Hoss Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 I had to look up 'pedantic' its a nice way of saying pain in the bottom. Chris can you do us a favour show your felt job in a thread? in fact it would be nice to see all of them, those caps are wonderful btw. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Liontas Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 GRATS!!! What am I looking at? Anything you get is usually pretty amazing, I'm just confused. It isn't a regimental stein.....a reunion one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 21, 2014 Author Share Posted November 21, 2014 Ta.... DAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 21, 2014 Author Share Posted November 21, 2014 I had to look up 'pedantic' its a nice way of saying pain in the bottom. Chris can you do us a favour show your felt job in a thread? in fact it would be nice to see all of them, those caps are wonderful btw. Eric Will do soon as I get a chance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Wow. It is beautiful. Can you post some closeups of the artwork? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Sure looks like a "regimental" stein to me... (Okay, split some hairs with semantic terminology.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 21, 2014 Author Share Posted November 21, 2014 Bavarian 2nd Jäger Battalion ! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Bavarian 2nd Jäger Battalion ! :-) I figured it was a Jäger stein from the beginning when you said you had to put beer in the refrigerator and from when you helped me get the artillery stein. I simply chose a more generic guess of "regimental" to keep up the suspense. You do owe some close-ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 21, 2014 Author Share Posted November 21, 2014 ;-) Battalion is just sooooo much superior to Regimental ones ;-) There are actually a few different kinds used by the jäger Battalion, this one known as a "tree stump" Krug and is the more sought after type (so I am told)... Photos and details to follow :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Just don't break it playing with it on beer night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 21, 2014 Author Share Posted November 21, 2014 Everyone needs an occasional "oh Sht!!!!" moment to give life meaning.... :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 (edited) Everyone needs an occasional "oh Sht!!!!" moment to give life meaning.... :-) I suggest you drink from the bottle and let the Jäger sit on the shelf. High away from little hands. Your hands included. Edited November 21, 2014 by IrishGunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernhard H.Holst Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Hello: I still had a great time following this thread even though Steins leave me totally cool. Perhaps not having ever developed a taste for beer contributed to it. Otherwise Jaeger subjects , especially Jaeger 10 ( Hann.) have my attention. Bernhard H. Holst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 21, 2014 Author Share Posted November 21, 2014 Hi, I am not a big Stein Fan either... but have always wanted "just one".... and this is the one that best serves the purpose (2nd Bavarian Jäger, MGK, at least one wound so I can research the battle, qualified for the Edelweiss....) (Only small down side is he seems to have missed Verdun).... The guys records are a bit "all over the place" and somewhat contradictory with the times, but this is a rough first draft.... Gefreiter der Reserve Barthold Edmund Ruck was born on the 22nd of December 1890 in Rappertsjhausen , His father died when he was a boy and at the outbreak of the war he was a farmer and lived with his widowed mother. He started his national service on the 22nd of October 1910 until the 22nd of September 1912 in the 2nd Company of the 2nd Bavarian Jäger Battalion in Aschaffenburg. Mobilised on the 2nd of August 1914 in his old company he was transferred to the 2nd Company of the 2nd Bavarian Reserve Jäger battalion which he joined in the field 4 days later. He was wounded on the 25th of August 1914 at the St Libaire Farm at Serre (Bullet wound) and sent to a field hospital. He transferred to the Erstaz Company of the 2nd Jäger Battalion on the 11th of September 1914 and returned to field, rejoining his company on the 28th of October 1914. From the 8th of December 1915 until the 4th of January he was in Hospital with stomach problems. On the 30th of March 1916 he was sent to hospital in Charleville with wrist problems. On the 28th of June 1916 he was posted to the Feldrekruten Depot of the 1st Jäger Regiment. On the 30th of April 1917 he rejoined the 2nd Comp, Res. Jäg. Batl. 2. On the 15th of September 1917 he was transferred to the Machine Gun company. On the 16th of February 1918 he went to hospital again, rejoining the MGK on the 7th of May 1918. He was demobilized on the 23rd Of November 1918, his discharge papers showing he had just been transferred to the bayer. Ersatz-Gebirgs-Masch. Gewehr-Kompanie-bayer. Armee-Korps in Immenstadt. He was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class. In the field 2.8.14 – 25.8.14 31.10.14 – 8.12.15 4.1.16 – 31.3.16 18.6.17 – 19.7.17 6.8. 17 – 16 feb 1918 Page 176 volume 2 MGK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernhard H.Holst Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Hello Chris. Thanks for giving us the war assignments of this Jaeger. Having missed Verdun may have been his luck because chances are you would not have anything much to write about. Bernhard H. Holst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 21, 2014 Author Share Posted November 21, 2014 Some of the records are really, really thin, especially for rank and file who served for long periods and did not get high awards... The 1914 wound will make some interesting research... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Bernhard, how about Rheinisches Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 8 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Chris, that is an interesting Jaeger and I agree with Bernhard on him missing Verdun. He was lucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Here are a couple of pages from a pass of another Jaeger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 21, 2014 Author Share Posted November 21, 2014 Niiiiice Pass... love anything with Aschaffenburg in it!!! :-) How about kick starting a Jäger Shoulder Board thread? I will add a few when I get home, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 sounds good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 21, 2014 Author Share Posted November 21, 2014 102 Years after Jäger Ruck bought his Stein, I am drinking a bottle of Aschaffenburger Schlappeseppel to his honour..... After this, the Stein goes behind Glass...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Chris Will you please take some decent pictures......honestly, your much worse than me. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 22, 2014 Author Share Posted November 22, 2014 Chris Will you please take some decent pictures......honestly, your much worse than me. Eric Here you go..... http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/64317-bavarian-2nd-jaeger-battalion-bier-krug/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Liontas Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Now you definitely need the lock on the door! I can imagine how good cool-aid would taste out of something like that to a little person! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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