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    Chris Boonzaier

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    1. Chris Boonzaier
      What gets me is..... why carry the body back? Surely his papers and collar tabs would have been enough? What kind of info does a body provide? "We had a brown haired Frenchman with a beard in front of pur positions.... but now he is dead..." ?
    2. Chris Boonzaier
      Sorry, I was going to get around to doing that... but went to the lake for the afternoon instead ;-)
    3. Chris Boonzaier
      Thank ye very much. It was a "Between the battles" period. Will be a great page for the kaiserscross :-)))
    4. Chris Boonzaier
      See here for the documents given to thank men for going on patrols.... http://www.kaiserscross.com/40029/40802.html
    5. Chris Boonzaier
      Unteroffizier FESTAG
    6. Chris Boonzaier
      HI, I am pretty sure that these citations or Annerkennung certificates (not ALL the ones for patrols, but the REAL citation ones) were a step above the EK... when the next medal was one step too high. Some Korps gave out certificates for patrol work, these are not the same as an annerkennungs Urkunde. Signature in Von B?hn. I assume the action must have been in early September. Best Chris
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    8. Chris Boonzaier
      scanned in its glass frame with an epson.... Maybe the most descriptive citation I have found so far...
    9. Chris Boonzaier
      Thank ye! Best Chris
    10. Chris Boonzaier
      Help needed again guys.... Feldartillerie-Regiment 501 Gefreiter d.R. Karl Helmke (1. Batr.) The document was signed on the 24 December 1917 by Hauptmann XXX, Abteilungs-Kommandeur Where would Boyo have been? Not attached to any division....?
    11. Chris Boonzaier
      Thank Ye very much. esp the Kraftwagen detail !!!!
    12. Chris Boonzaier
      Ditto the 94th which seems only to join a division in 1918 (The 111. I.D.)
    13. Chris Boonzaier
      Hi, ditto, same problem for the 93rd FAR. I am guessing on the Eastern front... but not with a division? Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks Chris
    14. Chris Boonzaier
      Any chance of some close ups on the WW1 Officers? Thanks Chris
    15. Chris Boonzaier
      Seems to be a nice other ranks document. If the price is right.... go for it!
    16. Chris Boonzaier
      Thanks, thats something I had no idea about. Thanks Chris
    17. Chris Boonzaier
      Once again... see whats new... An iron cross award to a Saxony Foot artillery unit destroyed in 1918. Our man was one of the few who lived to fight another day....
    18. Chris Boonzaier
      Have posted this before...another South African Sharpshooter... Only all his victims were all British ......
    19. Chris Boonzaier
      Need I say I am jealous? :-)
    20. Chris Boonzaier
      Hi, How do you tell the difference? Thanks Chris
    21. Chris Boonzaier
      Here is mine. I hope it is an Official piece, I have recently learned that there are copies of these...
    22. Chris Boonzaier
      Were Gas casualties included in this? Best Chris
    23. Chris Boonzaier
      Then another for the German offensive in the Champagne in mid July 1918....
    24. Chris Boonzaier
      Another Croix de Guerre citation This time for the Nivelle offensive, he was wounded on the first day of the attack...
    25. Chris Boonzaier
      Its always a great feeling when you can put the history and the man back together...
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