Robin Lumsden Posted November 18, 2010 Author Share Posted November 18, 2010 How about this nice little gem? Cheap at half the price! (Would go nicely with my skull walking stick) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant 08 Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 (edited) Would go nicely with my skull walking stick A must have for a skull collector is a skull walking stick! Braunschweig! Edited November 18, 2010 by Sergeant 08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted November 18, 2010 Author Share Posted November 18, 2010 A must have for a skull collector is a skull walking stick! Mine has an ivory skull and a rune. I found this in Winsen (Luhe) about 10 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant 08 Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 (edited) Skull collectors will enjoy the next photo: Vets from the Freikorps Brüssow! The photo shows skulls on caps, collar tabs, on the flag.....:whistle: Edited November 19, 2010 by Sergeant 08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant 08 Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 (edited) More Imperial skulls. Edited November 20, 2010 by Sergeant 08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant 08 Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant 08 Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 Confusing pin...skull headgear....HR 16. Where is the relation? Ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant 08 Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Happy New Year to all skull collectors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 Any ideas what this is ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 It is (supposedly) Imperial or FK and has been removed from a tunic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant 08 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 (edited) Any ideas what this is ????? No comments about this skull here. I think there was more discussion, when the black skull appeared. It must be a good sign! ;) Edited January 5, 2011 by Sergeant 08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted January 5, 2011 Author Share Posted January 5, 2011 It must be a good sign! :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Pionier of Pionier-Regiment 35, one of two poison-gas regiments, wearing some kind of sleeve badge. Looks like a dark skull-and-crossbones to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 No comments about this skull here. I think there was more discussion, when the black skull appeared. It must be a good sign! Or a sign of "no comment" ? ;-) I saw that one on Ebay.... It can be anything you want it to be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant 08 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Or a sign of "no comment" ? ;-) Or a sign of no interest in researching of unknown, rarer skulls. :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant 08 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 (edited) Pionier of Pionier-Regiment 35, one of two poison-gas regiments, wearing some kind of sleeve badge. Looks like a dark skull-and-crossbones to me. Thomas, thanks again for posting such a nice photo! That detail looks really interesting to me. You said, the badge in the photo is a poison-gas sleeve badge? Do you have more informations about the Regiment? Edited January 9, 2011 by Sergeant 08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Thomas, thanks again for posting such a nice photo! That detail looks really interesting to me. You said, the badge in the photo is a poison-gas sleeve badge? Do you have more informations about the Regiment? According to writing on the back of the card, this Pionier is a member of 15 tum.(?), II Batl., 6th Comp., Pionier Regiment 35. The card is dated May 29, 1915, and says "Greetings from Flanders." Pionier-Regiment 35 was established March 29, 1915. It had two battalions of 3 companies each. Pio-Reg 35 carried out its first gas attack April 22, 1915, north of Ypres. The second gas regiment, Pionier-Regiment 36, was established in May of 1915. In August of 1917 both regiments were dissolved and replaced with Pionier-Bataillone 35-38. In February of 1918 Pionier-Batailon 39 was added, and in June Bataillone 94-96 were added. By the end of the war there were eight gas battalions. This sleeve badge must be unofficial. I have identified about 15 different unofficial sleeve and shoulder-strap badges for assault troops. I have never seen them in other books or photos, so now I think there is a real chance that Robin's badge is authentic. You can see that in this photo the skull(?) has a very crude shape. It seems likely that by the end of the war the gas troops would want a nicer badge. They probably knew about the flamethrower badges, so maybe somebody decided to copy the flamethrower badge in black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 It can be anything you want it to be... With all due respect, Chris ......... no ............ it can't. It is an unknown skull, still to be identified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 Or a sign of no interest in researching of unknown, rarer skulls. Korrekt! I now get MUCH more satisfaction out of the unknown (but original!) ones, than the known ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 (edited) According to writing on the back of the card, this Pionier is a member of 15 tum.(?), II Batl., 6th Comp., Pionier Regiment 35. The card is dated May 29, 1915, and says "Greetings from Flanders." Pionier-Regiment 35 was established March 29, 1915. It had two battalions of 3 companies each. Pio-Reg 35 carried out its first gas attack April 22, 1915, north of Ypres. The second gas regiment, Pionier-Regiment 36, was established in May of 1915. In August of 1917 both regiments were dissolved and replaced with Pionier-Bataillone 35-38. In February of 1918 Pionier-Batailon 39 was added, and in June Bataillone 94-96 were added. By the end of the war there were eight gas battalions. This sleeve badge must be unofficial. I have identified about 15 different unofficial sleeve and shoulder-strap badges for assault troops. I have never seen them in other books or photos, so now I think there is a real chance that Robin's badge is authentic. You can see that in this photo the skull(?) has a very crude shape. It seems likely that by the end of the war the gas troops would want a nicer badge. They probably knew about the flamethrower badges, so maybe somebody decided to copy the flamethrower badge in black. Thomas. This is REALLY good information. Many thanks for posting it. I am sure in my own mind that the black skull is original (I would ditch it otherwise) .......... and this is a good potential explanation for it. So far as I know, there are only two examples of this black skull known, both from the same source. Thanks again. In the photo .......... is the skull on the lower sleeve? Edited January 9, 2011 by Robin Lumsden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 (edited) And ............ look at the stats on this thread. 700 Replies 19,062 Views :jumping: Edited January 9, 2011 by Robin Lumsden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 In the photo .......... is the skull on the lower sleeve? Upper. The problem is that the man moved as the photo was being taken. His friend is standing perfectly still, but the man with the sleeve badge was swaying, and the image is just blurry enough to make it indistinct. As I said before, I've identified 15 different unofficial shock-troop badges. I haven't seen any other photos of them or seen any mention of them in any source. Your badge is almost certainly unofficial, Robin, so it wouldn't be found in any regulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 Thanks again, Thomas. I see it now ............. need new spex. Unofficial makes it even better for me ............ it's the 'odd' ones I like best! Cheers! :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Here's the Absender block of the gas-pioneer card. "Pionier Heintze 15 tum.(?) II Battl. Pion. Reg 35[,] 6 Komp" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 Here's the Absender block of the gas-pioneer card. "Pionier Heintze 15 tum.(?) II Battl. Pion. Reg 35[,] 6 Komp" :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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