ABOUT
Chief Curator
"With the dedication of time, I know that sharing this knowledge will help others in their quest of collecting from the age of Das Kaiser Reich. So, let us be remembered by the gifts we leave behind."
-Andrew
Andrew has been collecting since 2003 when he was 13 years old. He has spent many years collecting and learning about the various artifacts of collecting various wars of the twentieth-century. By 2014 he found his calling with Imperial German militaria. Since then, he has veraciously done all he could to learn about the Kaiser's army and the items they used. During this time, he found that although there were various reference books, although costly or rare, and details in the English language was severely limited to most. Andrew decided in 2019 to begin work on this website. Although there is much to learn, he is dedicating much of his collection and accumulated knowledge to help teach people about the items used by the Kaiser's Army.
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When he is not working on his museum or collecting, he is often busy following the other passions he loves most. He is twice a year found leading the WW1 German reenactment group '5. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß' at the reenacting battlegrounds at Newville Pennsylvania, hosted by the Great War Association. Adventuring by traveling the world to see what wonders it is filled with. Perhaps, he will enjoy a slow rainy day working on his comic series. He likes to live a very productive life.
Geschichtsdrache!
Danke Mein Feldweibel
I wanted to make a special mention about a man that stood by me at the beginning of my quest of knowledge of the Germans in the Great War. His name is Randall, and for many years he was my go to for information in my youthful years. He welcomed me into his home, not as a child but as a kindred spirit. A friend. He never asked for anything in return for he felt the knowledge should be shared freely. However, in time, I learned things he knew not of, and I always shared back with him. As it always should be.
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When he learned I was doing WW1 German, he wanted more than anything to participate, but due to his declining health, he couldn't. I did all I could to keep him in the loop and to talk about fun ideas on things he could do to help out. But before anything could happen, he slipped away in his sleep.
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I miss him very much. I miss my friend and the man that was like a second father to me.
But ultimately, I wanted to say 'Danke mein Feldweibel!' ... thank you for everything!
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In god's name, rest in peace!
