WALTER BÖNING
Walter (smallest man), age 27,  arrived as a member of the Ritter midget troupe to appear at the Midget Village at the Chicago World's Fair, 1934.
Walter died in Delmenhorst, Germany in 1955. He was 48 yrs old
Gottlieb would later immigrate to the U.S. and became known as Fred Fischer. Walter is here called "Prince Däumling"
as "Capt. Werner Ritter" at the 1934 Century of Progress Expo aka Chicago World's Fair
Walter, holding the shoes of the Icelandic giant Johann Petursson