Chris Boonzaier

IGgy beat me to it.... maybe he was the Batman for an attached officer observer?

Maybe the (Obs) means he was an Observer? Did such a thing exist back then? In the Boer war (for instance) a number of countries had officers attached simply to observe the actions...

;-) Battalion is just sooooo much superior to Regimental ones ;-) There are actually a few different kinds used by the jäger Battalion, this one known as a "tree stump" Krug and is the more sought after type (so I am told)... Photos and details to follow :-)

Bavarian 2nd Jäger Battalion ! :-)

I just read up on this... an insanely rare and desirable knife! Apparently this is the SOE variation... the US had an OSS one, but with 2 large rivets.

Will do soon as I get a chance...

Ta.... DAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

:rolleyes: I said earlier all the above were wrong, IGgy had said a Regimental Stein.... :-)

Georg Schuh, winner of the gold Medal....

This is a little piece I call "space filler" ..... :-)

ETA... I hope... is tomorrow.... I will be very pedantic and say, noone has guessed right just yet......

Naaahhh.... that was a nice bonus, but no reason to get drunk for joy.....

I finally got the belt I wanted for this tunic....

Here is one I never knew existed... and am really surprised it was not used in large numbers... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Model_1907

Holly Molly!!!!

With a service number could it rather be an "other rank"?

I have been shaving with cutthroats for the last 3-4 years.... I really like them....

I think probably more practicle.... I imagine they are climbing around in ships, trucks, containers.... very easy to hit your noggin on a bulkhead or door frame... and not so easy with a peaked cap... Maybe they keep the peaked caps for parades or something.... German boder police also have an everyday uniform with peaked cap and a dirty work uniform with beret...

Here is a nice example....

I assume this falls under Police? It has a "inner" hat, which I think is more for protecting your head against bumps when crawling around looking for hidden illegals... a pretty good invention... we have all painfully hit our heads at some stage....

Just picked up this framed Photo of a guy from the 2nd Bavarian Jäger Battalion. From the other 2 i have seen, these were wartime, bought by the men for the family back home, a standard print with the guys face stuck on it... USUALLY the top has "Weltkrieg 1914-15" and the bottom has the guys name and 2nd bavarian jäger Battalion... In this case some idiot trimmed it, removed the name so it could fit in the frame.....

I can't... :-( If I say what it is before it arrives... the post office will loose it :-(

I wish... but it will never be.... Will be putting a beer in the fridge to celebrate its arrival... :-)

No, but now that you mention it..... with this item I really, really should get one.... Breaking and entering could REALLY be breaking with this!!!!

I have wanted for a loooooooooong time.........