Chris Boonzaier
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The Blue ones are found on page 703 of "Die Deutsche Infanterie von 1871 bis 1914" , there are some Litewka ones from the 10th Infantry regiment pictured... "Nachdem bereits 1893 der Klappkragen sowie hellblaue Schulterklappen mit Gelb Gestickter Nummer oder Manenszug"... on page 704 they show the 1901 version with the red waffenrock straps... we know that sometimes 4-5-6-7 years passed before "new Models" were actually being used/Worn so the Blue ones would not have been replaced overnight. As far as red Piped straps on the Mantel, that was true for the 1873 mantel, but the one approved in December 1899, the new grey one, had Red waffenrock straps for the Infantry. I am guessing the drawing is from about 1900, in a kind of "Übergangs" period? -
Hi, it is not as clear cut as that, until 1901 the Litewka had blue straps with yellow numbers, only after that did they wear regimental/waffenrock boards. The Mantel ones were blue with red piping only until 1900, then changed to Regimental straps as well. However, the owner of these only joined in 1913, so I am not sure if these were just something he picked up, or if they were worn in some form after that date
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I was lucky with mine, it popped up on ebay at a reasonable price, so i jumped on it...
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I wonder if the ladders are practicle? Would they be heavy enough to push the wire down?
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Chris Boonzaier replied to sftrooper86's topic in Great Britain: Militaria: Badges, Uniforms & Equipment
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Hi Julien, it is the initial of the artist. I have 6 in the series... I must scan them
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Ha! Coincidence... I just bought the same one!
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Some goodies from the 12th BIR... I am still a bit in the dark with the blue straps... can anyone confirm they are from the blue Litewka?
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I think this style was used by Bezirksämter to award the wound badge to soldiers who were invalided out of service or released from service for whatever reason.
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A selection of wound badge documents... feel free to add more.... more more... more.... more
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Those are sexy... look almost like weapons!.. but at the end of the day too big... I am guessing much of the contents were privately purchased owners preference.. I imagine in a HQ some of the above would be part of the staff equipment, but the contents of the map case must have been relatively affordable, light and easy to find commercially.
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OK, the compass is in there, but I think the dividers would be better... a logical addition?
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OK, I did some playing around today.... I think this is the final version.....
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Hi, that could very well be it, thanks! Chris
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He is undercover ?
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Sorry, my bad.... it was a Hauptmann on the staff of a regiment signing a certificate on Behalf of the regimental commander.
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Hi, I forget the whole thing... Im Auftrag der XXX XXXX XXX? Can anyone help? Thanks Chris
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Hi, The strange thing with the 29th Bavrian regt is... only a portion of the troops were Bavarian... it was one of those regiments formed in late 1916 where they grouped Jäger battalions together, in the case of the 29th the 1st reserve Jäger battalion was Bavarian, but also from Prussia and other parts of Germany... even a K.u.K. Battalion was part of the regiment for a while! So in this case he has a Tunic with Bavarian Lion buttons, what is probably a Prussian kokade... but an undefined unit... maybe part of the attached MG, Pionier or Radfahrer elements? I am not sure if the Jäger wore their original Battalion straps and only the stab wore a 29? Very strange Mischung!!
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Hi, he has one on the trench knife
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OK, the photo taken in Braunschweig... looks like a Prussian Kokarde? Or Braunschweig? ... but the tunic is Bavarian... of course the 29th Bavarian Inf (Jäger) Regt is a mixed Regiment ... any thoughts? Thanks, Chris
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Damn... that meth really messes with my drain!
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Here is my Offizier-stellvertreter in the trench... wearing his brown cord bants, gamaschen and mountain shoes... I am still improving on the diorama... but it is a start....
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You would not think that when you have spent literally hours combing ebay for a pencil with a specific logo ?
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Did you see the article about the guy who bought Bitcoin right at the Getgo.... The Value of his stuff is now over 200 million EUR.... But.... he established it is all saved on a harddrive he threw out years ago.. he offered the council 70 Million to do a finger search of the huge garbage site, which they refused to do as there is no gaurantee that they will find it and probably not get paid... you can toss your life away nowdays and not even know it....
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I almost fell into troopers trap.... impatient to continue I scratched an old matchbox holder out and figured "The guy may have kept something like this in there..." ... then realised that would be the wrong way of going forward... I need some more pencils, a period eraser if that still exists, some dividers and a compass maybe, a ruler.... the problem remains... I must be sure they are all period...
