Chris Boonzaier

hi, I would bet any device like that was forbidden on a uniform ribbon bar from day 1 (excluding Spangen devices and official bars etc) and for civilian war from a certain point as well. best, chris

Only thing I can think of is the IV Battalion of the 3rd Regt ? Officers had a 4 on the boards I think?

Anyone want to guess what this goes for? http://www.ebay.de/itm/DEMAG-D-R-G-M-Messer-1-Weltkrieg-Original-um-1917/271745295035?_trksid=p2060778.c100276.m3476&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D28725%26meid%3D6668b90bac034318bd47640c5e31366a%26pid%3D100276%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D4%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D201269808711

Here is an Austrian one on 40mm ribbon....

I am guessing the WW1 was authorised or at least allowed due to the fact that so many other awards shared the same ribbon... and the mini was to distinguish it from the others....

Agree with Paul, very nice, have never seen one. The 1914 ones were actually worn at the time, am sure the 1939 was highly unofficial!!

Please check out the following thread... http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/64947-badge-of-what-divisionunitbrigade/

Hi Hasan! Welcome! 2 fine looking soldiers! can anyone figure ou the ribbon bar?

Hi, which unit was he in ? Did he stay in the Infantry Regiment?

A Verordnungsblatt where he is mentioned, and some stautes for the awards....

Hi Promotion...

Later his Albrecht Orden, 2nd Class with swords...

Not really my collecting field, but landed up here anyway.... Grenadier Reserve Regt 100 lost 1700 men on the Somme... Here is the Silver St. Heinrichs Medal....

Hi, I have some Bavarian Chaplain books, but Robel in Mecklenburg I think? Gonna be a tough one......

I aim to beat it!

oooohhh worst pun of the year so far!!!

Maybe being the same height as Hitler they let him off ;-)

I think the items that caused the Problems were more in the "national Treasures" line, no military items as such.

On Jan. 19, 1915, the German Admiralty received permission to carry out a bombing raid over England's eastern coast. Two L-series airships succeeded in dropping ordnance on the towns of Great Yarmouth, King's Lynn and Sheringham, killing four and wounding 16. Although casualties were scant compared to the fighting on the Continent, the validity of long-range strategic bombing had been proven, paving the way for the development of bomber aircraft that would eventually eclipse the Zeppelin dirigible on a massive scale. The Germans used airships throughout World War I despite the high cost, significant attrition rate and comparatively low combat effectiveness. Despite being ultimately impractical as a weapon, lighter-than-air systems, commonly known as aerostats, have remained useful as a military tool in contemporary environments, particularly as a persistent surveillance platform — the purpose for which the first manned balloons were originally intended. Courtesy Stratfor

I guess a solidly sewn on strap, then rolled and buttoned, would have added like a pad that stopped something from slipping off the shoulder? Dont the French straps have a similar "non slip" function?

I think a nice WW1 piece...

Should be Fort Souville ... and Village of Fleury...

Azannes was behind the lines, so probably in a field hospital

I have a bunch of different ones... I like the ones where specific areas of the battlefield are mentioned.... Thomas Baumgartner, 13th bavarian Infantry regiment, killed at Thiaumont on the 27th of June 1916

Indeed, some do... ;-)