Chip Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 Chris,That is possibly the best photo that I have ever seen of a period Edelwei?. Very nice!Chip
Chris Boonzaier Posted July 14, 2007 Author Posted July 14, 2007 The front of an ebay buy, maybe not military?
Robert Noss Posted July 14, 2007 Posted July 14, 2007 I missed it on Ebay :-(???The auction is still running. Ends on sunday. I am the seller. I think You should have it Chris. Kind regardsRobert
Chris Boonzaier Posted July 14, 2007 Author Posted July 14, 2007 OK, found it again.Will give it a shot..... hold thumbs for me...
ccj Posted July 14, 2007 Posted July 14, 2007 OK, found it again.Will give it a shot..... hold thumbs for me...Post the link to it so we can make the bidding interesting.
Ulsterman Posted July 15, 2007 Posted July 15, 2007 robert-you could always pull it before the end and then make chris pay you in beer- I suspect you'd end up ahead.By the way -those flak negatives are superb.
Chris Boonzaier Posted July 29, 2007 Author Posted July 29, 2007 Bayoswede has the following pic, a guy killed in 1917 with the b.R.I.R.1...Must have been Alpenkorps fofore.... check out the Edelweiss.
Chip Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Chris,He's wearing the uniform of the Infanterie Leib Regiment, which explains the Alpenkorps connection.Chip
Chris Boonzaier Posted July 30, 2007 Author Posted July 30, 2007 Chris,He's wearing the uniform of the Infanterie Leib Regiment, which explains the Alpenkorps connection.ChipI would guess, wounded with the Leib regt, in hospital, then being sent to the 1st reserve.BestChris
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 26, 2008 Author Posted February 26, 2008 Stolen from Ebay... unfortunately a totally unpayable price, but these are interesting.Made in M?nchen, and not those for the Alpenkorps... but belonging to this section anyway....
christerd Posted March 1, 2008 Posted March 1, 2008 Hallo all !Here is a new Photo in my collection ! Another Edelweiss member ! Christer Any info on the uniform?
ccj Posted March 1, 2008 Posted March 1, 2008 Stolen from Ebay... unfortunately a totally unpayable price, but these are interesting.Made in M?nchen, and not those for the Alpenkorps... but belonging to this section anyway....I have one of these but don't know the history behind it. I'll see if I can find it to see if it's exactly the same with maker marks.
nesredep Posted March 1, 2008 Posted March 1, 2008 Hello!Nice tread,i have never seen WW1 edelweiss. All the bestNesredep
Bavaria Posted March 7, 2008 Posted March 7, 2008 Hello It?s really hard to detect an Edelweiss from the 1915`s gift. The problem is, that this flower is stil very popular, especially in Bavaria and the alpine area. So a lot of types are out there. I had a look on several badges publised in different books. In my opinion the following type might be the early 1915-Type, at least one of the Edelweiss, that was definitly worn by soldiers of the Alpenkorps. It is shown on Prince Heinrich von Bayern?s spiked helmet (see Seibold/Schulz: Die Helme der K?niglich Bayerischen Armee 1806-1918, page 85) and on an officers tschako (page 113) Also in J?rgen Kraus? ?Die deutsche Armee im ersten Weltkrieg? published in 2004 (there?s also an English issue; Page 130). Please pay attention to the shape of the blossom: 3 large and 3 small ones; alternating.
Bavaria Posted March 7, 2008 Posted March 7, 2008 an other one. Variation in the fixing of the blossom.
Bavaria Posted March 7, 2008 Posted March 7, 2008 From a j?ger?s Soldbuch. He served in the prussian Reserve-J?gerbataillon Nr. 10 from 1915 to january 1918, then he was removed to the bavarian Reseve-J?gerbataillon Nr. 2. In May 1918 he get his first decoration after tree years of service!
Chris Boonzaier Posted March 7, 2008 Author Posted March 7, 2008 Hi,welcome!Any chance of pictures of the helmet and Tschako wit the edelweiss?ThanksChris
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