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Post by oskar2ndchev on Jul 12, 2010 8:17:09 GMT -8
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Post by trench digger#50 on Jul 13, 2010 5:28:13 GMT -8
great pics at a great event!
Tony A.
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Post by hwolf on Jul 13, 2010 7:56:56 GMT -8
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Post by hwolf on Jul 13, 2010 8:02:22 GMT -8
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Post by Mark Thompson on Jul 13, 2010 8:08:24 GMT -8
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Post by Marcus on Jul 13, 2010 9:29:42 GMT -8
FYI. I'm going to grab all IR23 photos posted and put them in an album on the Facebook page unless anyone has an objection. Dan..I'll leave out anything that shows you real obviously unless you don't have problem with Imperial stuff on the internet.
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Post by oskar2ndchev on Jul 13, 2010 10:24:54 GMT -8
Looking good! Now to get some Allies to do the same thing...Seph!
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Post by rsm2ndbtnlf on Jul 13, 2010 10:39:32 GMT -8
....I'm working on it Adam!  |
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Post by Larry Dunn on Jul 13, 2010 11:00:41 GMT -8
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Post by trench digger#50 on Jul 13, 2010 11:55:32 GMT -8
Yet again the allied force defeated the overwhelming odds!
Tony A.
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Post by palimino on Jul 13, 2010 21:04:07 GMT -8
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Post by wilhelmrenner on Jul 15, 2010 8:04:51 GMT -8
Nice pix! Looked like a fun event.
I heard from a member that there was a question about what 'SMS' stood for on the cap tally for the gents in the Kaiserliche Marine uniforms. I'm sure most all of us know that 'HMS' stands for His/Her Majesty's Ship for the British Royal Navy. The Kaiser's Navy borrowed a lot from the Royal Navy, since Germany had very little maritime tradition prior to it's unification. Quite simply 'SMS' stands for Seiner Majestät Schiff which is German for 'His Majesty's Ship' or the German translation of 'HMS'. An added piece of trivia is that 'RMS', as in RMS Titanic, stands for 'Royal Mail Ship'. In addition to taking passengers across the Atlantic, Titanic and other RMS ships carry mail as well. There are two RMS ships still in service - RMS Queen Mary 2, and RMS St. Helena.
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Post by Larry Dunn on Jul 15, 2010 9:12:46 GMT -8
Nice pix! Looked like a fun event. I heard from a member that there was a question about what 'SMS' stood for on the cap tally for the gents in the Kaiserliche Marine uniforms. I'm sure most all of us know that 'HMS' stands for His/Her Majesty's Ship for the British Royal Navy. The Kaiser's Navy borrowed a lot from the Royal Navy, since Germany had very little maritime tradition prior to it's unification. Quite simply 'SMS' stands for Seiner Majestät Schiff which is German for 'His Majesty's Ship' or the German translation of 'HMS'. An added piece of trivia is that 'RMS', as in RMS Titanic, stands for 'Royal Mail Ship'. In addition to taking passengers across the Atlantic, Titanic and other RMS ships carry mail as well. There are two RMS ships still in service - RMS Queen Mary 2, and RMS St. Helena. There was only one gent from the Kaiserliche Marine, the rest of us were from the Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine, so the "SMS" in SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth refers to His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty Franz Joseph I. ;D |
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Post by Marcus on Jul 15, 2010 9:35:44 GMT -8
Good god...could they make their titles any longer!
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Post by Larry Dunn on Jul 15, 2010 9:57:50 GMT -8
Good god...could they make their titles any longer! Yes, here is his full title: His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, Francis Joseph I, by the grace of God Emperor of Austria; Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia, Lodomeria, Illyria; King of Jerusalem, etc.; Archduke of Austria; Grand Duke of Tuscany, Crakow; Duke of Lorraine, Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, the Bukovina; Grand Prince of Transylvania; Margrave of Moravia; Duke of the Upper & Lower Silesia, Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Guastalla, Oswiecin, Zator, Cieszyn, Friuli, Ragusa, Zara; Princely Count of Habsburg, Tyrol, Kyburg, Gorizia, Gradisca; Prince of Trent, Brixen; Margrave of the Upper & Lower Lusatia, in Istria; Count of Hohenems, Feldkirch, Bregenz, Sonnenberg, etc.; Lord of Triest, Kotor, the Wendish March; Grand Voivode of the Voivodship of Serbia etc. etc. -Larry |
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