Chris Boonzaier

Have a few to post... lets go one at a time... if you guess you have to post his pic.....

Just a note.... my article on the Leiberring was published in the current edition of Iron Cross magazine.... please check out the Iron Cross Club for further info...

Rhymes with Lard on..... ;-=

I will... There once was a man from Baden Who likes slices of bread with lard on If a jacket like that was Bavarian I would have gotten a ... bank loan to buy it!

Sorry to arrive late. I think we can all agree politics has no place here... and I say that even with the politics I agree with. Last thing we need a a pre election fratricide. Lets get back to militaria.

I was lucky enough to find these... pretty scarce and a nice addition to the collection....

Wolf died at Stalingrad on the 31 december 1942, served in the 20th Infantry Regiment 1917-18

Thats our man, he died right afterwards.

I have not had time to research this, but he is mentioned in the Reichsarchive as a company Führer in the 24th IR just outside of douaumont during a French counter attack, he put up a brave fight and returned with just 6 survivors in his company... I do not have the full regimental history... but I am sure he is mentioned a time ot three. There is no EK2 document, on occasion this was never handed out for early war awards, so that is possible in this case. I found a prewar pic of him... unfortunately a really early one.....

Thanks, I was stuck at Gueuss, Gneus it is, max Gneuss All the best Chris

Hi, can anyone take a stab at this name? Thanks, Chris

OK, nothing super rare, but the regimental award is pretty scarce, much more so actually mounted.... apparently for men who were with the regiment on the Yser in 1914.

This found its way into my trade box..... nothing earth shattering and the condition is not great... but it "is what it is"....

Anyone have one of these in the collection? Unfortunately not Bavarian.....

Here are some pics.... on the one with the musicians you can see a bit of variety with the shields....

Indeed... the guy in the middle has the Freikorps von Epp lion badge in the front of the helmet! I have never seen that before...

Has anyone ever seen one of these, either in pictures or in the flesh?

“My Friend Jakob, died 13. July 1916”. Jakob Berger, holding the rifle, was wounded by bullets in the lungs and arm at Fleury. Ater a seemingly impossible trip to the rear die died in the field hospital at Azannes on the 13th July.

Hi, sorry, indeed I was... fitted perfectly and I was able to find him Best Chris

I wonder if those coins will tarnish faster than others? ?

hi guys, for an article I am running late on... can anyone guess the name of the friend killed in action? Thanks Chris

Just to be sure here... are we talking railway or "Train" Supply troosp?

Ahhh... yessss... possible he is not Bavarian at all... he has the MVK after the EK which is unusual for a wartime bavarian!

The buttons are Bavarian... can not make out the emblem on the boards.... can anyone guess the first medal?

Otto Theobald Wilhem Simon... I think you nailed it.... I suspected a pre war officer mobilized into another unit (here Brigade ersatz Batln Nr. 1), that is why he is not in the leiber book.... He was originally 2 b.I.R. then 1904 Hauptmann d. Lw, then 1907 Reserve officer of the Leib Regiment. Magic! Thanks