Tom Y

While I'm thinking of it, I

ve always wondered how screwbacks were attached. Was there a stitched eylet in the tunic or maybe a metal grommet? Seems to me somet of these could be kinda painful, what with that pointy screw sticking out. If anyone's got a pic of a tunic set up for one I'd sure like to see it.

just to make thins complete, here's my last screwback. Dunno if it was converted in 1914 or 2004

there's that plate retaining screw again!

very nice! are ALL your babies special like this?

you've got some dandies!

joe

Nah, except for this one they're all pretty ho hum.

that's a gem, tom!!

certainly a lucky #13!

joe

Thanks, Joe. just the amount of wear I like to say "been there, done that".

While I'm at it, here's my dozenth.

Just got my 13th EKI from Detlev- my third screwback and second Meybauer. Having never had one in hand before I thought the little wire "handle" folded down, but it doesn't.

Walking down the streets of Berlin in the teens or twenties you'd probably see a display of these in a shop window.

It was probably one of these or similar.

This just popped into my mailbox the other day and i thought I'd share it and get some advice. As you can see, it's a Hindenburg doc f?r Eltern. The only problem is that yucky Scotch (Celotape to you Brits) tape glue that's bled through, as it's wont to do. I remeber as a kid, back in the Dark Ages, there was some way we had of removing it. I don't remember the solvent we used, and it's probably banned now as an environmental azard or ingredient in bathtub pharmaceuticals, but if anyone has any suggestions for giving it a facelift it would be muchly appreciated.

Ready to attack. Helmets, stick grenades, rifles, gas masks. Is this a signal pistol? And what is that brick in the man's hand, explosive?

On the back: "A part of our assault group on November 4th 1917$

Either a flare gun or a Colt Paterson Could the box be flares?

And, of course, this old standby from Oldenburg.

And a Bavarian oddity

A little summat from Hamburg

Here's another unmarked one piece in brass apparently from a different maker.

Nope, I mean Indian Army corps of guides, I have an MC to an officer in the unit.

In the history of the corps of guides there was a photo of the officers, but the library would not let me copy it :-(

The citation mentions them using Kukris, but I thoughtthe Guides came from the western areas, nowdays pakistan?

From The History of the Kukri http://www.army.mod.uk/brigade_of_gurkhas/...kri_history.htm

"It was carried also by many other hill units, regular and irregular: Assam Rifle Regiments, Burma Military Police, the Garhwal and Kumaon Regiments. In the Burma campaign of World War those British troops who did not carry a machete carried a kukri, and nowadays the Singapore Police Force also carry them."

Here's a little paperweight Robin would like.

My one and only.

The backing looks black in the scan, but it's J?ger green.

This guy had a pretty active career.

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Not exactly military, wars couldn't have been fought without him.

As you can see, it's a big honkin' chunk of 990 siver. 34.6g, to be exact. I know the what. The hundredth birthday of Alfred Krupp. Can anyone tell me the why and to whom? Photos of it in wear would be nice, too

Tom,

What happened to this cross ? Schrapnell traces ? Or a dog ? An interesting story, I'm sure!!!

Cheers.

Ch.

I wish I knew the story I got it several years ago on eBay. The two oval marks appear to have been made by the driving band of an artillery shell. We can only hope he lived.

This was a pretty hohum issue cross until it (hopefully) became a lifesaving medal my favorite EKI

Hi,

From what I have read, Napier held 6000 Germans, funtioned a bit like a village. Maybe there was a jeweller amongst them who made the items for the guys? As I said, I have seen mentions of fantastic POW arts and crafts etc from the fort. I think civilians were interened as well. I dont think anyone had anything confiscated, no mentions are made of this any any literature from the area.

There are a couple of documents on this guy in the pretoria archives, apparently he was only released in 1919... way..way after the other POWs, some were released during the war already.

If I had an artist like that in my clutches I'd be reluctant to let him go too.

Finally, no medal, but the enamel's right.

A Hamburg group with 1 bell and 1 whistle.

For some reason the Hamburg cross seems to be playing second fiddle