Chris Boonzaier

Hey Chip, take a look at post 8... have you ever seen a number in the "S"? And.... my buy of the week.... a postcard sent by a member of IV./Jäger Regt 3, 1 Komp in December 1915.....

For some reason, when I see something like this I cannot help wondering how long its going to take for someone to break in and clean out the collection.... Happened at the German Airforce museum... and just this weekend a huge break in at the Verdun memorial museum cleaned out half the collection.... We share the hobby with pondscum who would see this as just the thing for a weekend adventure....

Maybe the guy making them, slow painful one by one and by hand in front of the TV just could not be bothered anymore as they did not bring as much as he expected? As long as no tools or production line has to be set up, the amount made depends on how many the maker can be bothered to make. I once set out to make wooden display frames, ended up making 3 out of a planned 20-30, then just could not be bothered.... could stop anytime as it was all cottage industry.... :-)

I bid on that a few weeks ago.... :-)

I would not touch it with a barge pole to be honets.... It looks to be a bog standard Glockenspiel with as many SS engravings, stamps and doodles as possible added. The RZM looks to be kosher, but M10 music makers would have made for any and all party organisations... but a shoulder board device stuck on surrounded by SS on each side.... Rather buy a case of beer. Who is selling it? I will eat crow if a picture of one turns up, but it looks really overboard to me.

Some new stuff up and more to come this month... http://www.kaiserscross.com/152301.html

hmmmmmm.... makes them sound like ladies of the blond persuasion.... Maybe "Blonds" can be used as a code word for EK1s.......

Maybe... there is an old expression in Germany along the lines of "the Lord God knows everything, but teachers think they know more" ;-)

This was obviously just quickly hung in there for the photo... but backwards none the less....

I am guessing this Landsturm guy was just issued this tunic, it looks store fresh.... notice how the EK is on backwards....

wearer unknown.....

And this fine looking mustachiod man....

Here are a couple of interesting post war shots.... A proud Saxon

That is a killer!!!!!! Alpenkorps is really my favourite...

I think all regiments could send a handful of men to serve in the Schutztruppe, so I guess it is a possible medal for him to have in the early 1900s. Some tunics spent many years in service. I have a French tunic from a Line Regiment based in France from about 1907-1912... same problem, 2 medals.... but what, oh what can they be????

with some of those bars you can hook and unhook the medals... is possible that the guy himself did it as opposed to the tailor. Best Chris

What was the starting bid ?

Ahhh... thanks! I assume the "1" is waaaay to broad to even begin to guess what unit it is...

OK, read all this and the fine dental pick/toothpick stuff.... Now, that if you have a canvas belt with tons of eyelets, clasps and clips and a dental pick with an eggcup of whatever would take years.... whats the industrial method ?

Anyone have an idea if this is post war? I am kinda guessing the shoulder boards are postwar....

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Although it does not make it "cool"... the unit had a certain claim to fame.... what was it?

Unfortunately no indication of when it was... I think the G88 is from the photo studio... note how the bayonet is not properly on it....

Here is an interesting photo taken in Berlin....