Chris Boonzaier

The costal trenches look like a totally differnt world to the rest of the western front!!!

Very nice indeed, I agree with Eric, frame cleaned at some point, but that is no big deal.

here you go...

Aaaahhh... I had that on my watchlist and forgot about it... nice find!!!!

Nice set indeed!!! Error to my post, the wearere of the straps did indeed have a leiber ring... number 886

Although you often see officers with single claw belts, this particular style was very popular in Bavaria, and especially with Alpenkorps troops...

going through all my pics to see which are keepers and which I no longer need... I found this dedictated photo of our man, looking fine ans martial!!!

OK... I finally got one! A pretty nice badge indeed....

Richter certainly got around!! nice tag!

Really nice!!!

That is it in a nutshell... I can look at 100 pairs of straps and 2 will be relevant for me... fact is, if you even see 1 or 2 pairs of fieldgrey straps a week on all sale platforms you are doing well... but to se one of the 3-4 you are really after only happens every few years... and it took me 10 years to find this regiment ?

Thanks Amigo... I just heard a pair sold on ebay for quite a bit less than I paid for these... but having the name means a lot to me.

I think it may have been unique to that sector. Bukarest had a special status and there was a lot of political interaction in 1918, justifying a "geheim-Polizei" as opposed to the feld-Polizei ?

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She is used to it by now... no sexy underwear compares to a 105 year old pair of Gamaschen!! Buuuut... here it is... maybe not even the most impressive find of the month... but it took 10 years to find them... they are not even 100% matching, but did belong to one man, an Uffz. decorated with the EK1, but did not get the Leiberring for some reason, I have to check his files... He was Leib Regiment in WW1, then Freikorps, then a LW officer in WW2 ....

I get a feeling it may be waiting for me when I get home today!!!

1st model definitely more attractive... I wonder if they were made in SA?

That is technically not correct. If he was in the military and serving inside Germany, he would not have received a white ribbon cross... He would also have gotten the black ribbon Iron Cross for "Heimatkriegsverdienst" on a black ribbon. And the Ehrenkreuz wothout swords. All the best Chris

Can you please stop spamming the forum with "no responses to date"... if there is no response it means noone knows, or if they do, they choose not to say.

Damn.... maybe tomorrow ... ?

I think it is 1.K. for 1st Company... I think for many the scratched name was so it could find its way home if and when it fell off....

This may help.... http://www.karkeeweb.com/patterns/braithwaite/braith_intro.html http://www.karkeeweb.com/patterns/braithwaite/braith_components.html

Ahhhh... but Buddha was not at the mercy of DP! I am of the firm belief if you mention something before it arrives, the DP will lose it!

I am guessing here, but I assume they wore "last years fashion" ... In South Africa there was a strict division between the men who volunteered to serve overseas, and those who were willing to serve in South Africa. Those serving in North Africa, Italy would have had the better more modern stuff... I assume the prewar UDF stuff?

Where did you get the Info from? It is not a SA unit that would have served overseas, at best a local defense unit. As such I think only an Africa Defense medal for the members? I assume policing details with South Africans sent to SWA as much of the local population would have had German Sympathies? Here you go! Die Proclamation No 234 of 1939 der Südafrikanischen Union stellte Südwestafrika unter die Bestimmungen des Defence Act of 1912. Auf Grundlage der Verordnung entstand im November 1939 das SWA Command (deutsch etwa: „Kommando Südwestafrika“) aus Teilen der Bürgerwehr (Citizen Force, Reservisten) und weiteren Militäreinheiten. Am 1. Dezember 1939 wurde das 1 SWA Infantry Battalion (kurz: 1 SWA Inf Bn) mit Hauptquartier in Windhoek errichtet, das zur Union Citizen Force gehörte So a citizen force unit based in Windhoek! Formed at the outbreak of the war to keep the more sentimental members of the population from doing silly things!