Chris Boonzaier

This was a souvenier of a bavarian Officer who was in Brussels in 1914... Can anyone tell me anything about them? Are they worth anythng? Are they very comman? It is not for sale, I just want to get an idea. Thanks Chris

Here is an early war one.... the officer was a reserve officer in the bavarian Infanterie Leib Regiment. In pen it says ILR 10th Company on the leather pouch. He was with the 1st Bavarian landwehr Regt upon mobilisation and killed in january 1915.

I managed to "save" this from the unwashed masses on ebay... Officer in Question was a Hauptmann der Reserve in the Bavarian Infanterie Leib regiment, Killed in Action in January 1915 with the 1st Bavarian Landwehr Regiment.

muchos grazias!

Hi, the T.D. thamps (TDII or TDXII etc) on German wartime field equipment, I heard this stands for Train Depot ? Can anyone confirm? Thanks Chris

I think I may have the answer to something that has been bothering me for ages.... why is there no mention in any of the histories of the Leib Regiment giving these to its "Waffenbrüder" ? Nothing in any Alpenkorps books, nothing in the Leib regiment histories.... I think the reason is... looking at this one, that it is probably a postwar thingy, possibly at a reunion with ex Austrian soldiers. There are a few photos of such meetings in the 1920s...

Hi Rombak, that is interesting, I did not know that the men were placed by destroyer. I must go carefully through the box, I know there is a pin from a GebirgsJäger unit, he got it at a reunion he was invited to after the war. Apparently there was a long friendship between the Gebirgsjägers and Destroyer men. He was actually wounded on the trip TO Narvik, in the fight with the HMS Glowworm. He was taking 2 wounded men to the Sickbay when Kaptain Rechel turned the destroyer into a wave. The two wounded men were washed overboard and he got bad concussiopn and contusions when he was batered by the wave, only survived because he was caught between the Torpedo tubes. His wound badge was issued in Narvik and signed by Bey.

Hi, After he went onland he was sent to Bjönfjell, he is on the left of this photo, he was a Navy Doctor, the guy with the bandage was injured in a parachute jump.

... and we all know those are the best ones!!!! ;-)

Hi, not earth shattering, but a small group to a guy from the Würzburg 9th infantry regiment. He was born in 1900, so just scraped into the army and was posted to the Machine Gun Scharf Schützen school any was maybe still there when the war ended. I dont think he saw combat and he may have jsut added the strap as it seems to be an early one, too early for a guy who was drafted in 1918. It is possible he made it up from parts that "fit" after the war. I am not sure what the bit of cloth is, or what was in/on the loop in the middle. Here is a close up of the badge... I wonder what the significance of the cloth thing is? There must be some connection to the 9th....

OK, we know this doc is fake anyway.... but assuming this was not the fake print.... why would we recognise it as fake? http://www.ebay.de/itm/Urkunde-Eisernes-Kreuz-1914-/172180191725?hash=item2816bd39ed:g:M0kAAOSw1DtXHQ3c

Hi Guys, the book project is clipping along... and I have some more.... :-)

A few more....

Very nice indeed! A side collection? I wonder if the pinback was for Civilian wear? It looks to be a jeweller alteration?

Hi, is it real silver?

Hi, what reason do they give for Gendarmerie?

I am and will always remain an amature when it comes to uniforms, but I am slowly gathering books :-) I have the following so far.... what do you have and what important ones am I missing? of course, the Nigel Thomas one is nowhere as detailed as the other, but you can read it on the toilet which is difficult with the others....

Magic andy! Thanks. All the best Chris

Hi Guys, another lot, as they go into the book...

Picked this up recently, seems to be period mounted this way...

I really like the cap badge above, but this 100 year Feier badge is pretty nice as well.....

Hi, any idea how he narrows the cross down to that maker? All the best Chris

Cant get worse than his leopard skin merkin.... believe me :-(

That was only the ones of you using the bandsman leopard skin as a merkin :-(

go on... be a sport! I will send a photo of Jerry B in a gasmask in exchange!