Prussian Landwehrmann (Home Guard) tanning rat skins in a dugout during WWI. c. 1914. Tags:Europe 10 comments I’ve read a vast amount about WW1, but I’ve never heard of this practice before. Do you have any further background on the subject? Any more known information about that? What did he do with them later? Ngl it looks creepy Not a bad way to occupy the mind. I love how proud he looks considering what he’s doing Not a bad hobby. The German army paid soldiers to hunt rats and the soldiers hat to kill a lot of time anyway. That’s just what we did back in the days when there were no smart phones. Source: am German Trench warfare was brutal and had its quirks. Only 20 more and he can make himself a cool leather jacket. In Blackadder goes forth Private Baldrick’s hobbies included cookery; his specialities included gourmet recipes involving rats. [Rat au vin](https://vhistory.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/rat-au-vin.jpg) Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
I’ve read a vast amount about WW1, but I’ve never heard of this practice before. Do you have any further background on the subject?
Not a bad hobby. The German army paid soldiers to hunt rats and the soldiers hat to kill a lot of time anyway.
In Blackadder goes forth Private Baldrick’s hobbies included cookery; his specialities included gourmet recipes involving rats. [Rat au vin](https://vhistory.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/rat-au-vin.jpg)
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I’ve read a vast amount about WW1, but I’ve never heard of this practice before. Do you have any further background on the subject?
Any more known information about that? What did he do with them later?
Ngl it looks creepy
Not a bad way to occupy the mind.
I love how proud he looks considering what he’s doing
Not a bad hobby. The German army paid soldiers to hunt rats and the soldiers hat to kill a lot of time anyway.
That’s just what we did back in the days when there were no smart phones. Source: am German
Trench warfare was brutal and had its quirks.
Only 20 more and he can make himself a cool leather jacket.
In Blackadder goes forth Private Baldrick’s hobbies included cookery; his specialities included gourmet recipes involving rats.
[Rat au vin](https://vhistory.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/rat-au-vin.jpg)