Chris Boonzaier

Hi, November 1904, halway through his tour. from what i can find, the 5th Batterie was involved in a rather bloody skirmish in august 1904, It and 3 feldkompanies were surrounded by herrero and had to really deliver a fight to survive, The fieldarty used all its ammo and lost quite a few men. I assume it was more or less an "Immediate" award for this action.

Well, I am pleased as hell... the whole lot cost me EUR330. I am wondering and wondering if I should pay USD99 for his simple one page F?hrungszeugnis and USD99 for a payslip of his. I always go the extra mile to reunite groups... but that seems to be an extra 5 miles.......

I have just bought a small doc group. 1) Milit?r Ehrenzeichen 2. Klasse 2) S?dwestafrika-Denkm?nze (Bronze) 3) Kolonialkrieger-Bund in Silver. The guy was in the 5th Batterie (Arty) and served from March 04- Oktaber 05, the period in where the Hereros were massacered. a couple of questions.... 1) What % of men got the Ehrenzeichen 2. Klasse. 2) I guess there are no rolls for the clasps :-( 3) What would an "OK" price be, what would a "Great" price be?

A nice little bar indeed, an unlike so many minnies, obviously "real"

http://www.denkmalprojekt.org/index.htm This site is a small but good start....

Indeed... its the USD300 price tags I want to avoid... Reprints on Ebay are EUR75-85 :-(

von Oelhafen : der Feldzug in S?dwest Deutschs?dwestafrika Alright.... who has it !!!!!! It has a list of KIAs and WIAs ??? And much, much more.... Anyone have it ? :-(

Scroll down to the end for the details !!

Not the place for this... but because I love youse..... Someone should grab this !!! Killer research possibility """ http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/sho...d=1#post1604478

An amazing document... you certainly are all over the board in your collecting habits !!!! Do the badges belong to him? Best Chris

Anyone know this book that I stupidly missed? Does it have biographies? http://cgi.ebay.de/Fischer-SUDWESTER-OFFIZ...1QQcmdZViewItem

I have the same one dated 1916. Made by Cruchom and Emans, london. The nice thing is... on the leqather carrying case (also dated 1916) the British officers name and regt are scratched out, and a German officers name and regt are written on it. The collector i got it from had no interest... so I got it for a Luftwaffe beltbuckle. Yours is missing a ring under the catch. Will post mine when my real computer is working again.

Can anyone suggest any good books dealing with the Sothern part of the battle, especially with Major Ritters incursion into South Africa? I suppose a period German book will be the most likely thing. Thanks Chris

Indeed, the doc is what interests me, the medal is secondary. The place the award was won interests me a lot. Best Chris

Hi, its up on auction... the medal is not silver though, just "versilbert" (And at this auction house, it could mean cast lead) and a war time award doc (the kind without citation).

even more closely than very, very...

very interesting indeed. When exactly did the "tea party" take place?

Each of these seems to justify a thread on its own !!

Hi, Thanks for the reference. from what I can make out the 10 and 15 cms were used the most,the 13.5 cm was actually obsolete and reentered service. maybe in lage numbers, but much less comman han the 10 and 15cm. Best Chris

Does anyone have any info on these and which units still used them in WW1? http://www.gunsmithsociety.com/arms-conser...tion-ethics.htm

Hi Barry, A superb bit of research and really well illustrated !!! It deserves a real "Hats off"

Thanks :-)

I remember a fight in a bar in marseille, a legionnaire did the traditional thing if squeezing the red pom-pom on a French sailors hat...... I wonder if Infantry in 1914 tried to balance things on the Uhlanans flat tops ;-) Do you only do headgear or documents as well?

Being an ex Infantryman (2eme R.E.I.) I collect all German WW1 EXCEPT Mounted units ;-) But it really is very very nice to see such a collection. Must have taken a lot of patience to put it together....

Hey Stogie.... educate an old man here.... what is this badge?????