Chris Boonzaier

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!

3 hours ago, motojosh said:

Preliminary EKII identification certificate to Grenadier Wilhelm Graf of the 1st Kompanie of Sturmbataillon 16.

Really nice!!!

6 minutes ago, BlackcowboyBS said:

Congratulations on this, I think you might be a happy collector for this moment, before the need for the next thing kicked in. We all knew this! 

I have to admit that I would passed by these pieces, if seeing them on a flee market, but always nice to learn new stuff here in this forum. 

 

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 ?

1 minute ago, GdC26 said:

Conrats Chris, well worth the wait ?

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.

10 minutes ago, BlackcowboyBS said:

Nice! Never seen one before.

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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12 minutes ago, GdC26 said:

I fully understand the excitement and anticipation, but that is no way to talk about your wife ..... ?

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?

28 minutes ago, Kriegsmarine Admiral said:

Is the 2nd ribbon from the right the Bayerisches König Ludwig-Kreuz?

And was he awarded the Ehrenkreuz des Weltkrieges (2nd ribbon) with Swords or without Swords? Since he got the regular EK2 (and not the one on the white ribbon for non-combatants) he must have received the Ehrenkreuz des Weltkrieges mit Schwertern. But on your ribbon bar there is no Swords device? How is that?

Nice ribbon bar by the way!

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

1 hour ago, BlackcowboyBS said:

Now, this is what I call a great cliffhanger, we all are curious now to get to know what you are waiting for since ten years. 

But you may find strength in the wise words of Buddha Noir: If ten years you wait, what a difference ten hours make? 

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!

... they may arrive this week.....

Damned Postoffice....

Just waiting around... looking out the window....

1 hour ago, Jonas E said:

Thank you for all the input. I bought it on an auction because I wanted an Iron Cross. I normally collect Swedish orders and medals so it was kind of a gamble to buy it as I have little knowledge about Iron Crosses.

It looks like you are the guy who bought one Lottery ticket in life and hit the jackpot... I may be missing out on other variants... but now the originality is cleared... I think this may be one of the top 2 or 3 Iron Cross variations out there?

I was just scanning a pile of docs for ebay... and saw I have a Brunswicker in with them... But in a Garde Regiment... he served through the whole war, it was the Militärpass entries back then that made me buy it....

On 17/02/2021 at 11:05, omgdave said:

Does anyone know any information about this plaque? Any help is appreciated. Trying to find some lost German family heritage.

Many units had things like these... as the Iron Cross 2nd class had to be approved at Divisional level, and after a soldier had that there was a biiiiiiiiiiiig gap until the Iron Cross 1st class, units made awards of things a regimental commander approved... certificates, engraved watches, plaques... a nice piece indeed!

Usually if they were imperial period like the rittmeister implies they would have mentioned on it that they were a supplier to the Kings court... so I think it safe to exclude the WW1 period... also does not look WW1 style, the München 15 does not help because the Stadtbezirke were used for a long period from before WW1 to after WW2...

Lets not forget... for many of these firms, military awards and badges were made for a short period over decades or even centuries of existence... for every wound badge he made, he probably made 2 table tennis association badges, for every iron Cross he made he made 10 football association badges.... and even today they are making Carnival medals and golf trophies... the chances that a bag are civilian are very large indeed unless there is some definiae evidence...