Chris Boonzaier

17 888 !!! Bloody hell.... 177 564

I got a copy of the "2nd Bavarian J?gers" (in name only)... the Freikorps Aschaffenburg in 1919. a "Right" Freikorps.... ALSO with removed National cockades... So it seems the independant Bavarian right removed them as well!

Some time ago I posted the following photo, which was puzzeled over as it was agreed that the National cockade removed pointed in the "Red" direction, and the anamolly was a Red wearing his medals...

On the whats new there are some new pages... http://www.kaiserscross.com/44901/home.html

Here is one with fort D top right hand corner... could it be from the Terre Froid/Kalte Erde side?

Does anyone have an idea? Its a loooong shot, but the contours may help.... French photos so looking towards the German positions...

Hi, Strangely enough, I have seen a total of three unnamed egypt medals over the last couple of years. All have been with this bar. We very, very, very rarely see unnamed Victorian campaign medals (that are supposed to have been named). The fact that the three all have this bar, and that this one was found in the Souq, make me tend to think that the mint route is unlikely. Could it be that one of the Egyptian units who qualified for the bar got some unnamed medals? i.e. maybe the mint could not get the details of the names for some subunit and just thought... "bugger it... just send them unnamed" ? I would not agree that unnamed is worthless, that would mean a DSO, MC and unnamed Crimea are worth nothing, equally so many of the Indian WW2 groups that were unnamed. Agreed, my "thing" is research so I would not have much fun with this, but many collectors have a cased MC that they like to have... and dont know who wore it.... Back to the mint thought... I assume these medals got their bars once they knew what combination was needed for a certain soldier, makes no sense to whack on bars before you know what is needed. And what are the chances that the only three unnamed ones I see all have the same bar? Like I said, I seriously think some Egyptian unit got them without names for whatever reason. I am sure the naming authority in Cairo was not as pedantic as the British?

Soon baby... soon...... Yup... just call me Sherlock Holmes.... Watch this space....

I assume a virgin unnamed must be worth as much as a "native" one as some guys would need it as a filler. You think it would bring about GBP220? Best Chris

Anyone want to take a stab as to what this one is worth?

This thread is too good to die!!! Lets see more !!!

Would this not be the bog standard group of a sailor who took part inthe Fininish fighting? I would assume most of his shipmates would have gotten it. As he seems to be a merchant seaman after the war there would be no long service medals?

I recently saw a poster that was preserved/repaired with what seems to be a sheet of paper on the back. It is not simply a sheet of paper glued on, but is very, very, thin, you have to look three times to see it is there. Does anyone know the best way to get a map preserved so it does not tear and fall apert? Thanks Chris

Some great pix thanks to Tony, http://www.kaiserscross.com/56701/65801.html

Some more Machinegun stuff thanks to Tony... http://www.kaiserscross.com/56701/65801.html

I bet those Nigerian spammers are behind it !!! "I have 50 000 000 in gold salvaged from the WTC... send me your bank account number... blah...bla...blah..."

Hi, any rough idea about how many awarded? Thanks Chris

Some really, really, really good things can be found on Ebay. Best Chris

Okay, I found it... http://home.att.net/~david.danner/militaria/hessen.htm Its the Milit?r Sanit?ts cross... I was unaware it even existed (Blush, blush) Any idea how many were awarded? Weitze and H?sken dont have them on site at the moment.

can someone educate me? What does it look like? Is it scarce in anyway? Thanks Chris

A super piece indeed! that is a very lucky find!!! Not quite a pint though?

Hi, I had thought of that, its number XYZ on a very long "To do" list. If only I could find some volunteer worker bees.... :-) Best Chris

I have period helmets that run from a light olivy green to a dark green. best Chris

Could they have worn the cap I did not afford to buy (from the pic in the email?

It was British stuff.... nothing that would have urned your wheel ;-)