Chris Boonzaier
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Jakob may have been a bavarian Jäger.... can anyone take a stab at his last name? Thanks, Chris R...enauer
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When you reach 35.... everything is downhill from there ;-)
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Indeed.... I had to hold my breath as I unpackaged it :-)
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Anyone wanna guess? ;-)
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I am way out of it...... General Denis Mistral.... I do not recognise any of the badges and the last row of medals.... Can anyone help?
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Here is an interesting study as they came from the foundry... they would then go to the jeweler to be sized, bent and soldered as a complete ring.....
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Hi, here is a thought..... is the Schwarzburger Kreuz something that could be worn in a buttonhole?
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Wow.... very interesting.... I wonder if it was for the actions at Belleau wood??
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So many of them are posed... at least in this one you know exactly what their job is.....
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Ahhh... just seen that he is artillery... does not really need to shoot straight....
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Here are some nice pre WW1 studies of men in the regiment.....
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Not from "my" flag, but related to the theme....
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Hi, does this look like one of those BING Hauben? or just highly polished?
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Sorry, yup RIR
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The old and the new......
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From Feb 1919, a Saxon from Dresden.....
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I just received this.... It is the course plan for the Sturm course run by Sturnbataillon Nr 7 in July 1917, taking part was a Leutnant from RIT48 and this was his copy of the outline of the course....
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Hi the ones here... the big 12 IR are 60 by 140 the big 2 Jaeger 60by 150 the next 2 Jäger 55 by 12, the 37 IR for comparrison 47 by 120..... the ones with the metal"2" in the first pics 55 by 110
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I have reached the halfway mark... 7 cards out of a set that had 14...... does anyone have any others?
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Nice one Fritz! Here is my bavarian one....
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Hi Allan, a tough call indeed... I think some time after 1908, but unless we find a dated Photo it will remain guesswork....
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I picked one up at a show, also dated 1916, it has the traces of a british Lt. name crossed out and a German Lts name and unit written over it. As these were military issue and not private I am pretty sure one of the first things Germans took from British POWs were the great compasses... yours could well have been captured and used by a German officer as well
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der Deutschen Ehrenlegion
Chris Boonzaier replied to Eric Stahlhut's topic in Germany: Weimar Republic & Deutsche Freikorps
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Finland German troops in Finland 1918
Chris Boonzaier replied to Pete A's topic in Northern European & Baltic States
Hi, I am not sure if it is still here on the site, but i no longer own it... it has gone "home" -
Hi Fritz, well worth the shot!!! Is there no broad arrow? I think that is a WW1 British Army compass, maybe made in stitzerland
