Chris Boonzaier

That is a fantastic little time capsule. It may be a horrible and (if it were my group) possibly a selfish thought, but his death in the airraid rounds it off nicely. I think a group that a collector could really enjoy owning.

Hi, I got them down myself. The MG then the sledge, then the baseplate for the mortar, then the barrel then the Monopod. Then I had a beer.....

I am not that demanding.... you could leave away the tunic.

Echt Klasse, wirklich Super.....

Indeed :-) During the battle the village the 2nd Bavarian Jäger Battalion was the unit that took the village and captured the first French Flag and Machine Gun. The Jäger who captured the flag put it aside to continue the fight and it was picked up later by an infantry section. Type lagarde into german ebay and there are usually 4-5 cards showing the infantry capturing them. It took about a year to find this card with the Jäger on it. I knew they existed, but had never seen one. Here is an account... http://www.kaiserscross.com/69501/547822.html

These are some of the cards from 1914, 1915 etc.....

Hi, I know little or nothing about SA hats, but as a general Militaria collector I do not see anything that would make put up red flags if I saw it in an antique store....

OK, here it is... I have been after this card for ages.... Printed just after the war it tells the truth about an event that all the German cards printed during the war got totally wrong......

Hi, I will eventually get to detail ;-) At the moment it is like Ground Zero at Hiroshima, things going up, things going down, then up again, then moved again.... trying to get it all to fit in. Adler hits the nail right on the head... a total work in progress!!!!

Hi, still have tons of work to do... it really keeps me busy, am still getting furniture in and out etc. etc...

How fast was that??? Thanks guys!

Hi, can anyone help here? Thanks Chris

Hi Half of the documents are A4 or smaller, the rest are larger A-3, so I have about 10 binders of A4 and 8 binders of A3. Then a shelf with bigger ones. The binders are in the computer room... "She" could not force me to move those ;-)

I am slowly advancing with the project. One thing is clear... I am still lacking space :-( Is it better to cramp things in and get a maximum shown, or leave stuff in the closet and have a nicer display? I must admit, Adler's bunker knocked me off my feet and allowed me to see the limitations of my own bunker, but I comfortaed myself with the thought that I am actually a document collector and these goodies are just to add color. I finished the MG and MW stuff yesterday, will get a photo up tonight.

Very Nice! Although I find the cloak a bit overboard... most students at Hogwarts would as well! :-) Having said that, it is a fantastic cloak!!

That is a prettttty rare document! A nice find indeed. I wonder if it was for service or bravery?

OK, the condition is terrible...... OK, I usually avoid anything with moth damage, but I saw this on auction and added up what I would have paid for the silver Gefreiter buttons, the shoulder straps and the Silver Leib Regt buttons.... then I got the set for a bit less than that. EUR161. The hat is conpletely toast... my planning is... the hat is going to have to take one for the team... there is enough cloth there to do some decent repair work. My plan is to get some micro thin blue silk, darn the tiny holes in the tunic, then use bits of cloth from the hat to underlay the bigger holes in the tunic and darn the pieces in. I think it will end up as quite presentable to display with my flag. At some stage i will get a better one, but this will be acceptable once finished.

Damn... I just missed this.... http://www.ebay.de/itm/Foto-1-Wk-Soldat-Pickelhaube-Ringkragen-Fahnentraeger-Kettenhund-Orden-LEIB-RGT-/391424361079?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEDWX%3AIT&nma=true&si=uvb3zyEzXst3cJQRyGOheVDcmrc%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc It seems to be the Leib regt Assoc in another city. Looking at this I see the crown was removed from my flag top, it was neatly cut and filed off... maybe in the 3rd Reich period?

Hi, Soem regiments, early in the war, when transfering from the Western to Eastern Front had tzo leave their G98 behind and were kitted out with G88 for their fighting on the eastern front. This was true not just for Landwehr etc. but also for fuly active units.

I like that one! You have chosen a very interesting collecting field!

Do either of the grey ones have a maker stamp underneath the box?

Get in line!

I really love these, but to save money I set myself a strict collecting border... only pinbacks. Does not mean I dont find these very sexy! :-)

Hi Chuck, super, thanks, that nails it for me.

Absolute world class.... few will ever reach that level.