Chris Boonzaier

That is nice. When i see Zweidorn I think they must have souvenired a lot of French and Austrian belts.

38 minutes ago, Glenn J said:

Graf Ludwig was a former "personal adjutant" to Prinz (later König) Ludwig hence the vast array of peacetime awards, which was very much par for the course for an individual in such an appointment. He had previously not held a lower grade of the Austrian Franz Josef Order when he was awarded the Offizierskreuz (permission to accept and wear on 19 October 1909).

 

Regards

Glenn

Ahhh... OK, I saw him mentioned in the Leiber and had not looked much further yet... So he would probably have known Leonrod!

A silly question, is it usual to wear the Austrian Steckkreuz and not have a lower grade Austrian award on the bar?

Thanks for the identifications! I need to hit the books, but I am guessing he got awards from just about every dignitary who visited the HQ?

I think yup on both accounts.

He seems to have been always at the right place at the right time. ?

Graf von Holsnstein. prewar Bavarian Infanterie leibregiment officer, during the war a staff officer.... many I can not identify... but an impressive rack for a tea and cocktail commando....

OK... was this a lucky find? from the uniform, Prinz Rupprecht and the roundish face and jowls I think this is Malsen as well.....

Glenn nails it methinks...

I think the most identifiable boards remain the Cypher regiments as the numbered boards are different to the active, then concentrating on the later fieldgrey boards which the retired officers probably did not wear.

Then getting a regiment in which the history mentions all the officers who served in the regiment but were posted elsewhere to see who came into question that were however not on the regimental commanders list.

For WW1 I have two Bavarian sets to a Colonel with "20" on the boards.... they are the only ones with a sure name... and that is simply because they came out of the group, and RickL bought them when the group was split ... I guess that is the surest way ?

38 minutes ago, Simius Rex said:

I am referencing my posting #2 above (which hopefully was interesting enough that people actually read it.)  If not, I think it might be worth perusing. 

 

The question I would have pursuant to my analysis is this:  which one of the above people served as a major, a lt. colonel and a colonel in the IR 26 continuously?  This is why I asked if anybody has the regiment's history because it would contain the names of all the officers in the regiment.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Infanterie-Regiment-Leopold-Anhalt-Dessau-Magdeburg-Kriegsjahr/dp/B01DMTFS98

Agree... would be interesting to see the promotions... the problem with "normal" regiments is we dont see which officers were sent to other units at mobilization, and possibly continued to wear the 26er uniform.

Damn... I thought I had the history, but do not.

From Wikipedia....

• 21.11.1914 - 26.12.1914: Max von Schuckmann
• 26.12.1914 - 04.08.1915: Willy von Livonius
• 04.08.1915 - 02.02.1917: Paul Grautoff
• 02.02.1917 - 02.11.1917: Albrecht Freiherr von Leesen
• 02.11.1917 - 21.12.1917: Friedbert Lademann
• 21.12.1917 - 05.02.1919: Leopold von Ziehlberg

I think full colonel as commander was a rariry, later in the war many regt commanders or Führer were only Major...

Indeed... unfortunately when I bought it I had not researched enough, i thought it was schörner and Rommel... which would have been fantastic seeing as they were not really friends

I would support an award for the law and order people who round up the "No Vaxxers" and bring them to the airport, ditto for the air crews who carry out what the French army called "Crevette Bigeard"... would also be a really collectable medal when this is all over...

Are these wartime or those really heavy, thick prewar ones?

Best

Chris

Here ya go.... It arrived today ?

From what I understand, the location of the tunnel has always een knowing, the people who "found it" attention seekers with a collecting bent..... A bit like the Craig "Got lube?" Gottlieb and his grave diggers in the press a few years ago

As soon as it arrives ?

All th ebest

Chris

I think you may have nailed it.... do you have any idea how long he spent at the 17. I.R. in Goslar? late20s early 30s?

That would pretty much nail it.

All the best

Chris

Hi,

do you mean Kurt Röpke? That looks pretty close... do you know if he was in the Sudetenland 1938? I can not find a mention.

Best

Chris

Hi,

who be the dude?

I have it in the WW2 section as well, but he was definately in WW1

Hi, this Officer seems to be a Colonel, photo taken in the Sudetenland 1938. He was with officers of the Gebirgs Jäger Regiment 98 at the time of the photo, but seems to just have been there for the Photo. A good possibility he was a General during the war. Can anyone identify him?

Thanks

Chris

I wonder if the starting point of these was an old bayonet, factory repurposed?

I would go with reserve 3... Landwehr Guys usually look a bit older and more "used up in life"

1 hour ago, spolei said:

Hello Chris,
the Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 47 is called:
Infanterie-Regiment König Ludwig III von Bayern (2. Niederschlesisches) Nr. 47
The bavarian king was owner of this regiment and a few of its soldiers would be awarded with MVK/MVO
 

Yup, and the guy in Question was on the regt stab, but I was just curious to see if all the Non Bavarians were on the roll or if the bavarians just said to the regt kommandeur "award 20 crosses" and left it at that...

13 minutes ago, Langers said:

Hi Chris

Very interesting points here! 
 

Personally, I don’t doubt the originality of the MVO (it might be a later addition of his, maybe a a replacement), but it adds to his interesting story

Thanks for the article, I was looking for that!!

Indeed... he must have had an interesting life. I am sure the medal bar impressed quite a few in the film industry when worn to evening parties...

23 minutes ago, waldo said:

Oh sorry, my english is not good and the google translator may 
have translated it incorrectly. Ich frage ihn mal.

 

Did the Peuße get a Bavarian award?

 

Hi,

beide MVK 3 klasse, Hartmann with crown and swords, Schlote with swords