now, getting old..

1 year ago 1 0 1 0

Look at my follow-up post ;)

1 year ago 1 0 0 0

I love Thistly Cross, but that's not available anywhere sadly

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When it comes to readily available #Cider, is there anything in the UK which beats Weston's Vintage?

Any recommendations welcome.

#booze

1 year ago 3 0 2 1
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Five years today since I stopped smoking. One of the best decisions of my life. Hard to describe how much everything is better since then.

1 year ago 5 0 0 0
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Isn't she lovely 😍

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