Chris Boonzaier Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 ... Then check back here early next week... Tuesday or Wednesday... :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccj Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Ok, Tuesday or Wednesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share Posted June 12, 2016 Jup.... will be something from the best regiment in the war.... well... the best ARTILLERY unit.... :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogi Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccj Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 If you get a cannon I'm gonna be pi$$'d!!! I can't find a machine gun, motor, grenade launcher, etc anywhere and you have half an armory in your basement. Puts be much harder to locate that stuff over hear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share Posted June 12, 2016 Most of the armory I found in Canada ;-) But... my new goodies are cloth and paper ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccj Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Canada! How do I get that stuff across the border. Too bad it wasn't Mexico or I'd have it made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share Posted June 12, 2016 Hi, as long as they are correctly neutralised it is no problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Blooming heck! another Chris wait and see job, btw on the title question whats Chip look like I've never seen the old duffer in person. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 Chip is a pretty old dude.... And He wont like what I am getting as it is not "Field" enough ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 I can almost smell the postwoman..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dond Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Sniffing postal employees now are we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 Not voluntarily!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 On 6/12/2016 at 08:06, ccj said: If you get a cannon I'm gonna be pi$$'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.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccj Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Really, I need to search harder. I for chip, he looks just that actor in that movie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 Arrived safe and sound!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuka f Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wood Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 What are those dangly things above the uniform? parts of mutilated tax men? Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 As the Officer who wore the tunic was trained in Ballon observation I decided to add the ballons to honour his service! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Very nice Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccj Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 That's a super nice Kleiner Rock Chris. What was the date of his promotion to lieutenant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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