Chris Boonzaier

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

Ahhh... but no Kahle being on the rolls and no Kahle ever having worn one are 2 different things ?

As an interesting test,

Could you ask him to check out a Prussian in IR47 Kurt (?) Hartmann and a 10er Jäger Johann Schlote?

I would be interested to see if all were listed.

Hi,

Waldo has some good points. But are we differentiating between War time production and Postwar?

I have a set of docs where a soldier wrote to the war ministry to get an award replaced, they wrote back they had none, but there were a number of retailers, medal makers where he could buy a replacement.

I am going to go out on a limb here ans say the 1st pic was taken quite some time after the war, probably when he was already in the USA? The instutution of the Marinekreuz was september 1921, so awards from 1922? The Marinekreuz and regt Medal shows a bar padder, which is not bad, I like the proud padder bars.

I would imagine in 1920s Hollywood being the exotic ex German soldier, he probably actually wore the bar on may occasions.

So depending on the source of the item shown, either a postwar put together with a postwar deschler piece (if they existed) .. or a previous owner/collector exchanged the medals.

As to whether he received one... I agree... very unusual... maybe he recieved a 2nd class and he wanted something more blingy... which invites the question... for a medal so rare... where would he have got one??

Very interesting piece and story IMHO!

I would say from the 1940s pic and the early one, eyes, nose and caterpillar eyebrows may be a natch... more info here.... https://stereoworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/SW_V29_3.pdf

Although interestingly enough... the article in the link above has a starnge cooincidence... a man who recognised Kahle for bayonetting him at mons... and the same story, but for Meuse Argonne... so "Americanised"

People scroll through the topics and answer what they want.

It is considered bad manners to keep pushing threads to the top due to impatience.

If you do so restrict it to one or two important threads but not every long shot you have posted on the forum.

Very nice indeed! 12th Landwehr Division is pretty nice, the sector they were in was an interesting sector.

All th ebest

Chris

Guess I am gonna need to get that book... wow... would never have guessed that was an issue piece....

That guy looks the part....

I always wonder why the Bavarian's had their buckles made in Saxony ... nice stuff, especially the 182nd!!

I am no expert, but the enamel work looks more industrial modern, the extra metal fluff on the holes have not been removed... it looks like an award made 100% by machine with no human touchups or quality control.

Best

Chris

Bad finishing, the wire loops look as if they were cut with a blunt leatherman ... is that piece original? ? I do not know enough about US medals to say if that was normal...

56 minutes ago, Foalsdrum said:

Hello there,

New guy here! I've always been interested in the coastal sectors of the western front and have collected quite a few photo's relating to the German Matrosen Divisions. Thought I might share some of my collection, so here ya go!

A rather interesting photo giving us a look at the trenches of the German "See Kessel Stellung" with two Matrosen posing for the photo. One of them is wearing a Red Cross armband. If you look close enough you can spot a few more sailors wandering around. To the left was "No Man's Land" and just behind the dunes on the left, would be the North-Sea. 

 

The costal trenches look like a totally differnt world to the rest of the western front!!!

Very nice indeed, I agree with Eric, frame cleaned at some point, but that is no big deal.

here you go...

Aaaahhh... I had that on my watchlist and forgot about it... nice find!!!!

Nice set indeed!!!

Error to my post, the wearere of the straps did indeed have a leiber ring... number 886

Although you often see officers with single claw belts, this particular style was very popular in Bavaria, and especially with Alpenkorps troops...

going through all my pics to see which are keepers and which I no longer need... I found this dedictated photo of our man, looking fine ans martial!!!

OK... I finally got one! A pretty nice badge indeed....

Richter certainly got around!! nice tag!

3 hours ago, motojosh said:

Preliminary EKII identification certificate to Grenadier Wilhelm Graf of the 1st Kompanie of Sturmbataillon 16.

Really nice!!!

6 minutes ago, BlackcowboyBS said:

Congratulations on this, I think you might be a happy collector for this moment, before the need for the next thing kicked in. We all knew this! 

I have to admit that I would passed by these pieces, if seeing them on a flee market, but always nice to learn new stuff here in this forum. 

 

That is it in a nutshell... I can look at 100 pairs of straps and 2 will be relevant for me... fact is, if you even see 1 or 2 pairs of fieldgrey straps a week on all sale platforms you are doing well... but to se one of the 3-4 you are really after only happens every few years... and it took me 10 years to find this regiment ?

1 minute ago, GdC26 said:

Conrats Chris, well worth the wait ?

Thanks Amigo... I just heard a pair sold on ebay for quite a bit less than I paid for these... but having the name means a lot to me.

10 minutes ago, BlackcowboyBS said:

Nice! Never seen one before.

I think it may have been unique to that sector. Bukarest had a special status and there was a lot of political interaction in 1918, justifying a "geheim-Polizei" as opposed to the feld-Polizei ?

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