want to see a happy rejuvenated collector?

[Hoss]

Nice Chris whenever I got a tunic I couldn't resist trying it on, always amazed at the quality even with the issue jobs back then.

Eric

 

[ccj]

Chip looks like a cross between Clint Eastwood and Flip Wilson to me. He ain't really that old. Only 13-14 years older than me and I'm not old. 

the only tunics that ever come close to fitting me were a few WW2. You have to be a thin man IMO.  

[Chris Boonzaier]

Indeed, Tunics are usually waaaay to small. Not possible to get a single arm in.

The Visor cap i have to am officer of the bavarian 16 R.I.R. .... the Lt. d. Res was 1.54m !!!!

[ccj]

Yeah, seems like mean averaging 68-72 inches tall with extreme narrowness frame. Many are 32-34" chest and the caps won't fit on most 12-13 year old boys these days. May General Pohlmann uniform is rather slim but I estimate he was about 6 foot tall. My Seebatalion tunic isn't large in shoulders but rather large in the waste so I can't tell if he was overweight or barrel chested. 

[Chris Boonzaier]

7 minutes ago, ccj said:

My Seebatalion tunic isn't large in shoulders but rather large in the waste so I can't tell if he was overweight or barrel chested. 

Yup... all that sitting around playing cards.... :-) ;-)

[ccj]

He won the PlM....

...       In a poker game

[Chris Liontas]

Wow that is nice Chris!    Trained in balloon observation?!   I've hardly ever seen any American named balloon uniforms.  What a find!!!  And with his paperwork.   How often do you see that anymore 

[ostprussenmann_new]

On 6/14/2016 at 06:58, Chris Boonzaier said:

Arrived safe and sound!!!!

Very Nice.

[Chris Liontas]

It seems odd after observation training he was not utilized in balloons or spotter aircraft.   Why after so much specialized artillery spotting training would he be sent to the infantry 

[ccj]

Would he not have been assigned to the infantry as an artillery liaison officer?

 

[Chip]

Chris, 

You've been in the military. Do you have to ask?  

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

My initial thought was that he could be a Liason officer, or to accompany an Infanterie Geschutz Batterie, but I think he would then have been attached to a Batl. staff? As it was, he was directly attached to a company.

 

[Chris Liontas]

On ‎7‎/‎10‎/‎2016 at 16:59, Chip said:

Chris, 

You've been in the military. Do you have to ask?  

ROFL!!!

Touche!! I should never doubt the military "mindset" lol. 

 

   An amazing grouping any way you cut it!  Did they send ARTY liaison officers to company level?  Artillery spotting from either plane, balloon, or battery was becoming quite the science by 1918 - so I would not doubt it was possible.  Especially if he made it the front before the big 1918 push.