Quality Manager and Mechanical Inspector for as small sheet metal shop making short run items for the medical and other markets. Toy Soldier Painter, semi-retired from Reenacting the US Civil War and American Revolution. Lovely wife and one grown son and a nearly grown daughter.
Interesting that the loser and his girl are pretty (he doesn't have a weapon) and the victor and his girl look like fat pigs (though the German has a rifle). Curious.
A good number of French WW One postcards show German women as beefy and unpleasant. There's a German set of illustrations from the Franco-Prussian War showing French women as hideous crones. Maybe I'll post them.
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DeleteInteresting that the loser and his girl are pretty (he doesn't have a weapon) and the victor and his girl look like fat pigs (though the German has a rifle). Curious.
ReplyDeleteA good number of French WW One postcards show
DeleteGerman women as beefy and unpleasant. There's a German set of illustrations from the Franco-Prussian War showing French women as hideous crones. Maybe I'll post them.