want to see a happy rejuvenated collector?

[Chris Boonzaier]

... Then check back here early next week... Tuesday or Wednesday... :-)

[ccj]

Ok, Tuesday or Wednesday

[Chris Boonzaier]

Jup.... will be something from the best regiment in the war.... well... the best ARTILLERY unit.... :-)

[Rogi]

2 hours ago, Chris Boonzaier said:

Jup.... will be something from the best regiment in the war.... well... the best ARTILLERY unit.... :-)

How did you find space for Big Bertha? Hehehe 

Eagerly awaiting your new addition

[ccj]

If you get a cannon I'm gonna be pi$$'d!!!   I can't find a machine gun, motor, grenade launcher, etc anywhere and you have half an armory in your basement. 

Puts be much harder to locate that stuff over hear

[Chris Boonzaier]

Most of the armory I found in Canada ;-)

But... my new goodies are cloth and paper .....

[ccj]

Canada! How do I get that stuff across the border. Too bad it wasn't Mexico or I'd have it made.

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi, as long as they are correctly neutralised it is no problem

 

[Hoss]

Blooming heck! another Chris wait and see job, btw on the title question whats Chip look like I've never seen the old duffer in person.

Eric

[Chris Boonzaier]

Chip is a pretty old dude....

And He wont like what I am getting as it is not "Field" enough ;-)

[Chris Boonzaier]

I can almost smell the postwoman.....

[dond]

Sniffing postal employees now are we?

[Chris Boonzaier]

Not voluntarily!!

[Les]

On 6/12/2016 at 08:06, ccj said:

If you get a cannon I'm gonna be pi$$'d!!!   I can't find a machine gun, motor, grenade launcher, etc anywhere and you have half an armory in your basement. 

Puts be much harder to locate that stuff over hear

Check out cemeteries and....places that make gravestones and similar monuments. I've come across several items that were not legally "dewated" such as sled mounted MG08, a German medium Minenwerfer on it's travelling mount, and several of the smaller versions that survived the WWII scrap drives.

They are out there....

[ccj]

Really, I need to search harder. 

I for chip, he looks just that actor in that movie...

[Chris Boonzaier]

Arrived safe and sound!!!!

[Stuka f]

[paul wood]

What are those dangly things above the uniform? parts of mutilated tax men?

Paul

[Chris Boonzaier]

As the Officer who wore the tunic was trained in Ballon observation I decided to add the ballons to honour his service! ;-)

[The Prussian]

It looks like garlic...

BUT! The uniform and the papers are fantastic! Great, great shot, Chris!!!!!!

Do I read it right? Vizewachtmeister in 1916, Leutnant in 1919?

[dante]

Very nice Chris

[Chris Boonzaier]

Yup, Artillery guy who trained as a gas officer, then to a Ballon Unit for an Observer course, then off to the infantry just before the 1918 offensives, thus redeeming his honor and allowing him to enter the colection!

[ccj]

That's a super nice Kleiner Rock Chris.

What was the date of his promotion to lieutenant?

 

[The Prussian]

As far I can read the document, the prootion is from march 13, 1917.

The date of 1919 will be just a post-war letter of confirmation.

Maybe he was a philatelist. There was a Felix Piensser in 1959:

http://www.philclub-bavaria.de/wir_ueber_uns.htm

He served in the Feldpost in 1939??? N° 27:

http://gliederungundstellenbesetzung.blogspot.de/2012/11/stabe-des-armee-ober-kommando-18-aok-18.htm

I´m not sure, if it´s the same one...

Edited June 15, 2016 by The Prussian

[Chip]

Old duffer? I'd prefer respected colleague, valued customer, knowledgeable collector.....but old duffer?!   Eric, if you wanted a photo, you just had to ask.

I learned my lesson long ago about chiming in on Chris's famous baiting threads. Now, I just watch and wait until he actually posts the item.

Did the lot include the EK I document?

Chip