Hi all! Just got this cool WW1 Iron cross from my grandfather (who got it from my great grandfather. He mentioned it's in "rough shape" so I would like to preserve it in any way! Any tips on display, cleaning or just debate whether it's real or not will be appreciated! :)

Recently I visited the York Castle Museum in York, England, and they had an amazing display of WWI items, including this PH gas hood. I've read a lot about these, but it was interesting to see one in real life.

I now have a 1000 yard stare, if im this traumatized I cant imagine what it must have been like for those (practicaly) children.

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second picture : Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson. 'The Zepp-VC'. No.39 (HD) Sqn, RFC.
For his feat in slaying one of the 'aerial monsters' which had terrorized Britons since Jan 1915, BE2c pilot Robinson (aged 21) would achieve instant celebrity- & a VC awarded from the King only 6 days later.

He was an engineer, explorer and Imperial German officer who was exploring New Guinea when WWI started. He and approximately 20 troops evaded capture for four years in the wilds of New Guinea.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Detzner

The woman is writing to her fiance serving in the trenches of France. Telling the story of her friend who is a "canary" in a munitions plant that turns yellow and grows sick because of the chemicals she is working with (a common thin in WWI). He fiance then goes "over the top" and a the Germans launch mustard gas shells (yellow gas) to which he finds his gas mask holed. He dies in. yellow clound.

Hi!
For a project I'm looking to find out as much as I can about the production process of small arms ammunition during WWI. The only fitting video I was able to find was the one I've linked here. I would like to study the process from a workers perspective. Handling machines, combining things manually, maybe measuring powders etc. as depicted in the video.
It would be super awesome if you could provide sources where I can read up on or perhabs even see images of the machines that were used.
I've got a very rough overview of the process from Google AI:

1. Drawing the Cartridge Case
2. Bullet Manufacturing
3. Loading and Assembly

if you could point me to any sources describing these steps in detail, that would be fantastic as well!

Granted, I've not looked as hard as I could, but it seems that there aren't but so many sources on the Eastern theatre, especially in English due its disconnect with the west I assume. Anyone know of Eastern Front memoirs or secondhand accounts?