Chris Boonzaier

Indeed... unfortunately when I bought it I had not researched enough, i thought it was schörner and Rommel... which would have been fantastic seeing as they were not really friends

I would support an award for the law and order people who round up the "No Vaxxers" and bring them to the airport, ditto for the air crews who carry out what the French army called "Crevette Bigeard"... would also be a really collectable medal when this is all over...

Are these wartime or those really heavy, thick prewar ones? Best Chris

Here ya go.... It arrived today ?

From what I understand, the location of the tunnel has always een knowing, the people who "found it" attention seekers with a collecting bent..... A bit like the Craig "Got lube?" Gottlieb and his grave diggers in the press a few years ago

As soon as it arrives ? All th ebest Chris

I think you may have nailed it.... do you have any idea how long he spent at the 17. I.R. in Goslar? late20s early 30s? That would pretty much nail it. All the best Chris

Hi, do you mean Kurt Röpke? That looks pretty close... do you know if he was in the Sudetenland 1938? I can not find a mention. Best Chris

Hi, who be the dude?

I have it in the WW2 section as well, but he was definately in WW1 Hi, this Officer seems to be a Colonel, photo taken in the Sudetenland 1938. He was with officers of the Gebirgs Jäger Regiment 98 at the time of the photo, but seems to just have been there for the Photo. A good possibility he was a General during the war. Can anyone identify him? Thanks Chris

I wonder if the starting point of these was an old bayonet, factory repurposed?

I would go with reserve 3... Landwehr Guys usually look a bit older and more "used up in life"

Yup, and the guy in Question was on the regt stab, but I was just curious to see if all the Non Bavarians were on the roll or if the bavarians just said to the regt kommandeur "award 20 crosses" and left it at that...

Indeed... he must have had an interesting life. I am sure the medal bar impressed quite a few in the film industry when worn to evening parties...

Hi, beide MVK 3 klasse, Hartmann with crown and swords, Schlote with swords

Ahhh... but no Kahle being on the rolls and no Kahle ever having worn one are 2 different things ? As an interesting test, Could you ask him to check out a Prussian in IR47 Kurt (?) Hartmann and a 10er Jäger Johann Schlote? I would be interested to see if all were listed.

Hi, Waldo has some good points. But are we differentiating between War time production and Postwar? I have a set of docs where a soldier wrote to the war ministry to get an award replaced, they wrote back they had none, but there were a number of retailers, medal makers where he could buy a replacement. I am going to go out on a limb here ans say the 1st pic was taken quite some time after the war, probably when he was already in the USA? The instutution of the Marinekreuz was september 1921, so awards from 1922? The Marinekreuz and regt Medal shows a bar padder, which is not bad, I like the proud padder bars. I would imagine in 1920s Hollywood being the exotic ex German soldier, he probably actually wore the bar on may occasions. So depending on the source of the item shown, either a postwar put together with a postwar deschler piece (if they existed) .. or a previous owner/collector exchanged the medals. As to whether he received one... I agree... very unusual... maybe he recieved a 2nd class and he wanted something more blingy... which invites the question... for a medal so rare... where would he have got one?? Very interesting piece and story IMHO! I would say from the 1940s pic and the early one, eyes, nose and caterpillar eyebrows may be a natch... more info here.... https://stereoworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/SW_V29_3.pdf Although interestingly enough... the article in the link above has a starnge cooincidence... a man who recognised Kahle for bayonetting him at mons... and the same story, but for Meuse Argonne... so "Americanised"

People scroll through the topics and answer what they want. It is considered bad manners to keep pushing threads to the top due to impatience. If you do so restrict it to one or two important threads but not every long shot you have posted on the forum.

Very nice indeed! 12th Landwehr Division is pretty nice, the sector they were in was an interesting sector. All th ebest Chris

Guess I am gonna need to get that book... wow... would never have guessed that was an issue piece....

That guy looks the part....

I always wonder why the Bavarian's had their buckles made in Saxony ... nice stuff, especially the 182nd!!

I am no expert, but the enamel work looks more industrial modern, the extra metal fluff on the holes have not been removed... it looks like an award made 100% by machine with no human touchups or quality control. Best Chris

Bad finishing, the wire loops look as if they were cut with a blunt leatherman ... is that piece original? ? I do not know enough about US medals to say if that was normal...