Chris Boonzaier

Any idea of how he was related to THE von Lettow? Africa lettow of course....

Hi, It seems the Brits did not give wound stripes for gas victims... how does it look for the yanks? I think they did give the purple heart for gas victims? Does anyone know for sure? Thanks Chris

Nah, there are more famous members of the family. This one is Gen Moritz Eduard von LETTOW-VORBECK. I am not 100% sure where he fits into the family tree. It was written in 1860, so before the Franco-Prussian war.

Who was this?

OK... a technical question.... Flak88 photographed these guys at a show.... they are collectors as well... Safe, or go directly to jail?

"With sparrow and sprite" Interesting... so far the only thing that I have liked with sprite is Canadian Club, maybe bourbon and sprite at a push... What is sparrow and how much does it cost a bottle?

Ohhh no... we don't want that ! Reminds me of the time in the 80s when a West Indian cricketer was invited to play in South Africa for a club. This left the Govt scratching their heads... obviously there where many places he could not go and things he could not do. In a move that was painfully clumsy, even by the standards of the govt of the time... they solved the problem by declaring him an "Honorary white person".... Just wear trousers and brylcream your hair whenever you log on to the forum and we will simply consider you one of the gang.

Nice stuff... but we want MORE!!!!!!!! All these folks on the forum and so little berlin related !!!!!

Finally a lady !!!!! Things are looking up!!! Great to see you here!!!!

Take it from someone who wore a white top for 5 years.... a fixed white top is the pits.... I used to be very jealous of the guys in the old days who hade removable tops on their Kepis...

Can you do a clearer scan of the gun? The tripod looks like the ones that are coming surplas from Turkey...

A really good close up... The problem is... I ebayed them with the pics as seen... they cost me EUR160 If you say "Ahhh, EUR120 would be tops..." I will groan and pay the EUR160. If you say "Ain't worth squat" I will cry and plead with the seller. If the consensus is... original, but the backings are missing... then I will probably go ahead and buy, basically I am the fool who did not make sure of what he bid on....

OK, A last hot before I get ma first EBAY negative... Can we assume that the fact the boards are so big points to them being made to have all the thingies on them? Would look pretty barren for a regular major? Can we assume that they are indeed original but missing the backing? If so, what do you think a good price for them is? I am hoping they are indeed original but without backing... There seems to be some red thread traces here...

Make it three... Did the seller know it was a low number or did that not interest him?

Makes you feel old doesn't it? Back then there was no .com .... :-(

After his armies suffered terrible losses on the Chemain des Dames and on the Aisne during his spring offensives in 1917 General Nivelle was relieved of his command. Petain took over. After the mutinies which had broken out in the army had been crushed Petain set out to take the offensive once again. It was to be a limited offensive lasting from the 23rd to 26th of October and it took place in the La Malmaison area to the west of the Chemain des Dames Henri Cuillerier was a Grenadier in the 288th Regiment d'infanterie. The Regiment was part of the 67th Division and was on the extreme right flank of the offensiive. On the 23rd of October the Regiment advanced towards the chapel of Sainte-Berthe where it was met with heavy German machinegun fire. Their advance bogged down on the 24th and only on the 25th did it gain momentum when the neighbouring 66th Division (on their left flank) overcame heavy resistance and took Pargny-Filain, then in conjunction with the 67th Division proceeded to take the chapel of Sainte-Berthe. On the 26th of October the two Divisions took the town of Filain. The direct result of the offensive was that the southern bank of the Ailette river was now in French hands. After they lost the territory known to them as the "Laffaux Ecke" the Germans could no longer hold their positions on the Chemain des Dames. They withdrew from their positions in an orderly fashion on the night of the 1st-2nd of November 1917. Petain's limited offensive was a success, not only for what it achieved on the battlefield, but also for what it did for French Morale. On the 11th of November 1917 Lieutenant-Colonel Jasienski approved the awarding of the Croix de Guerre (at regimental level) for Henri Cuillerier. The citation was as follows: A brave and disciplined soldier, he was wounded by schrapnell while mounting guard. The exact date of Cuillerier's wound is not given, but it would have been around the time the regiment was engaged in the fighting at La Malmaison or in the weeks that followed as the French prepared their new positions.

Seeing the moth eaten state of the back of the straps, it may be that someone pulled the remains of the backing off to make it "neater" ? Dang... if they were provably bad then i could get out of the sale, the seller guarantees originality, but it would have to come from a technicality other than what I can see on the photos above...

Stop the presses... I had the wrong CD in. Schoch was 1st not 10th regt... okay, that theory falls away...

You mean... less time to surf bigandbouncy.com??

Weitze has these?

I dunno, I am also a born sceptic, but I don't get an automatic negative buzz with these. What do you find so unrealistic about my idea? It came to me in a dream last night :-) Seems to be far from an impossible solution?

Just added is the above, a list of all the Field Artillery references, "fa" being Das Ehrenbuch der deutsche Feldartillerie

1 far fa,p 1 gfar fa,p221,513,wk,p303 2 gfar fa,p591 3 gfar fa,p299 4 gfar fa,p228 5 gfar fa,p270,wk,p126 6 gfar fa,p270 7 gfar fa,p326 1 far fa,p256 2 far fa,p196,278 3 far fa,p374 4 far fa,p140,wk,p17,53,74 5 far fa,p330,574 6 far fa,p178 7 far fa,p349 8 far fa,p523 9 far fa,p195 10 far fa,p541 11 far fa,p296 12 far fa,p190 13 far fa,p297 14 far fa,p496 15 far fa,p291,430, 16 far fa,p249 17 far fa,p381,455 18 far fa,p532 19 far fa,p263 21 far fa,p530 22 far fa,p594 23 far fa,p209 24 far fa,p533 25 far fa,p349,489 26 far fa,p489,583 27 far fa,p183 28 far fa,p329 29 far fa,p170 30 far fa,p290,324 31 far fa,p294 32 far fa,p475 33 far fa,p219 34 far fa,p168 35 far fa,p254,521 36 far fa,p251 37 far fa,p287 38 far fa,p235 39 far fa,p359,432 40 far fa,p569 41 far fa,p371 42 far fa,p180 43 far fa,p206,412 44 far fa,p223 45 far fa,p205 46 far fa,p167,wk,p95 47 far fa,p176,257,265 48 far fa,p581,wk,p63 49 far fa,p199,318 50 far fa,p144,336 51 far fa,p151 52 far fa,p571 53 far fa,p187 54 far fa,p241 55 far fa,p259 56 far fa,p591 57 far fa,p407 58 far fa,p500 59 far fa,p365,wk,p423, 60 far fa,p505,wk,p82, 61 far fa,p373 62 far fa,p463 63 far fa,p394 64 far fa,p460 65 far fa,p306 66 far fa,p216 67 far fa,p289 68 far fa,p234,537 69 far fa,p208,613 70 far fa,p494 71 far fa,p393 72 far fa,p407 73 far fa,p634 74 far fa,p203 75 far fa,p211,390,wk,p136,429 76 far fa,p142 77 far fa,p237,403 78 far fa,p469 79 far fa,p433 80 far fa,p240 81 far fa,p566 82 far fa,p246 83 far fa,p189 84 far fa,p148 89 far fa,p526 90 far fa,p214 91 far wk,p191,336, 92 far fa,p587 96 far wk,p431 99 far fa,p344,wk,231,245 100 far fa,p479,559 101 far fa,p517 104 far fa,p499 108 far fa,p491 111 far fa,p446 115 far fa,p339 183 far fa,p451 201 far fa,p362 205 far fa,p360 209 far fa,p357,544 213 far fa,p561 217 far fa,p309 221 far fa,p578 225 far fa,p563 227 far fa,p437,605 229 far fa,p313,600 231 far fa,p527 237 far fa,p423 241 far fa,p388 243 far fa,p425 245 far fa,p349 246 far fa,p412 259 far fa,p428,608 261 far fa,p577 266 far fa,p473 269 far fa,p463 276 far fa,p588 280 far fa,p625 403 far fa,p522 500 far fa,p457 505 far fa,p609 601 far fa,p629 1 grfar fa,268,293, 1 rfar fa,p606 3 rfar fa,p586 6 rfar fa,p378,416 7 rfar fa,p215,wk,p70 9 rfar fa,p448 10 rfar fa,p622 11 rfar fa,p391 12 rfar fa,p182 14 rfar fa,p215 15 rfar fa,p340 17 rfar fa,p213 18 rfar fa,p564 19 rfar fa,p355 20 rfar fa,p350 21 rfar fa,p172 22 rfar fa,p192 23 rfar fa,p174 24 rfar fa,p347 25 rfar fa,p345,349 26 rfar fa,p164 27 rfar fa,p331 32 rfar fa,p511 33 rfar fa,p460 36 rfar fa,p277,621 40 rfar fa,p602 43 rfar fa,p304 44 rfar fa,p406 45 rfar fa,p598 46 rfar fa,p404 47 rfar fa,302 48 rfar fa,p286,419 49 rfar fa,p274 50 rfar fa,p137,310 51 rfar fa,p333 52 rfar fa,p619 54 rfar fa,p334 55 rfar fa,p507 57 rfar fa,p428 58 rfar fa,p303 60 rfar fa,p557,589 63 rfar fa,p613 64 rfar fa,p549 65 rfar fa,p439 66 rfar fa,p414,638 68 rfar fa,p300 70 rfar fa,p316 1 lfar fa,p553 2 lfar fa,p616 8 lfar fa,p147 12 lfar fa,p145 251 lfar fa,p324 1 bfar fa,p158,280,486 2 bfar fa,p398 3 bfar fa,231,560 4 bfar fa,p155 5 bfar fa,p159,312 6 bfar fa,p480 7 bfar fa,p158,379 8 bfar fa,p160,618 9 bfar fa,p217,636 10 bfar fa,p229 11 bfar fa,p580 12 bfar fa,p155 19 bfar fa,p353 20 bfar fa,p478 22 bfar fa,p435 23 bfar fa,p385 1 brfar fa,p338 5 brfar fa,p627 6 brfar fa,p244 8 brfar fa,p319,515, 9 brfar fa,p397 10 brfar fa,p163,387 47 ers far fa,p573 Garde res korps mun kol 3 3 gfa-brig fa,p269 Matr art fa,p352 Bay geb art abt 1 fa,p554 Geb art abt 1 fa,p539 Geb kann bat 4 fa,p535,wk,p166 Geb kann bat 13 fa,p363 Geb kann bag 6 and 8 fa,p440 Geb kann bat 11 fa,p528 nahkampf. Batt 241 188 bay flak 701 fa abt. fa,p630 Inf gesch abt pascha II fa,p632 Feld art ost afrika fa,p641

I did a few updates yesterday, including this article (largely courtesy of Jack Sheldon) which has some detailed info on patrolling on the Somme. http://www.trenchfighter.homepage.t-online...0029/40802.html

The reason I ask is this... http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1560...mp;#entry153390 Do you guys have any thoughts to it? Thanks Chris