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Here are some additional photos of the bar

Steve thank you! I have been admiring your posts and seeing your amazing collection!

Thank you! I did not know where TB 8 was home based!

Philippe thank you! That is a beautiful helmet you have there!

Here is one I found a number of years ago. I believe it’s from Train Battalion 8. It did not have cockades when found.

Ok now that’s stunning!!!!

Thank you John….it was a discovery while I was researching US forces in China after the Boxer period. Probably from a series of photos he took in the field that a soldier or sailor could later go into his studio and buy. As I said above, I see his work from time to time, but the Japanese are...

If anyone has read Robert Whittaker’s “Dragon Master” about Lt Gunther Pluschow’s adventures in the sky above Tsingtao during the siege, you might remember the author noting a Japanese photographer named T. Takahashi. Takahashi was a Japanese photographer who set up a studio in Tsingtau before...

Indeed beautiful to see so many together! Thank you for sharing!

Thank you! I was not aware of the removal or over painting to accommodate wartime security. Again thank you for the review of the helmet….I have been reading numerous posts on the site getting caught back up on the hobby and will be picking up a few new reference books. This really is a great...

Here you are!

Thank you! No sadly, not that I can see….it is blacked…..am not sure if it was messed with or not before I got it in 78. Let me re-photo the interior for you to inspect.

I have had this one for decades….I bought it as a kid from the long gone Soldier Shop of New York City in the late 70’s. Liner was long gone even then….but it was within my price range at the time

Here are a few more from my small collection of East Asian Expeditionary Corps images. The first I believe is an artillery man. Shown with his issued straw hat. Noting he lacks a China Medal, so this must have been taken shortly after the Boxer Rebellion, during early occupation duties in North...

Beautiful!

Thank you!….I have more to add from Tsingtau

Thank you both!

Thank you John! Will post more over time in the photo section so folks can use them as additional reference images….hopefully seeing details that I might have missed.

A few images from my collection with an association with Asia. The first one, a picture post card, shows men of Seebattlion III. Given the props used, probably taken by a Japanese photographer operating in Tsingtao, where this card was postmarked in1910. The second, a cabinet card size portrait...

Recently I picked up a 3 medal bar with this Knights Cross, 2nd Class. It’s my first attempt at acquiring an Imperial medal bar. Since I have a portable microscope, I thought I would provide some close ups for review.