Chris Boonzaier

This will have to do for now....... The helmet is US, turned backwards... Really, top, top, top, top of my list are a set of officers collar badges for the york and lancs regiment....

Well... there are a few things that would attract you... 1) You are Irish... and these are catholic! 2) Great research possibilities as they are very often bavarian and you can pull all the records of the guys online 3) as long as you stick to arty... we can still be friends! (Just kidding, there are more than enough of these to go around. Some guys are absolute idiots for what they are willing to pay for these!)

Alone on the thread! Rick has .... um... pulled back to regroup.... uHem...! :whistle:

Have no idea what this is/was..... but at least it amuses the infantry!

How to successfully combat artillery? just tell them you saw some infantry in the area... soon all the guns look like this....

These guys dont only hide faaaaaar away... they also disguise themselves... just in case!

Now the dude below... he is a good artilleryman... he never killed an infantrymen... he is too busy... writing to his congressman ... asking why Mr. mowtown above gets a better bunker than him....

Isnt there a Mowtown song... "Aint no front line far enough... Aint no bunker deep enough..."

Give it your best IrishGunner.... :-)

I mean..... C'mon!! think old wild eye here could shoot straight with a rifle? Artillery dont care, they shoot everyone, goodies and baddies....

These look very much like guys who were beaten up at school by guys who made it into the infantry... and now want revenge!

Actually writes how far away the enemy are... so the guys on his crew dont get scared and do a bunk... just in case the infantry come over!

This bastid.... not happy to 1) hide behind a forest 2) Dig into a huge hole....

"Run! the infantry are coming!"

Guy 4th from the right is saying..."if we had even a looooonger barrel, we could fire from even FURTHER away!"

Doing what Artillerymen do best.... playing pocket billiards while your buddy loads up and fires on infantry who cannot hit back.... If anyone knows what guns they are in the following series, please post...

A few of these guys have 5 stars or more... no wonder, they are the HQ runners in the 4th Zouaves... some very, very heavy action in the war. I am the proud owner of the documents and framed set to the guy on the right (8 times awarded the CdG)

A brave 2 star man, I assume from the 9th Infantry Regiment

From the same group.... grave of Hauptman Gadow, commander og the II Batln.

Found this little piece to add to my small Sturmbataillon paper collection...

Its nice to see one of the wrist watch/pocket watch thingies in use...

closer up...

I assume this is the staff of one of the battalions of the 79th inf regt...

At first glance I thought EK white ribbon, but when it arrived and I looked, I guess Mecklenburg Schwerin?

Whats the belt buckle? I assume it is the give away?