Chris Boonzaier

Hi, is there any impression on the inside? 15cm seems to be way big for a compass pouch. by 1922 there were standard compasses with their own pouches. Maybe for a weapon part of some sort? Or revolver ammo? I will check my WW1 uniforms and equip book tonight. Best Chris

For some reason when they are horizontal I get the automatic uge to turn my head on the side... Maybe with vertical boards can be resized to fit the screen? Should be more than big enough....

I think the price of trousers does not reflect the extreme rarity. There are many more people in the market for jackets than trousers so the jacket prices are proportionally (proportional to their rarity) higher compared to the trousers... Added to that, trousers are easily worn in post war situations, at work, on the farm etc... while many jackets just hung in the cupboard. I long ago gave up looking for a pair.... it is a tiny needle in a very large haystack....

Lets see shoulder boards in all shapes and forms! Best would be a scan on a white background, front and back. Anyone posting a board is agreeing that they may be used in a database (if we get enough to justify one). Officers, other ranks, pre war, wartime, etc. etc. etc.... lets see them!

I assume transport for the field hospital and then transport for the Luftschiffer.

I dont think it is a compass case. Maybe no broad arrow, but surely private purchase usually would not have IA and date? Is the ruler in inches or cm ?

Is there a small chance that anyone out there has French maps showing the changes in the last days of July until about 10th of August in the area between Fleury and the haie Renard? Thanks Chris

Is Bezirksfeldwebel a rank or a position? Same way in the French army each company has a "Duty sergeant" and Duty caporal", but the function of Duty Sgt can be fulfilled by a Caporal-Chef and a PFC on occasion can stand as Duty Caporal.

Hi, Am I correct in assuming that the top one is issue, the bottom one private purchase? Thanks Chris

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I have no clue about shoulder boards as some of you may have noticed :-( I dont know if these are pre war or wartime... Out of the woodwork today.... I assume both infantry? BIR9 or BRIR9 Garde Gren 6 ? Thanks Chris

Hass says the bars of this style are WW1 and later and mentions the "Corn"1"Corn" (Like this one) And "Corn"1"Corn" "Corn"2"Corn" "Corn"(Backward)2"Corn" "Corn"1*"Corn" "Corn"BR He mentions tha last series (Especially the 1* stamped ones are basically for the collectors market. Is it possible to date the stamps? Best Chris

This is of course a retroactive award... Question is... the 8eme Chasseur spent a long time in Algeria in the 1840s, then a year from 1875-76 (When nothing was going on) Was the Algeria bar handed out all the time, or just during periods of combat? Is there a list that goes into this in detail? If this is from the 1840s, a lot of research potential... in the 1875 period a bit of a dead end...

And a last one...

One to the same guy, awarded for the fighting at Fleury in early August 1916

This is at Armee level, all hand written, but does not indicate at which level the document was written and signes (there is no stamp and signature is not identified) Any gut feeling if the Armee or Regt did this?

The medal has a fantastic quality, the engraver and the maker were fantastic.

and the centrefold !

It fits with this superb article by Walter Nuhn http://www.kaiserscross.com/41815/205801.html

This is obscure, but just incase its of use to anyone, a list of the German casualties in the Gibeon area. I have a zerox from the South African military archives which I had made while down there. It was typed up by an army clerk in 1915, so there are errors in names and ranks, but a bit of the historical puzzle all the same.... Interesting to see some South African Names in there... must have been Boers who settled in GSWA Casualties German forces: Gibeon, 26th-27th April 1915 Killed Ernst Holger (4th Coy), Peter Rehbein, Kneil (1st Res), Emil Franke, Franze Renner, Sergt. Buttner, Zweigler, Onder Officer (Unteroffizier) Opperman, Two not indentified Wounded in Hospital Officers Lieut Wilhelm Nitze, Hans Denk, Alfred Ringsdorf, Dr Riefenstahl Other Ranks Otto Ballnno (Paymaster), L?Cpl. Josef Schafer, Tpr Max Joachim, Tpr Karl Nitzkim, Gustav Becker, Johann Antassek, Johan Bergweist, Adolf Dornros, Sergt. Walter Hanthei, Sgt. Maj. MArhi Beckmann, Tpr Otto Stangenberg, Sergt. Paul Melzer, L/Cpl. Georg Kneis, L/Cpl. Friedrich Rubbert, L/Cpl. Andreas Koller, Heindrich Knorr, Ferd Scholle, Johann Burzynski, Heinrich Bodenstein, Sergt. Louis Albes, Julius Kolzer, Oskar Fehr, Johannes Thormann, Johann Anterschek, Otto Sweisler, Stenzki Captured Officers Lieut Fred Johnson, Lieut Ernst Goedecke, Robert Kuntze, Heinrich Derlich, Anton Heiligbrunner, Ober Lieut. Mueller, Ober Lieut Gossler Other Ranks Paymaster (Onder) Hugo Fieldmer, Paymaster (Onder) Richard Schultz, Paymaster (Onder) Walter Donicht. Paymaster G. Glockmeer, Sgt Majors Oskar Loose, Friedrick Mohring, Reinold Nieter, Eugene Ruh, Franz Buhrke, Josef Zillikins, Fritz Schultze, Walter Rasch, Konrad Simran, Heinrich Zeitz, Ludwig Schaal, Fredrich Jonscher, Gustav Jung, Hugo Olsen Sgt. Albert Nanen, Hermann Kuch, Rudolf Hilpert, Arthur Simon, Albert Wiethert, Kurt Schollmeidt, Robert Rude, Josef Nagel, Wilhelm Sendzik, Franz Kuhn, Hans Dippus, Fritz Wichmann, Max Francke, J. Von Grinsven, Cpl. A von Walthausen, Otto Mueller, hans Hirsekerm, Jakob Held, Paul Weichbrodt, Hans Schelper, Leo Stoeikel, Arthur Srenson, Hand Kirst, Martin Ott, Heinrich Robbe, Otto Sweisler, August Havemann, Hans Senne, Peter Krobben, Philip Lobensolder, Georg Meier, Adolf Becker, Johann Dutzbach, Fritz Henny, L/Cpl Albert Karen, Alfred Phillipson, Herrman Odendahl, Eduart Bodmaller, Albert Gerlich, Hans Gibb, Henrich Hullbruck, Willie Bohl, Freidrich Grevin, Karl Kriss, Fritz Johnck, Heinrich Scholtz, Georg Warth, Emil Demant, Freidrich Herrmann, Wilhelm Losch, Otto Gibternach, Freidrich Sanger, Georg Komoll, Karl Marx, Paul Ruchterlein, Josef Schmitt, Albert Guschnasch, Paul Strogmeier, Fritz Haugk, Rudolf Rayn, Paul Kauberizyk, Adolf Hecht, Jacob Weindich, Franz Konig, Franz Mann, Albert Hauner, Paul Lempreicht, Fritz Kannt, Airsfh (!!) Dressler, Aorsh (!!) Dresseler, Richard Schutze, Arthur Uhlig, Karl Melker, Arthur Schraw, Franz Hernicht Tpr Robert Weidner, F von Bremen, Johannes Salomon, Heinrich Gisil, Alfred Thurich, Johann Monskopki, Herbert Nieker, Ernst Albart, Arthur Anders, Herrman Kuchenmeister, Helmuth Schmidt, Fritz Schmidt, Otto de Boer, Ernst Oehring, Ernst Krimer, Georg Gilligh, Johannes Mueller, Wilhelm Oberheider, Albert Maas, Staummhaus Vismiersky, Christian Kutz, Max Zisch, Otto Lochtenstein, Anton Schwartz, Johannes Visser, Walter Forster, Albert Huber, Helmeth Hoyemer, Richard Scrager, Karl Theodeitz, Martin Schmall, Ludwig Schwarz, August MAlweitz, Adolf Kutzeek, Willie Reichert, Wilhelm Dickbruder, Karl Weyman, Ernst Thierrach, Johan Felden, Adolf Glosse, Josef Napotnik, Wilhelm Bornhold, Hermann Wirth, Heinrich Kappelhoff, Carl Burster, Ernst Noack, Jan Smit, Willem Smit, Hermann Trentow, Focaks Radachmer, Johann Zeitz, Reinhold Krog, Herman Vogts, Bernard Rousbein, A. von den Knesdeck, Hermann Korschke, Johannes Neureth, Adolf Badder, Johann Offermann, Gottleiv Gunther, Karl Lamprecht, Heinrich Cyriasus, Peter Filla, Oswald Zehler, Franz Fulzer, Normann Hermanhilx, Gustav Heldt, Hermann Pruter, Karl Dickmann, Victus Kogelneier, Hermann Fuchs, Wilhelm Bonheis, Paul Schultz (Medic), Albert Ganzer, Ernst Speiser, Alexander Rehmann, Sally Joseph, Friedrich Haschke, Xavier Schmid, Josef Wankler, Eugene Adom, Gerhardt Kulz, Hans Serb, Walter Dorno, Josef Warner, Pieter Rensburg, Peter Wosch, Gustav Haagener Captured at Berseba 22nd of April 1915 Officers Capt Alexander Merensky Lieut Lichtenstein (Medical officer) Other Ranks Sgt Henri Vachmann, Franz Dangovsky, Ernst Freidrich, Karl Ociepki, Max Reinecke, Max Johann Schwarzoth (died of wounds 23/4/15), Siegfried Stzelecki, Wilhelm Schweitzer Cpl Freidrich Bousche (Medic), L/Cpl Hans Weidel, Karl Schroeder, Krapohe Tpr Karl Burger (1), Karl Burger (2), August Bollmann, Otto Engredt, Gustav Merker, Louis Pryrl, Karl Ringel, Max Rosenbluth, Gustav Schmidt, Bogislir Vrunnemann, Gustaf Gieter, Johann Shatkoski, Kurt Klutz, Louis Facca, Wilhelm Adnerson (wounded), Max Held (Wounded) Captured at Brakoros 23-3-1915 Cpl. R Osterloh Privates A Goebel, F Halecker, F. Wieland, L. Marciniak Captured Arititis 24-3-1915 Cpl A. Tismer, Max Stange

Good stuff!

Nice!

Hmmmm... I think that is wrong and needs to be set straight. French, Like post WW1 German awards were not only given on paper. You get a paper AND a medal, and can if you want buy more. SOME French medals (and these are few, mostly civilian or for past service) are self bought. You get a certificate of status, and this status allows you to wear a certain medal, which you have to buy. I don't think this is true for serving military though. There ARE official manufacturers for many of the medals and ONLY they are allowed to produce them. Some medals have had exclusively one producer since the 1920s..... A handful of medals have numerous makers. Best Chris

Wow! I never knew Para wings existed! The parachute seems to have strong South African influence?

Sometime ago at Frankfurt Airport I helped an older couple to find their way to their gate. I saw from his ticket that his name was Cordt von Brandis and joked if he was sure he wanted the flight to Stockholm, or was storming Douaumont his real objective. The old guy did a double take then chuckled and said i was the first person in 40 years to make the connection. The last other person had been his company commander during his army time. He spoke for a few moments about the PLM and I kinda changed the subject as I did not want to tell him what we know today... his knowledge was based on his great uncles book...