Sometimes a little coincidence....

[Chris Boonzaier]

.... makes an Ebay buy that much sweeter....... :-)

[Chip]

Chris,

What are you talking about? Is this another of your cryptic goosechases? 

[ccj]

???

[Stuka f]

7 hours ago, Chip said:

Chris,

What are you talking about? Is this another of your cryptic goosechases? 

Must be! ;-)

[Chris Boonzaier]

Yup indeedy..... I have some München Beer in the Fridge and am waiting for the mailman......

[Stuka f]

A party with the mailman?

[Chris Boonzaier]

3 hours ago, Stuka f said:

A party with the mailman?

When it comes to Militaria.... the Mailman is my "dealer"!

[Chris Boonzaier]

Nachname:

Winkelblech

Vorname:

Eugen

Dienstgrad:

Unteroffizier

Todes-/Vermisstendatum:

20.08.1914

 

Lamfrimbolle

[Chris Boonzaier]

The mug arrived today! As always, I have a beer from the regiments Garrison town before consigning the mug to a secure shelf....

[Dansson]

Beautiful addition Chris, congrats!

[Chris Boonzaier]

22 minutes ago, Dansson said:

Beautiful addition Chris, congrats!

Told you so ! :-)

Winkelblech was killed in the battle for Saarburg on the 20th of August 1914. The photo above shows his company marching in the town after the battle....

[Dansson]

Great catch, especially when you know the history of the owner.

[dond]

The history behind the man makes the item much more special.

Congrats.

[Chris Boonzaier]

oh boy.... once that ball starts rolling it is hard to stop it... who says lightning does not strike twice!!!

[peter monahan]

Great find, Chris!  Unrelated question: is the mounted soldier in your photograph Black?  Or is that just my aging eyes and the photoreproduction of my cheesy laptop? 

[Bayern]

Peter : I think that the mounted man is an officer ,almost certainly a Hauptmann . and so impossible to be black . to me the man exhibes a brutal sun tanning ,produced by many days marching under the heavy sun of the european summer. i had seen other photos of officers and men resting without headgear and the contrast between the colour of the brow with the rest of the face is notable .

[Chris Boonzaier]

I think it must be Oblt. Freiherr on Bechtolsheim, commanding the 7th Company,

 

best

Chris

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hmmmmmmmm..... Friday evening I should be enjoying what is basically an "almost 50" year olds only shot of playing with a set of twins.... :-)

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hmmmmm .... will the postie make my day today?????

[Stuka f]

On 2017-5-29 at 22:51, Bayern said:

Peter : I think that the mounted man is an officer ,almost certainly a Hauptmann . and so impossible to be black . to me the man exhibes a brutal sun tanning ,produced by many days marching under the heavy sun of the european summer. i had seen other photos of officers and men resting without headgear and the contrast between the colour of the brow with the rest of the face is notable .

Check out; Africans in The German Army at;

http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/remembrance-day-black-asian-soldiers-in-ww1/

 

BTW nice mug! ;-)

[GreyC]

Hi,

see here, too:

http://feldgrau.pytalhost.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?35648-Afro-Husar-welches-Regiment&highlight=farbiger

 

http://feldgrau.pytalhost.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?34524-farbiger-Freikorpsk%E4mpfer&highlight=farbiger

GreyC

[Bayern]

Hello : All right , black men served in the imperial german Army , not only in the Schutztruppen . but not as officers , at most as kettle drummer , musicians or bandmaster , and the man with dark face pictured is a officer and mounted what implies he is at least a kompaniefuhrer, 

[Stuka f]

I wouldn't know...

[Chris Boonzaier]

Here are the twins......

[Chris Boonzaier]

Another Leib Regiment Stein, this for the Leiber association, it has a nice version of the member rosette on the lid, the design on the Stein is the same as the one on the membership certificate. The Name Ludwig Ganser is engraved in the rim, the joined in August 1914.