Sometimes a little coincidence....

[Chris Boonzaier]

.... makes an Ebay buy that much sweeter....... :-)

[Chip]

Chris,

What are you talking about? Is this another of your cryptic goosechases? 

[ccj]

???

[Stuka f]

7 hours ago, Chip said:

Chris,

What are you talking about? Is this another of your cryptic goosechases? 

Must be! ;-)

[Chris Boonzaier]

Yup indeedy..... I have some München Beer in the Fridge and am waiting for the mailman......

[Stuka f]

A party with the mailman?

[Chris Boonzaier]

3 hours ago, Stuka f said:

A party with the mailman?

When it comes to Militaria.... the Mailman is my "dealer"!

[Chris Boonzaier]

Nachname:

Winkelblech

Vorname:

Eugen

Dienstgrad:

Unteroffizier

Todes-/Vermisstendatum:

20.08.1914

 

Lamfrimbolle

[Chris Boonzaier]

The mug arrived today! As always, I have a beer from the regiments Garrison town before consigning the mug to a secure shelf....

[Dansson]

Beautiful addition Chris, congrats!

[Chris Boonzaier]

22 minutes ago, Dansson said:

Beautiful addition Chris, congrats!

Told you so ! :-)

Winkelblech was killed in the battle for Saarburg on the 20th of August 1914. The photo above shows his company marching in the town after the battle....

[Dansson]

Great catch, especially when you know the history of the owner.

[dond]

The history behind the man makes the item much more special.

Congrats.

[Chris Boonzaier]

oh boy.... once that ball starts rolling it is hard to stop it... who says lightning does not strike twice!!!

[peter monahan]

Great find, Chris!  Unrelated question: is the mounted soldier in your photograph Black?  Or is that just my aging eyes and the photoreproduction of my cheesy laptop? 

[Bayern]

Peter : I think that the mounted man is an officer ,almost certainly a Hauptmann . and so impossible to be black . to me the man exhibes a brutal sun tanning ,produced by many days marching under the heavy sun of the european summer. i had seen other photos of officers and men resting without headgear and the contrast between the colour of the brow with the rest of the face is notable .

[Chris Boonzaier]

I think it must be Oblt. Freiherr on Bechtolsheim, commanding the 7th Company,

 

best

Chris

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hmmmmmmmm..... Friday evening I should be enjoying what is basically an "almost 50" year olds only shot of playing with a set of twins.... :-)

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hmmmmm .... will the postie make my day today?????

[Stuka f]

On 2017-5-29 at 22:51, Bayern said:

Peter : I think that the mounted man is an officer ,almost certainly a Hauptmann . and so impossible to be black . to me the man exhibes a brutal sun tanning ,produced by many days marching under the heavy sun of the european summer. i had seen other photos of officers and men resting without headgear and the contrast between the colour of the brow with the rest of the face is notable .

Check out; Africans in The German Army at;

http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/remembrance-day-black-asian-soldiers-in-ww1/

 

BTW nice mug! ;-)

[GreyC]

Hi,

see here, too:

http://feldgrau.pytalhost.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?35648-Afro-Husar-welches-Regiment&highlight=farbiger

 

http://feldgrau.pytalhost.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?34524-farbiger-Freikorpsk%E4mpfer&highlight=farbiger

GreyC

[Bayern]

Hello : All right , black men served in the imperial german Army , not only in the Schutztruppen . but not as officers , at most as kettle drummer , musicians or bandmaster , and the man with dark face pictured is a officer and mounted what implies he is at least a kompaniefuhrer, 

[Stuka f]

I wouldn't know...

[Chris Boonzaier]

Here are the twins......