Chris Boonzaier

And how would they know pops did not pick it up on a vacation in hawaii in 1986, or at the antique shop in the local shopping mall in 1992? The affidavit would not swing it for me. The hobby is full of these claiming all kinds of things.

What a fantastic find!!!!! I would somehow find a way to document it all having been together, at least the cup, cross and title. Best Chris

A worthwhile journey to the Souk indeed!!

Astounding that the handle has survived in that condition! Nice find indeed.

As I said when I saw it.... what a fantastic piece! The repairs give it an extra special Aura.

With unnamed medals mounting them could also be considered as "Saving them" in the long run, especially when there is a named medal with it....

Hi, it is a kind of celluloid. best Chrius

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marked "Pte SGDG"

Who said the Cubans and East Germans invented paper Ribbon bars ;-) Thanks to prosper for this one...

Here are the papers saying I have no ID due to administrative process (Rectification) I have the official doc as well, just a Xerox of the orders. best Chris

They were ....towable.... u-hem.... :rolleyes:

Hi, everything before was under alias, everything after true name. I was rectified officially in Bosnia but as my UN ID card was under the name of brewster i carried it to the end of the tour (They figured the UN would not understand the name change thing)... Once back in France I had to give up my regular army ID card, carried an Ersatz doc for a week, then got an ID card in the name of Boonzaier. There was some kind of little paper slip declaring Cpl Brewster had been rectified to Cpl Boonzaier... I must dig them out.

While clearing up this week I found this in a drawer. These used to hang on a board in the company office. When a legionnaire wanted to go into town he presented himself in the office, the Caporal on duty would take a look at his Class-A uniform, then give him the card. He would then pass by the gaurd post where the Sgt or Caporal of the Guard would take a look at his uniform (again), check to see if he was smuggling out civvie clothes, then let him out, keeping the card. When he came back to the base he would pass by the guard house and collect the card, then return it to the company office. if in the morning the card was still at the guard house he was presumed missing and the military police would come fetch the cards and have photo IDs of the AWOLS. At the company office at morning roll call they could see at a glance whose cards were not on the board. You can see when i was "Recitfied" the "Jack Brewster" was changed to "Chris Boonzaier" (error on the name ;-) by the simple use of liquid paper/Typex. Possible as these were not official IDs, simply a control mechanism for the guys leaving base.

How about..."Would you please sign my photo?" :-)

I wonder... it says the unit was "Destroyed".... some of the foreign volunteer units were not too keen to fight... Was destroyed "Totally shot to pieces" or "The whole unit bggered off" ?

Hi, try this... it is not complete but does OK explaining it.. http://www.kaiserscross.com/76001/76022.html best Chrius

Hi, indeed it is. I took about 30 pics that day, most came out OK.

Hi, a nice doc authorising the Captain to drive around the areas of the Armee Abteilung Falkenhausen in a car or by train. A nice goodie.

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And a bit of oil to cool things down...

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