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    Chris Boonzaier

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    1. I admit I have been having a break from WW1 collecting for some time... but little bit by little bit I am getting back my mojo.... A new Leiber Tunic to join its brother officer.... 2
    2. Some "bycatch" with the group to a Foreign Legion Paratrooper who served in Indochine, his fathers and brothers awards, his brother was KIA in 1943. One he obviously wore, the other still with its bag
    3. Some "bycatch" with the group to a Foreign Legion Paratrooper who served in Indochine, his fathers and brothers awards, his brother was KIA in 1943. Originally silver... they are really "salty"... the brother was killed in 1943 ... unfortunately no maker
    4. Some "bycatch" with the group to a Foreign Legion Paratrooper who served in Indochine, his fathers and brothers awards, his brother was KIA in 1943... no maker mark, I assume this means early? Thanks, Chris
    5. Hi, you had posted a link some time ago I think, but I could not remember if it was baden or Württ or where the link was I am looking for a guy named August Sommer but I think there may be too many without a birth date
    6. Hi, do I remember correctly that the WW1 records are availible online? Thanks Chris
    7. Hi, thanks, but different guy.... my guy just had a sketch pad!! 🙂
    8. Summary... Wilhelm Freiherr von Leonrod ✝ 15. Juli 1865; * 1943 Obersthofmeister König Ludwigs III. von Bayern 1914 1886 Leutnant, 1900 Rittmeister, 1908 Major, 1912 königlicher Flügeladjutant, 1913 Oberstleutnant und Oberstallmeister, 1914 Obersthofmeister König Ludwigs III. von Bayern.
    9. The little swastika is very similar to the one worn on the cap in some Legion Condor Photos?
    10. 3 Variations of the mecical center. Regiments are not big enough to have a Medical antenne so the 162e regoups the personal of a few units
    11. It has been some time since I bought a medal bar... but this one was just fine.... 🙂
    12. Hi Antonio, He was a German, do you think he was in the legion? Or was he an instructor from the Legion Condor?
    13. Hi, can anyone identify this one? Thanks, Chris
    14. I had a couple of document groups where the guy was awarded the EK2 twice. in one case an officer was awarded it twice in 1914... he had changed commands and both commands awarded him the EK2... but it did not mean he could wear two. Another group was a guy who got the postwar EK2 awarded twice as the awarding authority changed and they overlooked the fact that it had been already awarded. I think there is no official way to wear two. although, if someone had served in GSWA before the war he may have had the the black and white ribbon on the bar... and some collector just swapped out the medals?
    15. I have not found anything in a couple of years... But having said that, I have not been casting a wide net, i.e. I am avoiding wanting to buy things because they are "Nice"... but only if they fit the limits of "alpenkorps"... so not a lot going...
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