Re: Interesting History Behind BF1 Weapon Skin Names?

small attachments to the Odin skin for Selbstlader M1916 (Road to Battlefield V reward)

The following "easter egg" can be read on the Game Detectives BF1 wiki page (how to unlock the Peacekeeper)
https://wiki.gamedetectives.net/index.php?title=Battlefield_1
Skull Icons
A skull icon was discovered in all 6 maps from the In The Name of the Tsar expansion - the SIX OPERATIVES IN THE SNOWY REGIONS. Below are the locations of each of the skulls.
-Łupków Pass
No text, but standing in the southeast corner of the ruins causes a small orb in the opposite corner to flash out the following message in Morse code: TEST FAILED ANGELS LOOSE PROCTORS DEAD TRI ODIN NOLX ETYRE ODIN DWA. The Russian words at the end are numbers, translating to 310412.

Fao Landing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fao_Landing
The Fao Landing occurred from November 6, 1914 to November 8, 1914 with British forces attacking the Ottoman stronghold of Fao and its fortress. The landing was met with little resistance from the Turkish defenders who fled after intense shelling. It was the first military operation of the Mesopotamian Campaign of World War I which was carried out to protect the British Empire's oil supplies in the Persian Gulf. The initial landing force was a contingent of Royal Marines from HMS Ocean and British Indian troops of the 16th (Poona) Brigade under Walter Sinclair Delamain. The British sloop HMS Odin shelled the Turkish positions near the old fortress of Fao, silencing the enemy batteries and clearing the way for the landing force. In popular culture:
The Fao Landing and the subsequent battle for the fortress are featured in the video game Battlefield 1.

Christmas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas
The pre-Christian Germanic peoples—including the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse—celebrated a winter festival called Yule, held in the late December to early January period, yielding modern English yule, today used as a synonym for Christmas. In Germanic language-speaking areas, numerous elements of modern Christmas folk custom and iconography may have originated from Yule, including the Yule log, Yule boar, and the Yule goat. Often leading a ghostly procession through the sky (the Wild Hunt, reference to the Die Wilde Jagd skin Gewehr 98), the long-bearded god Odin is referred to as "the Yule one" and "Yule father" in Old Norse texts, while other gods are referred to as "Yule beings".

Gott mit uns skin for P08 Pistol

Joyeux Noël (2005)
https://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Joyeux_No%C3%ABl
Joyeux Noël (French for Merry Christmas) is a 2005 anti-war film directed by Christian Carion. France, December 1914. In a comparatively confined space of just a few hundred square meters, Franco-British and German units lie ready to fight in the freezing cold. They all have only one wish, that finally there should be an end to the killing. On Christmas Eve, however, when music resounds from the other trench, the troops on both sides decide to put aside their weapons for a short period and celebrate together. This fictionalized account is based on the true story of the Christmas truce of 1914.

and the Gott mit uns skin for P08 Pistol?

The following weapons were used in the film Joyeux Noël:
-Luger P08
Two Luger P08s can briefly be seen as Oberleutnant (1st Lt.) Horstmayer (Daniel Brühl) unloads various arms.

Cenotaph skin for M1917 Enfield

I re-watched the movie 28 Days Later yesterday (I watched the movie in the cinema in 2002).
At the beginning of the film, which was shot in London, there is a World War I memorial.
I searched for the filming location and found the ww1 monument, which is a cenotaph.
my screenshot:

Guards Memorial
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guards_Memorial
The Guards Memorial, also known as the Guards Division War Memorial is an outdoor war memorial located on the west side of Horse Guards Road, opposite Horse Guards Parade in London, United Kingdom. It commemorates the war dead from the Guards Division and related units during the First World War, and of the Household Division in the Second World War and other conflicts since 1918. The cenotaph memorial was designed by H. Chalton Bradshaw. It includes a broad squat white Portland stone obelisk 38 feet (12 m) high standing on a white stone base with three steps. On a raised platform to the east side of the memorial, facing Horse Guards Parade, are five large bronze sculptures by Gilbert Ledward, one representing each of the Foot Guards Regiments, standing easy with their rifles above stone carvings showing the badge of each regiment, each slightly larger than life size, about 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m) in high. The statues and panels were cast by the William Morris Art Bronze Foundry using bronze taken from German guns melted down after the First World War. Above the five statues, the cenotaph also bears an inscription written by Rudyard Kipling, whose only son John was killed in action while serving the Irish Guards at the Battle of Loos in September 1915.

The Fuller skin for SMLE MKIII

British major-general J.F.C Fuller invented the concept of "artificial moonlight" during WW1, using search lights to enhance conditions for night attacks by illuminating the bottom of clouds.

Yellow Circus skin for Fighter plane?

The Red Baron was the leader of "The Flying Circus" - fighter squadrons that painted their planes in bright colors and often set up at makeshift airfields with transportable tents.

The Chancellor skin for Selbstlader M1916?

Konrad Adenauer, who would be German Chancellor after World War Two, invented the soy sausage during World War One as a cheaper alternative to meat during food shortages.

Breakthrough Muller skin for MP18

Germany brought in a special artillery conductor known as 'Breakthrough Muller' to conduct the 10000 artillery guns used at the start of Operation Michael.

Point Blank skin for Bodeo 1889?

Argonne forest map (Official EA website description, 2016)
https://battlefield.fandom.com/wiki/Argonne_Forest

The shadowy depths of the Argonne forest is the scene for some of the most brutal close quarter combat in Battlefield 1. The world inside this forest features devious defensive setups combined with a labyrinth of bunkers and machine gun nests. Camouflaged field guns firing at point blank range, Stormtroopers clearing out bunkers with gas, and the best use of sharpened spades will determine who owns the depths of this forest. Heroes are forged surviving the intensity of this infantry focused map.

Savior skin for Kolibri?

Philippe Pétain was hailed as the heroic defender of Verdun and the savior of France in World War One. In World War Two he was condemned as the traitor who sold France to the *.

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Blutigen April skin (Road to Battlefield V reward) for Selbstlader M1916?

During the "Bloody April" of 1917, the lifetime of British and French pilots could be measured in hours.

The name "Bloody April" refers to a period during 1917 where England lost a third of its fighter force, which was about 3 times that of the German Army Air Service

Deadlock skins for M1907 SL?

Once Italy joined the war, the Italian and Austro-Hungarian navies faced each other across the Adriatic Sea in a deadlock.

Deadlock skin for M1907 Selfloading (AGAIN)?

https://www.pcgamer.com/battlefield-1s-upcoming-expansions-will-take-players-to-belgium-russia-and-hell/

Apocalypse (official description)
Go over the top in the most infamous battles of WW1. Conquer bitterly contested ground with brutal tools and unique weapons born out of desperation and deadlock. Never before have the nightmarish horrors of the Great War been closer as you descend into hell. Prepare to enter the Apocalypse.

Vimy Ridge skin for Huot Automatic Rifle
and
The Pimple skin for Huot Automatic Rifle

why?

Vimy Ridge Day was celebrated in Canada the day before yesterday (on 9 April).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimy_Ridge_Day

Vimy Ridge Day is a day to commemorate the deaths and casualties of members of the Canadian Corps in the Battle of Vimy Ridge, which took place during the First World War. The holiday has been observed annually on 9 April since 2003. In 2003, the Government of Canada declared 9 April to be "Vimy Ridge Day", to honour and remember the Battle of Vimy Ridge which took place during the First World War at Vimy Ridge, France, in 1917.
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By this point only the northern half of Hill 145 and "the Pimple", a fortified highpoint outside of Givenchy-en-Gohelle, remained under German control. Fresh troops finally forced the remaining German troops from the northern half of Hill 145 at around 3:15 p.m and by nightfall of 10 April, the only objective not yet achieved was the capture of "the Pimple". Supported by a significant amount of artillery and the 24th British Division of I Corps to the north, the 10th Canadian Brigade attacked the hastily entrenched German troops and captured "the Pimple" on 12 April, bringing an end to the battle. By nightfall on 12 April 1917 the Canadian Corps was in firm control of the ridge.

At the outbreak of World War One Canada had 8 million people. Some 3600 died of them at Vimy Ridge. At Passchendaele another 4000 would perish in the mud.

Isonzo skin for Automatico M1918

I finally found something that isn't even mentioned on the Battlefield 1 fandom website.
Caporetto
https://battlefield.fandom.com/wiki/Caporetto
Caporetto is a map featured in the Battlefield 1: Apocalypse expansion. The Battle of Caporetto, also known as the Twelfth Battle of Isonzo, was fought between the 24th October and 19th November 1917. Austro-Hungarian and German Empire forces routed the Italian with concentrated gas attacks before successfully breaking through their lines using stormtrooper infiltration tactics.

It is interesting that the C flag's ID of the Caporetto map (Conquest Assault game mode) was originally ISONZO_PASS in the Community Test Environment.

And the B flag's ID of the Caporetto map was originally LIVEK_OUTPOST in the Community Test Environment (CTE).

A flag's CTE ID: id_cap_aurora_lookout (the name of the flag is currently "Aurora Lookout")
B flag's CTE ID: id_cap_livek_outpost (the name of the flag is currently "Castello Di Solkan")
C flag's CTE ID: id_cap_isonzo_pass (the name of the flag is currently "Blood Creek")
D flag's CTE ID: id_cap_trama_redoubt (the name of the flag is currently "Trama Redoubt")
E flag's CTE ID: id_cap_capello_grove (the name of the flag is currently "Capello Grove")

B flag's CTE ID: id_cap_livek_outpost

C flag's CTE ID: id_cap_isonzo_pass

Livek also have a WWI connection (Battle of Caporetto) according to the wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livek
Livek is a village in the Municipality of Kobarid in the Littoral region of Slovenia. In 1866, when the Veneto and Friuli regions were acquired by Italy, Livek remained in the Austrian Empire, becoming a border village. Livek became known during World War I, when it became an important strategic location during the Battle of Caporetto towards the end of 1917. A unit of the German Army commanded by Erwin Rommel, who later became a German Field Marshal in World War II, seized the village and used it as a base from where they took the strategically crucial Mount Matajur. Rommel's small unit managed to defeat the Italian defense that numbered 150 officers, 9,000 men, and 81 pieces of artillery. He received Prussia's highest medal, the Pour le Mérite, for this act and described it and his route to Matajur via Livek in his 1937 book Infanterie greift an (Infantry Attacks).

I found another interesting thing, a connection
betweeen the House of Valois skins / House of Bourbon skins (the first French DLC "They Shall Not Pass")

and

Fleur-de-lis Dog Tag (Requirements: Awarded for completing Road to Battlefield V Mission Stage 1 Week 3. Other informations: Awarded during the French Stage of the Road to Battlefield V).

Here is the "Fleur-de-lis" Dog Tag:

Flag of France
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_France
Before the tricolour was adopted the royal government used many flags, the best known being a blue shield and gold fleurs-de-lis (the Royal Arms of France) on a white background, or state flag. History - Kingdom of France: Later during the Middle Ages, these colours came to be associated with the reigning house of France. In 1328, the coat-of-arms of the House of Valois was blue with gold fleurs-de-lis bordered in red. From this time on, the kings of France were represented in vignettes and manuscripts wearing a red gown under a blue coat decorated with gold fleurs-de-lis.

Arras skin for Lewis Gun

Arras and Cambrai are also marked on the "Kaiserschlacht" Operation map.
Cambrai is referenced in a singleplayer codex entry:
Towards Cambrai is a Codex Entry featured in Battlefield 1. It is unlocked upon completing the singleplayer mission Through Mud and Blood.

Al Faw skin for Revolver Mk VI

Al-Faw Peninsula is also featured on the "Oil of Empires" Operation map.

Fismes skin for Model 1900

Fismes is marked on the "Beyond the Marne" Operation map.

someone searched for "King Nicholas" skin (Gasser M1870) on Twitter:

from Croatian to English with Google Translate:
Here is a gaming interesting thing.
In the game Battlefield 1 (World War I) you can get a Legendary skin called "King Nicholas" for the gun "Gasser M1870".
Here is an explanation on the EA forum

https://x.com/CGDizajn/status/1746527257454076176

Die Kaiserin Elizabeth skin for Austro-Hungarian Mannlicher M1895
Empress Elisabeth of Austria = Erzsébet, Queen of Hungary
yesterday I photographed a Empress Sissi statue (the bike in the foreground is mine):

here is the description of the statue:
Bust of Queen Elizabeth, 1904, Snail Garden, Gyula, Hungary
https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A1jl:Bust_of_Queen_Elizabeth,_Gyula_FGy.jpg

Die Kaiserin Elizabeth skin for Austro-Hungarian Mannlicher M1895
Empress Elizabeth is very popular in both Austria and Hungary.
today I photographed another statue of Empress Sissi (in the background is the bridge over the river Tisza):

here is the description of the statue:
Monument of Elisabeth of Bavaria in Szeged, Hungary (1907)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hungary_szeged_elisabeth_1.jpg

Rostov skin for Howell Automatic
here is a reference to "Rostov" in the Lupkow Pass maps description:

Lupkow Pass: All You Need to Know
https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/battlefield/news/lupkow-pass-all-you-need-to-know

What are the most important locations on the map?
You’ll want to explore every inch of Lupkow Pass, from the footbridge that crosses the creek to the hidden lookout post of Pawel’s Watch. Storm the fortified ruins of Rostov’s Hold, battle among the sleepy homes of Narev village, or fight to control the elevated train bridge that spans the pass.

Messines skin for Lewis Gun
Before Dawn (2024)
after Gallipoli

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-ibQNR11tE

Heligoland Bight is a map featured in the Battlefield 1: Turning Tides North Sea expansion.

Düne Island
A small sandy beach leading up to a pillbox and trench system is located on the east side of Düne.

U-118
Found on the northwest side of Heligoland is a German U-Boat which has run aground upon a small island, located within a cove.

HELGOLAND 513 (2024)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sCyrVwN1_E