Chris Boonzaier

OK, the compass is in there, but I think the dividers would be better... a logical addition?

OK, I did some playing around today.... I think this is the final version.....

Hi,

that could very well be it, thanks!

Chris

11 hours ago, Bayern said:

Its no visible in the photo.

He is undercover ?

23 minutes ago, Christian1962 said:

"Im Auftrag des b(ayerischen) Roten Kreuzes"???

It would be helpful to know the context...

Regards

Christian

 

Sorry, my bad.... it was a Hauptmann on the staff of a regiment signing a certificate on Behalf of the regimental commander.

Hi, I forget the whole thing...

Im Auftrag der XXX XXXX XXX?

Can anyone help?

Thanks

Chris

Hi,

The strange thing with the 29th Bavrian regt is... only a portion of the troops were Bavarian... it was one of those regiments formed in late 1916 where they grouped Jäger battalions together, in the case of the 29th the 1st reserve Jäger battalion was Bavarian, but also from Prussia and other parts of Germany... even a K.u.K. Battalion was part of the regiment for a while! 

So in this case he has a Tunic with Bavarian Lion buttons, what is probably a Prussian kokade... but an undefined unit... maybe part of the attached MG, Pionier or Radfahrer elements? I am not sure if the Jäger wore their original Battalion straps and only the stab wore a 29?

Very strange Mischung!!

6 hours ago, Bayern said:

Very fine job ! but dont forget the Bayonet with the Portepee , that was nearly sacrosant for a Offizierstellvertreter

Hi, he has one on the trench knife

OK, the photo taken in Braunschweig... looks like a Prussian Kokarde? Or Braunschweig? ... but the tunic is Bavarian... of course the 29th Bavarian Inf (Jäger) Regt is a mixed Regiment ... any thoughts? Thanks, Chris

2 hours ago, dond said:

I'm pretty sure you mean pants.

Damn... that meth really messes with my drain!

Here is my Offizier-stellvertreter in the trench... wearing his brown cord bants, gamaschen and mountain shoes... I am still improving on the diorama... but it is a start....

57 minutes ago, VtwinVince said:

That is a kool project, just the sort of thing I like.

You would not think that when you have spent literally hours combing ebay for a pencil with a specific logo ?

19 hours ago, Scowen said:

Indeed Chris, & even if images are printed out, a lot of the modern colour printing inks can fade & disappear after a number of years....

Did you see the article about the guy who bought Bitcoin right at the Getgo.... The Value of his stuff is now over 200 million EUR.... But.... he established it is all saved on a harddrive he threw out years ago.. he offered the council 70 Million to do a finger search of the huge garbage site, which they refused to do as there is no gaurantee that they will find it and probably not get paid... you can toss your life away nowdays and not even know it....

I almost fell into troopers trap.... impatient to continue I scratched an old matchbox holder out and figured "The guy may have kept something like this in there..." ... then realised that would be the wrong way of going forward... I need some more pencils, a period eraser if that still exists, some dividers and a compass maybe, a ruler.... the problem remains... I must be sure they are all period...

4 hours ago, Scowen said:

Thanks Joe, even more so when you consider that it is a passport size picture so just over 2 inches high!

 

I wonder where the next generation will be.... we have a wealth of old letters and photos... imagine collecting 2020 stuff in 2100... a few old selfies, emails all long erased.... broken hardrives holding secrets never to be revealed.... I pity that generation...

That is a nice one indeed.... Here is my latest find... and a new favorite..... Battalion commander in the 3rd Bavarian Inf Regiment and a Militär Max Joseph Orden recipient...

I saw this online today... What a career! The Famous/Infamous 32 Battalion "The Terrible ones" ... then the Recces... this gentlemen was part of some legendary units in the old South African Army...

Hi, Am I correct in reading "Augenleiden"? Any guesses what the word after that is`?

Thanks

Chris

That looks magic... will definitely get it!!!!

There is one thing I know 100% what is going on. from personal experience... the woman with the huge hat is saying to her husband "I met you when you were a soldier... you did not have that bloody big belly back then..."

And the kid is thinking "I want to be a machine gunner!"

And the woman on the bike thinks "I want a machine gunner!"

Someone pointed out the two old guys on the left are those "know it all" veterans you always see saying "They are doing it all wrong!!"

I keep all of mine at Wild Card's house ?

On 17/01/2021 at 19:30, kolsi said:

Hello,

I'm still thinking if this is really what he has on his epaulette? If yes, why I cannot find any other picture of some soldier wearing it too?

 

This was a short lived thing I think... so photos will be rare

30 minutes ago, Trooper_D said:

So the grenade is real? ?

Yeah, it is one of a bunch a French Friend pulled out of a river... in pretty good nick, protected by the mud...

Have to figure it out. The 6 regular pencils is a sure thing. I think the small square pocket an eraser, the rounded one a perfect compass fit... I assume 2 bigger pencils left and right... then other mapping necessities... I am thinking this is not your usual officers/NCOs mapcase... the Swiss have a special case for staff officers, which takes more than the normal mapcase... I assume this was designed for a smaller staff and had some extras.