Chris Boonzaier

Here is my MG08/15 gunner....

How, 6 years later I managed to get the name of the gentleman... he was in the Leib regiment before the war, but mobilised in a Landwehr regiment... Steinhauer ... I managed to get a few paper items of his from his service in the leiber in about 1905

Bruno Weiss was a teacher, who served as a Lt. d. Res. in the 16th bavarian Reserve Infanterie Regiment, he was killed in March 1917 at La Bassee.... This is one of a handfull of items from his parents house....

A beer for that man! Yup... it is indeed.. ?

Wow... that guy kills it... he must have part of the nachlass? Does anyone know who the author is?

Bingo.... Other than in the small BIO, I have never seen pics of him... by coincidence I got 3-4 pages from an officers photo album... He is in 3 group photos... a rare find... higher ranks are easier to find, a lt is difficult...

Nope... a simple Leutnant....

I just received this today.... maybe the highest decorated of any officers at Regimental level and below....

Sometimes a photo Collector happens across something exceptionally rare indeed... in this case a couple of pages from the photo album of an officer in the 3rd bavarian Infantry Regiment... amongst the photos were three photos of this man.... arguably the most highly decorated combat officer in the Bavarian army, and because he was not really famous at the time, photos of him are exceptionally rare... does anyone have an Idea who he could be?

I think he must have if the first one is a TOE?

oooooo.... you show off!!!! ?

The Bavarian Litewka is by far the nicest... ?

A bit of a bidding war... but some Bavarian Sturmbataillon goes into the binder tonight.....

Managed to get the group photo and forgot to post it....

here you go... sorry for the delay....

Just kidding ... ?

hmmmmm ... I don't see no breasts .... but nice medals.... Please don't confuse the members with fake titles... ... for those who came here with a logical desire to see Breast - star - Christmas tree ... here is Dolly!!! ?

Wow... where on earth did you turn that up??

I have no contact with anyone there ?

That is a nice set of medals! From where he is standing, I think the Flugel Adj with the spiked Helmet is probably that od Rupprecht... at this time von Malsen. And the fact that it is a Leiber uniform and seems to be corresponding medal bar... would you agree there are extremely good chances it is him?

I think it is very possible that he is von Malsen... he seems to have the same medal combination... Leiber , The Scharpe and tinsel... and stands right behind Kronprinz Rupprecht.... I think this may be his flügel adjutant von Malsen! ... and could that be Leonrod to his right? 3 Generations of the crown with 3 Flügel Adjutant behind them?

I know I am asking almost the impossible here.... this august 1914 pic... this may just be a guy whose tunic I have..... What could the large cross to our right be? He has a Romanina award.... Thanks, Chris He would have had MVO4Kl, PRLM, and the Romanina award at the time of the pic

Hi, no problem, this is 13dble. you need to contact the BALE https://www.legion-etrangere.com/mdl/contact/index.php?titre=Contacts

It is indeed 13eme DBLE, looks like an Indochine + Algeria vet I think he has a TOE, OM. Indo medal on the top row...

Hi, yup, melt and make sinkers... hope you did not pay too much ?