Chris Boonzaier
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.... after the heavy fighting in August 1918...." Thats not a lot of "rest" !!
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I actually paid premium on these, simply because the band stuff (drum hooks etc.) never interested me... but these look pretty cool... well decorated musicians...
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Hi, I think he survived the shredding unscathed (was not on at the time). He died in an assault a couple of months later.
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Hi, artillery killed the jacket... but he was killed 2 months later (He had sent the jacket home by then. Best Chris
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Hi Grave and the cemetry, his grave is at the foot of the tree on the left hand side...
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The pigs tail, piece of Bunker sheeting and barbed wire are pretty much from within a couple of hundred meters from where he was killed.
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I am working on an article for the site... but here is the jacket....
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Its a bad pic... but can anyone guess?
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pic of a guy from the 118
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back
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Had to pay through my nose for this one, but I like it....
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France My collection of worn French Foreign Legion insignia
Chris Boonzaier replied to aubagne98's topic in France
Here he is at the back.....
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bin halbwegs durch.... es lohnt sich wirklich. Der Schriftsteller war von 14-18 dabei....
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France My collection of worn French Foreign Legion insignia
Chris Boonzaier replied to aubagne98's topic in France
cool, I served under him, here he is, second from left in Tchad (Abeche) when we got a visit from the airforce.....
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EK 1914 How to interprate this.....
Chris Boonzaier posted a topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
Basically it says she is being left with one comfort..... Which is pretty ambiguous... do they mean the kid (who does not look like a comfort) or do they mean the comfort of sacrifice or glory (i.e. the EK). I find it not so clear....
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To give credit where credit is due..... I often complain about the quality of modern stuff, but this new badge by LR. Paris is the best quality of all.....
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A small selection of badges i have found, I may start t collect variations at some point....
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We have had various DRAGO related questions in other threads, but not a complete DRAGO thread.... Lets see how many DRAGO stamp variations we can find.... Here are a few of current style 2e REI badges....
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Thats the tunic, I had to redo the loops, The collar is the confirmation jackpot, from the wearers right side it sticks out a fraction more than the left side.
