Chris Boonzaier

Poor bastids were probably only trying to feed their families... Matt is becoming the long arm of a facist state! He needs to remember 'is working class roots!!!!

Promising start Mervyn!!! I am glad to see he realised that humping sacks all his life was not the way to go!

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I buy these when i see them... Most of them were done by the unit or the guys incharge of the graveyard for the relatives. often included are some somber looking comrades. I will try and dig mine out next week. Nice topic!!!

Hi, I dont have my Books at hand, did they take their ersatz from Grenadier regiments? In this case it was 2. Sturmbataillon. Best Chris

Almost forgot... a new update is up!

Ha ha.... The one advantage to this is.... fakers who cannot find the right grey will just go "Bollx... saw a black one somewhere on the net..." Next to this "gauranteed original " even Robins looks good. http://www.ebay.de/itm/Totenkopfabzeichen-der-Gardepioniere-/260981050862?pt=Militaria&hash=item3cc3aecdee

Wow.... thats a religious rack !

How happy can a weekend be... just recieved an EK doc where the Mans Rank is "Sturmgrenadier"... I dont think that is an official designation???

I just recieved mine this week... Super! Cannot be recommended enough, fills a gap that noone has tried to fill before. Best Chris

Just incase you missed it... http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/53398-tailor-labels-lets-make-a-reference-list-here/page__st__80

A fantastic topic that deserves to be pinned...

Its not often one wishes for just a little rotorwash... ;-)

Very nicely made, I would say original, maybe an upper class veterans badge? It may even be rare, at least very scarce... but I think the value would be subjective. On the open market at a London Militaria show... pretty low... in Germany between two collectors interested in the regt... pretty high. Very hard piece to judge. Best Chris

Hi, I am still sceptical that Klein would simply drop the "Q" .. and say "Hey Alfred... there is no space for you on the cross... if "WILM" can get 4 letters on a ring, surely "KQO" would have fitted as well? There is one small fact that maybe could have influenced this... According to Wikipedia, Alfred Quenzer died in 1918... If he had been (and i have no idea if he died of a long cancer or was hit by a bus) out of it for a period, maybe by the time Klein and Quenzer started making high volume crosses in mid-late 1917.. old Klein thought... "hmmmm...I am going to have the firm to mayself..." and started stamping "KO" for "Klein-Oberstein".... then old Quenzers relatives said "Nah.. we will keep our piece of the firm..." It is just a wild idea tossed into the pot... but KO thrives on wild ideas...

Is this Fahrende Abteilung of the Garde Feldartillerie... or something along that line?

... to post a simple EK2 all on its lonesome... on an own thread.... But this one with its ribbon was just so nice and honestly worn, Here it is....

Unless the Kaiser had specified "Oval with grey skull" then just changing the shape and colour would serve no purpose, they would still be wearing a skull on the lower left arm. The EK1 was awarded by the Kaiser as well... and he is still wearing that. Best Chris

Hi, Mine, but not for sale or trade ;-) There seems to be 2 kinds of armourors boxes.... the box is the same, but the insides differ... one has spare parts, and this one had the tools. Best Chris

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