Chris Boonzaier

Jeff turned this up.... http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/25/if-germans-won-first-world-war

Lower, but I think it is worth just a tiny bit more than the 2nd class inspite of being lower.

Scary stuff..... You often see interviews with gangbangers who have been shot 4 or 6 times during their careers.... this would cut down on that... On the other had, if the bad guys get it.... a liquor store heist can turn pretty bloody pretty fast!!!

Now why in the hell did I not think of the Augsburg Feuerwehr?!?!?!?!?

Ahh... Ok, learn something new every day, thanks

I saw and and would have hit the button if I had not overspent that much the last couple of months... my wife would kill me!!

Hi, It is possible that it is one of the post war EK awards then...

I want to confirm that recipients were usually offered Beamten Stellen of some sort after the war... and ask if anyone has any Mitgliedsverzeichnes of some sort for the association between the wars? By this I mean not the citation from the bravery medal book, but any post war details of the men. I have a group, but no info on the man post 1918... and i would kill for a photo of him!! Thanks Chris

It is possible that this is your man... Heinrich/Harry... and Germans sometimes pick whichever of their names they like... Jürgen Detlev Landschoff, Lotse, Heinrich Lange, Obermaschinist, Louis Albert Hans Langerhannsz, Kapitän, Fritz Lass, Ingenieur, Maschineninspektor der Deutschen Levante Linie und der Dampfschiffs-Reederei Union, Charles Peter Heinrich Andreas Lübcke, Beamter der Deutschen Seewarte,früher Kapitän, Mattin Lüders, früher Kapitän, in Glückstadt, Heinrich Lüttmann, Ingenieur, http://ahnenforschung-bildet.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20507&p=71062

Here is a mention of harry.... http://digiview.gbv.de/viewer/fulltext/72223831250/1299/;jsessionid=8CAE104B40C22518633E3EFBA5AE0C8E A wartime rank of Kapitän leutnant der Seewehr I. Aufgebots... am not sure what that is....

Dont post until it arrives safe in your hands!!! If you are unlucky you have just summoned the Post office Jinx!!!!!

Hi REO, Some very good points indeed!

Hi, I will make some better scans later today.... Best Chris

That is often a good enough reason to dive in and begin collecting something new... ;-)

Hi, I must say, I dont like it.... unless it is supposed to be a private purchase piece made by a tailor who was not sure how the cut was supposed to be ? I would give it a

Hi, thanks Glenn! Cant all be Rommels men, but that is close enough ;-)

I may be missing it, but do we have a thread with the final abbreviations?

Took a long time to find one of these!! Signed just before the Battalion left the Vogesen for Romania. Unfortunately not Rommels company... but I like it...

And here is 239

EK2 for Gebirgs MG Abt 213.

Hi, does anyone know what he is, with an 11 on the shoulder? thanks Chris

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Here is a Pass of a Pionier who did the whole Funinwald, Bergwald, cailettewald, Chapitrewald and SouvilleNase thing...

Sorry, forgot to post the Souville Heights one.....