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Peter Sint
Helen Parsonage wrote:
>
> Can someone help with translating a military term?
>
> There is a short reference to the Mauser family of Sontheim in 'Sontheim
> am Neckar: eine Ortsgeschichte', Landgerichtsdirektor Speidel, Heilbronn,
> no date. p 21.
> "Noch sei eines von Sontheim stammenden Namens gedacht, der auf der ganzen
> Welt bekannt geworden ist, bei den Eskimos in der Nahe des Nordpols wie im
> Feuerland, eines Namens, dessen jeder alte deutsche Soldat mit Stolz und
> mit Wehmut gedenkt, des Namens Mauser. Der am 1. August 1792 in Sontheim
> geborene Franz Andreas Mauser verheiratete sich am 15. September 1819 als
> Büchsenmachermeister nach Oberndorf am Neckar; seine Söhne sind Wilhelm
> Mauser (Ý 1884) und Paul Mauser (Ý als Geheimer Kommerzienrat und Dr. ing.
> 29. Mai 1914), die genialen Erfinder des Mausergewehrs.˛
> There is one other Sontheim name which comes to mind, known throughout
> the world from the Eskimos of the North Pole to Tierra del Fuego; a name
> which every old German soldier thinks of with pride and nostalgia. That
> name is Mauser. Franz Andreas Mauser was born in Sontheim on August 1,
> 1792 and married on September 15, 1819 in Oberndorf am Neckar. He was then
> a Master Rifle Maker. His sons were Wilhelm Mauser (died 1884) and Paul
> Mauser (died as Secret Commercial Advisor /a title given to influential, wealthy business persons, in most cases he did not really advise but as a military producer he probably did / May 29, 1914), the brilliant inventor of the Mauser
> Rifle.
>
> As you see I have managed to translate the passage except for that bit in
> brackets at the end. Can someone tell me what it means? If anyone knows of
> any books which might tell me more about the Mauser family I would be very
> grateful.
>
Go to the http://www.mauser-werke.com/mboard/ or news:rec.guns
compare THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
GENERAL:
In fact, when I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin",
When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin,
When such affairs as sorties and surprises I'm more wary at,
And when I know precisely what is meant by "commissariat",
When I have learnt what progress has been made in modern gunnery,
When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery--
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy,
You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee.
http://www.el-dorado.ca.us/~dmnews/mmg/changes.html
and Paul Mauser (did NOT invent the pistol, but gave it the name):
http://www.recguns.com/IIIC2m1.html (quotes literature)
> Thanks,
> Helen
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