Chris Boonzaier

Very possible, although I would have expected a mention of the NSKK on it... maybe a Party sponsored event?

Hard to say if it is an original EK box or a repurposed one....

After a long time thinking... I finally got these.... The one device has splints broken and is sewn on, but with an item like this you can overlook that....

I have wanted one of these late war ones for some time... then this turned up..... named to a FLAK NCO... he was only with the unit from mid 1918... but he WAS with the 2nd bavarian Jäger in 1916 and was wounded at Verdun! Best Chris

I must check the photo closlely at home.. am not sure if they are boots or shoes with leather gamaschen... as many were privately purchased there is a huuuuge array of variation... and as they were procudes for close on 100 years, there is little chance of dating Gamaschen. All th ebest Chris

Thanksfor the tip, I found him under Schüsslburner in ancestry.

I do not find and Schüslbrand or Schüselbrand... maybe this helps..

Hi definitely a Bavarian... The Aschinger Borte is of no use for dating pics... Only thing we can tell if a pic is not before that date... but after that date many men never wore it.... These folded back cuffs were on the bluse for all troops.... but at the outbreak of the war the Prussians had them for a while on their vereinfachte Rock... the Bavarian's had a vereinfachte Rock as well, but with a small cuff.... every now and then you see a Bavarian wearing a Prussian version... occasionally even vice versa... I suppose it depends if a unit had to get imaginative in organising ersatz uniforms while in a Prussian controlled area. I saw a pic of a Prussian in the Alpenkorps wearing a Bavarian one.... Pic 1 simplified bavarian cuff, pic 2 Simplified Prussian Rock and for the Bluse and Aschinger worn only by one of the three

The Aschinger Borte is not an issue, many Bavarians did not have it, the point is, this is the Prussian style cuff on the simplified Feldrock, not Bavarian Style Cuff. Of course, everyone had this cuff on the Bluse later... but unusual on a Bavarian Feldrock. The Photo is obviously from after the introduction of the Wound badge, but no way of telling if it was postwar or last months of the war

Am I right in seeing a member of the 12th Bavarian Inf Regiment wearing the Prussian version of a simplified Feldrock?

Hi, can anyone help name this young man? Thanks Chris

ooooohhhh wow! That kills it... post a jacket and get pics of the owner wearing it... why has that never happened to me??????

Indeed.. although life expectancy back then, even ignoring the war, way quite a few years less than now...

Fantastic Glenn! Retiring at 45.... wow.... I have to wait until I am 67!

Does anyone have the history of the 66 Inf Regiment? They were in Magdeburg in 1914... Maybe the most likely WW1 connection?

I wonder if he was a native of the Hansa Stadt?

The Africa one is really, really sexy... and twisting wire like that shows you have some time on your hands!!!

S'long they are not my nude selfies I am cool with it... I agree...there are cross repairs... but also makers who went for a cool look from the get-go... Iron Cross 1st class were like man jewellery... If I had been a recipient I would had a drawer full of cool versions... and lets not forget... people collecting things was more comman back then then nowadays... So Leutnant G. may have had 4-5 nice pieces.... and the plate would have been a sexy selling point back then...

That fits, the 1899 has the new mantel in grey, but still with the Old Shoulder straps, and the phasing in of new straps was probably not finished by 1903... Which still leaves the question open... why did a man joining in 1913 have these in his group? were they wearing old stock during the war... i have to look through my Litewka photos

The Blue ones are found on page 703 of "Die Deutsche Infanterie von 1871 bis 1914" , there are some Litewka ones from the 10th Infantry regiment pictured... "Nachdem bereits 1893 der Klappkragen sowie hellblaue Schulterklappen mit Gelb Gestickter Nummer oder Manenszug"... on page 704 they show the 1901 version with the red waffenrock straps... we know that sometimes 4-5-6-7 years passed before "new Models" were actually being used/Worn so the Blue ones would not have been replaced overnight. As far as red Piped straps on the Mantel, that was true for the 1873 mantel, but the one approved in December 1899, the new grey one, had Red waffenrock straps for the Infantry. I am guessing the drawing is from about 1900, in a kind of "Übergangs" period?

Hi, it is not as clear cut as that, until 1901 the Litewka had blue straps with yellow numbers, only after that did they wear regimental/waffenrock boards. The Mantel ones were blue with red piping only until 1900, then changed to Regimental straps as well. However, the owner of these only joined in 1913, so I am not sure if these were just something he picked up, or if they were worn in some form after that date

I was lucky with mine, it popped up on ebay at a reasonable price, so i jumped on it...

I wonder if the ladders are practicle? Would they be heavy enough to push the wire down?

Hi, could you post the different kinds of Lockets?

Hi Julien, it is the initial of the artist. I have 6 in the series... I must scan them