Chris Boonzaier

A pice I love, found at Verdun... no detector or anything, just peaking through the mud where a Bulldozer had driven through....

A couple of watches.... first off a watch with protectice cover to a guy from reserve infanterie regiment 222

Hi, can anyone confirm the name of the commander of the Sturmbataillon Nr 9? I think Pechmann? Thanks Chris

I dont know who this belongs to... but a very cool photo.....

Hi Stefan!, Nice card!

​Jup, but expensive junk! ;-)

Agreed, the Alu is not WW1

Hi, do you know the exact date when that happend? Thanks Chris

Some Pics....

Astonishingly complete!

Folks are seriously bidding...... http://www.ebay.de/itm/Uberzug-Stahlhelm-M16-M17-M18-Helmbezug-Pionier-oder-Freikorps-/271873526925?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_77&hash=item3f4ceccc8d

​Jup, that comment sent me to my small breadbag pile... have a couple with similar fittings.

​Not having ever seen one, my first thought when I see the one with the brass stud is something to go on a british Sam Browne setup?

Here is the square loop... it matches the fittings on a Period Binocular case....

And his Pocket Watch in a protective case.....

I have never before seen a special Hessen Document for the 48th reserve Division!

And we all know the regular Hessen Bravery Medal document....

The 48th RD Award doc for the EK is one of the nicer ones.....

Unfortunately I missed the Promotion documents and the Prewar MVO 3rd class without swords and the later MVO 3rd class with swords and crown :-( But this is the only chance I will ever have for the docs of the commander of one of my favourite units :-))

A bit od Austria....

Pre and Postwar awards....

His wound badge issued in 1918 for the wound suffered in 1914....

Unfortunately the group was split up on Ebay and I could not get all of it, however, I did manage to get the parts where he commanded the 2nd bavarian Jägers, which is a bit of a favourite for me... Ernst Lettenmayer only commanded the Jägers in 1914, but he was the commander at the battle at Lagarde, which is a big day for the Jäger battalion.... His EK2 Document and MVO3rd class with swords... both as battalion commander....

I love these.... I got my one after it was posted for a very low price on ebay buy it now with terribly bad photos, no mention of a maker.... impossible to see if it was original.... but was cheap enough to take a chance..... I ended up getting copys of some photos and was able to dig up some history..... http://kaiserscross.com/41815/504501.html

" PC George Cooke (Died 26 June 1900, aged 47) Died from a ruptured blood vessel resulting from his shouting to wake a sleeping carman near Spitalfields Market." had anger management problems? :-)