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Tankcommander


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Hello everyone,

Found some pictures about pidgeon transportation:

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German (?) pidgeon bikes

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Last person has an antigas box for the birds

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Putting the pidgeons in the box

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French (?) box in wood (Straw??) to prevent that the pidgeons get to much tremblings (Shocks?)

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Pidgeon Camp in Beverlo (Belgium)

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jagjetta


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Here's one from my collection showing U.S. soldiers with pigeons.



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James H


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I suspect that in Johny's photo of the French pigeons the basket is wicker (vlechtwerk). Somewhere I've got a picture of a Belgian Guide cavalryman with a similar basket on his back.



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Found it.



-- Edited by James H on Thursday 21st of July 2011 11:55:51 AM

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