Best Doc in this Bavarian Group ?

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

I just cannot decide what the best document in this group is......

[Chris Boonzaier]

Could it be the decorative wound badge ?

[Chris Boonzaier]

Or the Alpenkorps EK2+EK1 ?

[dedehansen]

Hi Chris,

did you buy the group?

My favorite silberne Militär-Verdienst-Medaille or Leiberring für Offiziere

Kind regards
Andreas

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi Andreas!

Jup, the world record price unfortunately, but I would have gone over bodies to get it ;-)

Best

Chris

[spolei]

6 minutes ago, dedehansen said:

Hi Chris,

did you buy the group?

My favorite silberne Militär-Verdienst-Medaille or Leiberring für Offiziere

Kind regards
Andreas

Hello,
very interesting, can I get some details?
Cheers Spolei

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

 

here you go....

[spolei]

Thanks a Lot,
he also got the Jubileemedal and was Member of the Verein der Tapferkeitsmedaillenträger past 1955
Ortsgruppe München.
I don't know anything about Leiberring for Officers.
In my list, I have found Ring Nr. 1086 for him.
 

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

He got the manschaftsring in Jan 1919, but is also on the list for the officers ring, recuieved 1920. I wish i could find a photo of the officers ring!!

[spolei]

In Ingolstadt was a exhibition about the Alpencorps.
There are some decorations of Konrad Krafft von Delmensingen.
There was a ring, possibly it is the officers-ring.
Sorry about the bad pictures

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi, a nice ring, but a commercial prewar ring made by Deschler ... before the war it was known as a "Leiberring" as well... see here at the bottom of the page.... http://kaiserscross.com/69501/566501.html

[spolei]

I've read in a WW1 forum, that the Leiber-Officersring has a Lionshead.
Offiziere einen Löwenkopf, Mannschaften die bayerische Raute und die Königskrone

[Chris Boonzaier]

The Leib Regt Histolry says a Lions Head for the offirers ring and a ILR mongram on the inside.

We would need clear photos of rings worn by Epp to maybe see one?

Or ferdinand schörner

[Ulsterman]

Damn. That is cool. Very cool. The ring document undoubtedly...

[Chris Boonzaier]

6 hours ago, Ulsterman said:

Damn. That is cool. Very cool. The ring document undoubtedly...

Yup, the group itself is super cool, especially as he was an MG guy from 1914 to 1918 and missed none of the major actions... the ring may be a rather "niche" item... but is waaaay sexy!!

[dond]

I imagine he took the ring to his grave, literally.

[Chris Boonzaier]

OK... how is this for a 1 in a million shot. Think of how many tens of million WW1 German photos there are.... then think that at some stage you have a small pile of Leibregiment pics in a box, 10-15 pics in the office of a historical society... 2 are named.... and one just happens to be the officer above.... I almost fell off my chair! 

[Giannis S.]

Excellent & scarce find!