Chris Boonzaier

Maybe he bends the rules a bit as not being regular army but rather an official? Am guessing regular army were stricter? With officials maybe noone knew the rules... or he just put it on for the photo...

Just recieved this.... i liked the quality of the stamping....

That is NOT Funny :-( Those are not where I would like them to be!!! :-) Can you make some better pics?

Small... but not too bad....

Sigh.... noone with any bavarian to add? :-)

Very interesting documentary.... Interviews with "The Originals" from WW2....

I like it, it gives a good impression. As always, these depend on your "feelings" for the piece. The only thing that raises a small question mark is the lack of a rank, but there are probably a number of possible reasons for that.

I usually just take a French one.... have seen enough photos with those being worn, and they are cheap.... or just a simple one like this.... http://kaiserscross.com/286801/286822.html

A Zweidorn Koppel?

I like the "Grunkreuz - Abteilung" mention.....

I think the only way to approach this is to ask "what could they be, irrespective of how ambiguous they look" Who other than assault units wore unofficial arm badges? Some of the ones we have seen are really strange .... Would any other kinds of unit/Speciality have dared to put up croosed flowers, brushes, brooms, whatevers on an unofficial arm badge? Would a CO have approved anything for his men that was less than martial? Best Chris

Am not sure if he was really japanese, or an Ohara living in Japan?

How is this for strange...

Hi Chip, It is one of the MGSSA EK documents, there are a few to be seen elsewhere on the forum... cannot rememer where though...

This is a pretty nice design with the Deer and Horn.....

Here is a nice study with an Edelweiss

A couple of Pics... first is a Russian MG I assume?

Sehr Schön! Dein Weihnachts Geschenk für Dich??

.... An interesting story.... (in French) http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2014/12/20/2015754-poilu-vincent-moulia-fugitif-apres-condamnation-mort-1917-1917.html

In this case no Photo of the man, but he was in a Pionier Unit in the Argonne forest, so the Argonne Pionier Song is a good mounting board....

Part of a Garde Infanterie NCO group....

This Saxon Jäger officer was difficult to pin down, but nailed thanks to the research gnomes on the forum......

Some time ago I realised that i had a bunch of identified WW1 EK1s.... These were either in complete groups, or ebay sellers who were selling their relatives medals... I have started displaying them with enlarged Photos of the winner.... Fits nicely in a Binder.... This cavalry officer lost an Arm, served in a POW camp in WW2 and commited suicide after the war....

Here we go.... enlarged to A4...

Hi, its one of the copies on german Ebay... they are up all the time...