Chris Boonzaier

My wifes grandfathers Wehrpass is the same dead end. A Heeres Pionier in 1938. To the Navy the same year as a doctor. It ends there. Luckily I have all the other documents to add to it. On its own the Wehrpass did not do the man justice. It is great that you have the other info. best Chris

Noone else ? :-)

I think the cahnces of finding out are zero from the limited info given in the Wehrpass :-(

Seems to be a very nice document. I would guess the stamp and signature are not from an SS doctor. I would go out on a limb and say it is a good piece.

Indeed.... next time you come around we can play with it....

shrapnel holes in the left hand side plate.

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Here is a new one from a collector at Verdun. Has a terrible light powder green color, but it is the original repaint/Camo color.

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Hi, Minen posts some stuff from a useful booklet. I managed to find a copy of one a few weeks ago. Here it is with the plate I picked up from a collector in Verdun. The two small zink labels are missing, but otherwise the screws etc all work fine.

There were no controls or restrictions as to who could make these in the 1920s and 30s. I once had a 1030s catalog from a company selling balloons, banners, christmas trinkets... and EKs Details on WW1 cores can range anywhere from superd to Barf. Best Chris

Maybe made in poland ? :-)

I dunno, maybe because it is something I never really collected... I coulda been screwed by these if i was casually offered one cheap at a show...

Terrible.... terrible... I am starting with the Fussartillerie.... a thankless task... Garde-Fussartillerie-Regiment 1, Unteroffizier d.R. Karl Roepstorff (6th Batterie) The award was made on the 24th of December 1917, My only reference puts the II./GFAR 1 with the 28 RD. 251 divs says this was in 1918 and only the 7th and 9th batteries? Does anyone have a clue? Thanks Chris

I think they spent the whole war in the Vogesen. Unfortunately as with many units that size, there is little specific info to find. best Chris

"Instant Experts"? How wonderfully arrogant. How I wish I was all knowing and could go through life thinking "There are only facts... and opinion... and the only opinion worth anything is mine. The flip side of the coin is... there are even more things that "Instant Experts" have said were good.... and much money was wasted. In the case of medals, especially when big money is involved (Mot in this case I guess).... it is often better to err on te side of caution.

Did they wear full sized or miniture medals on this uniform? Best Chis

Very nice. I assume the lighters are designed but not made by Dunhill? Best Chris

Well, I found a baseplate this weekend, rather rusty, but will clean up. I assume they were painted green when they came from the factory?

Hi, Nice stuff. The doc and the bar are not "Family" tough? Best Chris

To add to this... From a personal point I have discovered that I am enttled to the Croix de combattant, but a call to the ONAC tells me that they have a backlog of years and months... For the Initial medal in the thread, the "Volunteers combat cross"... the Legionnaire in the first half of the thread can NOT be qualified for it and I think he just picked up the wrong medal. I telephoned the agency responsible for the award.... you have to be a volunteer for a specific conflict. i.e. Volunteer in WW2 to join the army and you are a volunteer. Volunteer for the army in 1938 and end up in a war... that is incidental and does not count as you did not volunteer for the war specifically.

Here you can see a Bavarian division Anerkennung that was issued for fighting as opposed for patrols (Although this one was for service) Above it shows a Croix de Guerre certificate that always have the exact citaion on them.. http://www.kaiserscross.com/40056/41640.html

In another sector they gave out these... http://www.kaiserscross.com/40029/40193.html

I would say they could all potentially mean the same. As seen on the link a few posts above, Some Corps had standard certificates for all participants on Patrols. There is no citation included on the documents, but it does not mean that they are any less interesting. Festag's document is so much more interesting because it has the description, but it does not mean the others had not done similar things. As with the EK docs, I dont think the level of the signature has anything to do with the level of the annerkenung. Here we see 2 docs... both for patrols on the Somme.... one signed by Corps, one by Regt.... simply different administrative levels as they were given to all patrollers in the sector... http://www.kaiserscross.com/40029/40802.html

Hopefully the Authors are young enough to finish the series ;-)