Chris Boonzaier

1. Vielleicht Polizei Dienst Medaille?

Hi, ein typische SD Uniform? KVK 2. Klasse im Knopfloch. SD Raute am Arm Blanko Kragenspiegel Rechts Offene Kragen auf der Jacke mit Hemd und Schlips...

Hi Andi, which regiment was he in? best Chris

Hi, Does anyone know who this is? Thanks Chris

Here you go ;-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bondelswarts_affair Bushmen, Fishermen... ;-)

Its a South African tradition.... what was the tribe up on the Namibian Border that was bombed by the South African airforce in the 1920s for not paying their dog taxes? :-)

We share an Angel!! But its a belief thing... I am sure there are deep pocket guys who will believe this is good....

I am guessing such a provenance letter does not exist... and even if it did... would it list the maker mark etc? :-)

Hi, Although I have no doubt AH gave people gifts... what are the chances that he decides to give a female civilian Housekeeper a bunch of medals as a gift? A totally off the wall idea IMHO. One without precedent. Why not a tea set, or signed Photo? Plenty of Führer gifts out there... but so far no cases of having given his medals to someone for cleaning his toilet..... In the past we have seen signed letters confirming bits of his suspenders, Tie etc... My guess is.... either these are original AH pieces, but not given by AH, rather recuperated by the housekeeper who then justified having them by claiming they were gifted. or... Simply a bunch of pieces sexed up with some BS letters.

Hi, I am guessing the EK ribbon was not usually meant for the Drillich, but Artillery Units seem to have worn a lot of Drillich during the war... maybe more than was initially planned for the Drillich. If it became a "standard dress" as opposed to just a "Fatigue duty" dress, maybe they began to wear the ribbon?

Here is mine with Eichhorn stamp from WW1 period....

Very nice, i love these. I have a WW1 era Eichhorn one, but without the saw. Does yours have the scabbard screw on the side or the front? Is there a maker mark? Best Chris

Hi, from what I understand a WW1 or between the war Deumer. Best Chris

A Saxon one, unfortunately without its belt.

Hi, I was not to sure of the rivets before it arrived, but they are period as far as i can see, the remains of the cloth liner cover them. I guess it was a cheaper version...

Hi, can anyone guess the Maker here? Thanks Chris

Here you go... Aufstellung: Infolge des Mobilmachungsbefehls am 01.08.1914; mobil seit dem 21.08.1914. Veränderungen: Ab dem 04.06.1918 Verwendung als III. Bataillon des Landsturm-Infanterie-Regiments 48 Zuständiger Ersatztruppenteil: 3. Landsturm-Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon Karlsruhe XIV/18 Auflösung durch das Grenadier-Regiment 110 Gefechtskalender Ab 21.08.1914 im Kriegsgebiet 25.09.-04.10.1914 Gefechte bei Blamont 21.05.1916-11.11.1918 Stellungskämpfe in den mittleren Vogesen His records will be in the Baden Archive...

301st Division....

The Battalion became the 3rd Battalion of the Landsturm-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 48 in June 1918... so a small foothold...

Very hard to pin down these.... I am guessing something in the Vogesen... you will need a lot of luck to find ANY info on a particular L.I.B.

Veeeeery nice.. the leather is mint!!

Hi, I found it on Amazon, initially it was an "E-Book" and was going to appear in print at a later date, i pre ordered and it arrived today----

I kinda like these and needed a few for uniforms..... one sewn and one rivetet... I have also seen pebbeled ones... was that simply preference? Does anyone else have any to show?

Here is another 1915 one, but with cloth straps....

Just picked up Fighting the kaiser's war : The Saxons in Flanders 1914/1918 by Andrew Lucas and Jürgen Schmieschek.... looks like a really good book, and the Price is OK as well....