Chris Boonzaier Posted March 25, 2012 Posted March 25, 2012 It is not so for all bavarian EK docs of course, but if you were to choose the best 20 looking EK docs, probably over half would be Bavarian. I an wondering if it was because they were catholic. You see this at bavarian flea markets, intricate and byoootiful certificates for Confirmations, Baptisms, etc. etc. I think being catholic gave the Bavarians a tradition of relatively expensive multi coloured certificates and probably a larger number of priners geared up to do this kind of work. Even the smaller uglier documents.... most bavarian units seem to have found a printer to do unit specific documents and avoiding Generic documents that could be used for any unit. Of course, there are exceptions, but this seems to be a trend... Best Chris
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 19, 2013 Author Posted January 19, 2013 Was flipping through the docs again today... I notice the Guard regiments usually ALSO have nice docs that are unit specific, more so than the regular infantry and "others"... but not as nice as the Bavarians... Would be interested to see if anyone has a very intricate, colorful and complicated doc to post?
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 19, 2013 Author Posted January 19, 2013 many many... just have to be home to do it ;-)
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 19, 2013 Author Posted January 19, 2013 OK, here are some of the larger multi colored ones.... the same printers that do all the catholic documents, either Bavarian or southern German... The Bavarian 3rd Division is probably the EK doc at its highest art form (Cross just for size).. With its mailing tube
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 19, 2013 Author Posted January 19, 2013 The Rare Bavarian Leib Regt document
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 19, 2013 Author Posted January 19, 2013 Just a black and white one, but also real art...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 19, 2013 Author Posted January 19, 2013 Commendation certificate for patrol work...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 19, 2013 Author Posted January 19, 2013 Even this style used by Non Bavarians was printed in München... http://www.kaiserscross.com/40029/441101.html
dond Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 I've always thought it was the catholic influence that made them do it.
Schwyz Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 Chris, Those are truly beautiful documents that are certainly worth collecting. And you are correct — so many of the 'normal' EK documents are visually boring in comparison. Gar
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 19, 2013 Author Posted January 19, 2013 Hi, Visually they are fantastic, but some of the ugly little ones are immensely interesting from content... I am always torn between the two, then end up buying both kinds when I can ;-)
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