Robin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 28/11/2025Nothing beats old school lighting for a relaxing night. 030
Robin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 01/10/2025US-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 030
Robin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 18/06/2025www.faz.net/aktuell/gese... Danke @hemicker.bsky.social #waterloo210faz.netWaterloo-Fälschungen entlarvt: Historiker decken Täuschung aufZum 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 ... 031
Robin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 18/06/2025am 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.socialsramakvvl.beSowing Eagles: 200 years of forging Waterloo battlefield relics. - SRAMA – KVVLBERNARD WILKIN (State Archives of Belgium), ROBIN SCHÄFER (Independent historian) et ARNE HOMANN (Director of the Schloss Salder Municipal Museum, Salzgitter, Germanyne) Introduction ‘Sir!’ exclaimed ... 031
Robin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 10/05/2025No 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 1120
Robin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 05/05/2025I 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 140
Robin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 23/04/2025Very 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 #battlefieldsacademia.eduThe 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... 020
Reposted by Robin SchäferDr Bernard Wilkin @bernardwilkin.bsky.social · 03/04/2025How 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...journalbelgianhistory.beThe real fate of the Waterloo fallen. The exploitation of bones in 19th century Belgium 054
Robin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 28/03/2025Haven'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 110
Robin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 28/03/2025Merci @hemicker.bsky.social Can't wait to get started! #history #Germany 061
Reposted by Robin SchäferBattlefield Design @battlefieldgd.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Two more revamped covers... 1112
Robin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 22/02/2025After approx 140 years this lamp is still doing it's duty without complaints 060
Robin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 19/02/2025In 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 120
Robin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 03/02/2025The comments on this article are as frightening as they are stupid 280
Robin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 03/02/2025Was asked today what I think of #WW2/Nazi reenactment (German in particular) www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article... #history #livinghistorydailymail.co.ukRow breaks out among Nazi re-enactorsRules 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. 3130
Robin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 14/01/2025I love Thistly Cross, but that's not available anywhere sadly 220
Robin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 14/01/2025When it comes to readily available #Cider, is there anything in the UK which beats Weston's Vintage? Any recommendations welcome. #booze 230
Robin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 12/01/2025Five years today since I stopped smoking. One of the best decisions of my life. Hard to describe how much everything is better since then. 050
Robin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 08/01/2025So this is how you get 5 Star reviews on Amazon.uk. Sell stuff and enclose official looking Amazon letter offering a 15 quid voucher in return for a 5-Star review. 100
Robin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 06/01/2025Old Pickle has an IBD flare-up, so she is now wearing her cuddly pullover, sitting on her heating blanket in front of the fire, lovingly observed by @dawnmonksillustrations.co.uk 050
Reposted by Robin SchäferJack Blackburn @hackblackburn.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Don’t know what to do. Just found out my wife doesn’t like Groundhog Day. 691
Robin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 31/12/2024Heavy trip Marathon with @dawnmonksillustrations.co.uk 020
Reposted by Robin SchäferRobin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 24/12/2024www.thetimes.com/article/0550... The only press article about the #ChristmasTruce worth reading this year. Beautifully written by @hackblackburn.bsky.social A stunning discovery by my old friend @profpeterdoyle.bsky.socialthetimes.comSpice tins given to Germans prove Indians were at Christmas truceThe cases, given to some Indian troops instead of smoking kits in the First World War, became part of festive exchange between enemy soldiers, research reveals 0174
Reposted by Robin SchäferJack Blackburn @hackblackburn.bsky.social · 24/12/2024On Christmas Eve night… A story about the Christmas Truce 110 years ago and how we now definitely known that Indian soldiers were a part of it Spice tins given to Germans prove Indians were at Christmas truce www.thetimes.com/article/0550...thetimes.comSpice tins given to Germans prove Indians were at Christmas truceThe cases, given to some Indian troops instead of smoking kits in the First World War, became part of festive exchange between enemy soldiers, research reveals 0146
Robin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 24/12/2024www.thetimes.com/article/0550... The only press article about the #ChristmasTruce worth reading this year. Beautifully written by @hackblackburn.bsky.social A stunning discovery by my old friend @profpeterdoyle.bsky.socialthetimes.comSpice tins given to Germans prove Indians were at Christmas truceThe cases, given to some Indian troops instead of smoking kits in the First World War, became part of festive exchange between enemy soldiers, research reveals 0174
Reposted by Robin SchäferJack Blackburn @hackblackburn.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Time for my annual rant. We have madly shifted the beginning of Christmas into October when it is not needed. What we should reinstate is the 40 days of Christmas, beginning on 25 Dec and ending on Candlemas in early Feb so that January isn’t so utterly, bloody miserable as it currently is. 3143
Reposted by Robin SchäferDiscovering Belgium @discoveringbelgium.bsky.social · 13/12/2024I am delighted to share some of Hélène Cook's wonderful photos of Belgium on my blog, and details of an exhibition of her work in Brussels www.discoveringbelgium.com/helene-cooks... Follow her on @helenecookphoto.bsky.social for some more great pics! #Belgium #photography @newsbelgium.bsky.social 2222
Robin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 10/12/2024Coffee with 'french milk' on the side in our favourite war museum (even though it's closed today). Perfect afternoon with @dawnmonksillustrations.co.uk 0110
Reposted by Robin SchäferDr Bernard Wilkin @bernardwilkin.bsky.social · 06/12/2024On the train to Brussels to talk about the missing bones of the Napoleonic wars to a room full of archeologists. Cannot wait to meet @simonverdegem.bsky.social and share the research written with @robschaefer-historian.com and @tonypollard.bsky.social 4162
Reposted by Robin SchäferDr Bernard Wilkin @bernardwilkin.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Folks, it's Saturday. A good time to talk about personal hobbies. What is your guilty pleasure or assumed hobby ? When I'm not with family or hiking, I play guitar in a rock band. One thing for sure, we'll never make it to Glastonbury, but we don't lack enthusiasm. 181
Reposted by Robin SchäferDawn Monks @dawnmonksillustrations.co.uk · 29/11/2024Packed with full-on, energetic activities to make sure that everyone kept warm - no standing around shivering on a Zeitgeist WWI UK Trench Experience Day! 072
Reposted by Robin SchäferBattlefield Design @battlefieldgd.bsky.social · 29/11/2024The Battlefield Design colouring book (volume 1 of many hopefully!) will be available in January. 25-30 images of tanks and aircraft from the FWW to the present day. I'll be looking for stockists - museum shops etc - so if you're interested please let me know! 1102
Robin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 29/11/2024"Ich fälle Bäume, trag Stöckelschuh Und Strumpf- und Büstenhalter. Wär gern ein kleines Mädchen So wie mein Onkel Walter." 030
Reposted by Robin SchäferZeitgeist Tours for Schools @zeitgeisttours.com · 29/11/2024WW1 medicine, life in the trenches, firing blanks, bayonet fencing lessons, a simulated gas attack, stretcher-bearing practice and much more Zeitgeist Trench Experience in the UK - the perfect alternative to a battlefield tour to France and Belgium. 061
Reposted by Robin SchäferMike South @mikesouthhobbies.bsky.social · 28/11/2024I desperately needed to get out of the house earlier, so grabbed my camera bag and headed to Beachy Head for the sunset. 051
Reposted by Robin SchäferJan (he/him) | Let's Play History @letsplayhistory.bsky.social · 26/11/2024As this has been posted before the recent influx of wargamers over here, I'll repost it. Maybe someone finds it inspiring. These are isomorphic A4 terrain boards with #2mm buildings. The water features have meanwhile cleared up a bit more. #wargaming #terrain #terrainbuilding #tabletop #miniatures 3262
Reposted by Robin SchäferRobin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 16/11/2024Two weeks ago today we allowed British GCSE students to climb into mine galleries in the Argonnes. We had a full day of private, unlimited hands-on access in a war museum and students drove in WW1 tanks. There is nothing like a @zgtours4schools.bsky.social battlefield tour for schools. 0231
Reposted by Robin SchäferDawn Monks @dawnmonksillustrations.co.uk · 24/11/2024Yesterday it was my acrylic ink profile of 'Küken' Hubrich's Albatros D.Va from 1918. Today it's my profile (from the same 'In Different Skies' series) of his Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4 that Hubrich was flying 22 years later in 1940. No cute chick and egg painted on the side of this one! 0111
Robin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 24/11/2024You should really follow @bernardwilkin.bsky.social Historian, great friend and writing partner. 152
Reposted by Robin SchäferRobin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 16/11/2024If you woke up this morning and asked yourself "what might be the bestselling book in the #museum shop on the Waterloo battlefield?", I have the answer for you. #History #archaeology French edition out soon! bernardwilkin.bsky.social 1617
Reposted by Robin SchäferDawn Monks @dawnmonksillustrations.co.uk · 24/11/2024It was a very late, wild and messy pre-birthday night, last night, but unlike those of my younger days (🥳🍾🍸🍷🍹🍺💃🎉), the reason was a very poorly Princess Pickle Pooch having a severe IBD attack in a top floor apartment 😞😵💫🥴 Thankfully she's now sleeping soundly, bless her little heart... 🤞🤞🤞 081
Reposted by Robin Schäferemily engel 🧵🪡 @axepersonified.bsky.social · 22/11/2024I'm almost 41-years old and still don't get how the most mundane, bullshit posts get a billion likes, yet my handmade Dickens Muppet ghosts don't. 1318327
Reposted by Robin SchäferStorm of Steel Wargaming @stormofsteel.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Donkey's years ago I painted the entire German and Soviet lists for the Rapid Fire Stalingrad scenario. It was massive and I made sure everything was based appropriately with rubble. Here's a few things from the project: a StuG, 45mm AT gun and engineers 251s. All from various manufacturers and 15mm 31096
Robin Schäfer @robschaefer-historian.com · 23/11/2024Kalkriese, Harzhorn, Agincourt, Nördlingen, Leipzigy, Waterloo, Verdun.. She has pooped on more historical battlefields than anyone else I know. She is a good girl. 3160