> I'm not sure here, are you talking about the empty bottles of beer?

Yeah, "dead soldier" = empty bottle of beer.

> That pic was taken at a brewpub that is also a beer museum. The owner has over
> 1000 of beer related items, most of them are bottles.

Oh, OK. I'm not baggin' of nothin'; I have a small collection myself. It just seemed like a rather large collection to have acquired in the relatively short time you've been drinking. :^)