Chris Boonzaier

I am going to go out on a limb here and say it is you? ? But I will up that to d. Good question! No idea why...

I am still missing a woolen scarf to complete this.... Alpenkorps - Tirol 1915 ... The Cap is actually a 10th Jäger but is dirty enough that it is Feldgrau... the Tschako os from a one year volunteer who served in the 2nd bavarian Jäger batl in 1907, the Greatcoat is a rare Bird... it is for a Fähnrich, stamped as approved for the 1st Jäger batl and has 1 Jäger sewn on straps. The Greatcoat has a special cut approved for bavarian Fähnrich... officers cut, but the buttons like other ranks... the thinking behind that was if and when they were promoted to officer all they had to do was change the straps for shoulder boards and move the buttons into 2 rows...

Guys, this is a fantastic thread!!!! I wanted to post soooo bad, but I have multiple favorites and I cannot choose!!!

I had a postcard with a painting on it, there he had a gold one.

Yeah... that would be craaaaaaazy money.

Yeah... but imagine how mad I am!? I saw it on auction... woulda cost me half the price if I had bid... less than half the price... but it is still well worth it IMHO. I am happy with it at the full price... I wish i had bid on a number of things on that auction...

Hi, I guess I am going to have to have one made, it needs to be exact. I am guessing the chances were zero of finding the exact one.

Hmmmm.... Noone? ?

I was on the fence... but decided it was too much invested for a non core part... I could get a Leib Regt tunic for that price

Both have pretty distinctive faces....

I would pay real money for one with Trump with "MS13" on it ?

Hi, I have it in my books, but when I read I cannot find it.... What is the difference between the headgear of a one year volunteer and a Fähnrich? Example, A Bavarian Officers Tchako has cloth sides.... the one year volunteer has a private purchase Leather one... the Fähnrich ... what does he have? Thanks Chris

Hi, thanks, I will look into Freitag The only other 2 options is leaving it blank, or putting on a "something similar" bar... I think to honor the man I should have a correct one. Best Chris

Is there anyone who makes really good ribbon bars? I need one for a tunic, I want it to be like the original owners was, and as that was a pretty unique bar I do not think it will ever appear on the market. Thanks Chris

BAAAHHH! Just saw I did not have the Pics added! These are from his records... Ahh... OK, then I guess i need a bar with MVO4, MVO swords, EK2, Jubi Medal, Anhalf Frierich Kreuz, d.K.2 (Dienst Kreuz II Klasse?) + Austrian ?

I am also a bit confused, the pic in the book shows the "einfache Schnurr" being worn at the bottom (4th) button for Flügel Adjt... whereas other people (Generals) are pictured with it in the 2nd button... but in real photos they did not seem to wear it that way?

Hi, I thought I had read that a MVO4th with swords would push a peacetime one off the bar, unless it was for Military Ops? i.e. if the pre 1914 MVO was for China, or DSWA it would stay, but a full peacetime one was replaced? Thanks Chris

Yeah, I remember we had a uniform change in the army, hard shoulderboards became smaller soft ones and a metal Brevet for Morse operators no longer fit on the board... we were only allowed 3 metal badges on the front of the tunic, so our regt tailor sewed the Metal Brevet on some badge cloth, put hooks on the back, and said "now it is a cloth badge... noone will question it...".... and he was right... everyone assumed it was correct...

OK, I would like to get 2 ribbon bars in this mans constellation... one as he would have had it in January 1915, and one as he would have had it in May 1916. I assume the 1st one would be the Jubiläums Medal and MVO without swords? Would he have worn the Romanian one or removed it from the bar? Romania may have joined the war late, but they were on the allied side long before... For the 2nd one, the MVO4th class would push the prewar one without swords off the bar? What else would he have worn? And the Austrian one was often worn separately?

My changing display today....

Could it be in relation to his position of Obersthofmeister ? ... Or simply not really being enforced? I read one reference where they said some regulations for Flügeladjutant, Prince Adjutant were largely word of mouth and not fixed in Law, references not wasting space on positions with just a couple of people. I really kick myself in the ass that I did not bid on or oviously get any of the uniform bits in that auction... I now have one of the peaked caps... but wish I had more... Does the book have a reference for that statement? What is also interesting... their picture about which parts are for which button... I have not seen a Flügel Adjutant wearing it like in the Diagram with the Schnurr in the bottom Button? This is the set i picked up...

Hi, thanks! That is really useful... One correction though... from the 1904 Bavarian Bekleidungs Vorschrift... it says the Flügeladjutanten and Kronprinz Adjutanten wear the same "Achselbänder und Achselschnüre" as a General a La Suite seiner Majestät... who in turn are listed as having them as "nicht durchbrochenen Kronen"

Hi, the the problem is... these are all sewn together, so it is not possible only to wear part of it.

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