Chris Boonzaier

Here are some pics. I am getting it with a Sledge mount,

Storck was held at Fort napier. I assume captured in german South West Africa in 1915.... Funnily he was held until 1919, by which time almost all the POWs had been released in South Africa. This large buckls is Silver, the curtains are real gold. EXCEPTIONAL craftsmanship.

Here is a lighter with a Thaler.... All i know was that it was POW work... if Boer war or WW1 I am not sure.... A nice souvenir I think :-)

Anyone know when they existed ? thanks Chris

Here are some shots now that it has arrived...

I bought this small victorian vase on german Ebay..... A General who had an interesting end...

Complete and demilled according to german law 8as opposed to the US "destruction-Demill" method.

A heavy bugger to mail !!! Does anyone know if it can be taken to pieces on some way or another to make smaller loads?

Folks... I just want to thank Bear in public. As i have a group of medals to one of the boer raiding party that actually DID derail the train in question, the arrested men were NOT part of that party, although three were executed for it.... Bear has sent me the letter for the same price he paid for it. That is what a collecting COMMUNITY is all about. Thank you bear.

I remember watching a TV special in the US about 10-15 years ago. They were looking for nazi gold in a lake in Austria. it lasted about 12 hours with lots of film clips and you could phone in with donations for some "Victims of the war" charity. All the time focusing on a metal container seen by a remote conrolled submersible. After 12 hours of donations and stinging this out they managed to get theis container onto the edge of the lake..... a container that had contained tank munition... filled by the Germans with gold and thrown in the lake.... After 12 hours they opened it..... ... and found tank munitions.... back to the old drawing board ;-)

I have the same rifle. I think Dave Danner or Ed Haynes would be the naturals for this.

Hi, I dont find this on his site anymore ?

I think Weitze has the wrong ribbon?

This is however a different class. Most regt medals are for the 50th or 100th anniversary. This one is a wartime one given to the Austrians whe were fighting with the Alpenkorps. The Alpenkorps was being trained for mountain warfare by the Austrians at the time. Would love to find the exact criteria....

Really, really, really, really, really, really nice........

I bet you would make the local papers. The volunteer firebrigades usually have a certain sense of tradition in germany, especially in small places like that.

Could very well be true. I saw many of them in morocco in the silver markets and I have a lighter made by a POW (I am not sure if Boer war or WW1) with inlaid Thalers. It seems to have been the USD of Africa in the 19th, early 20th centiry.

sorry, click on Geschichte

According to this... in 1935 they had a big ceremony to celebrate 50 years of being, and recieving their new flag. http://ffw-schildthurn.zeilarn.de/

Here is the web page of the Fire station it came from.... http://ffw-schildthurn.zeilarn.de/ I am sure they would pay way over market to get it back ;-)

I assume this was one of the Pre-HJ youth groups? Can it be something to do with the Totenkopf Schwimmer?

I have just won this... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=290002972433 Has anyone seen one before? Obviously worn... was this given to the Austrians they were serving with... or other regts of the Alpenkorps? it is from 1915, the time when the Austrians awarded the Alpenkorps the Edelweiss cap badge....

Hi, I have been looking but cannot find a mention of him. The area the 18th Feb incident happened in had none of the traditional Brit regt operating in, mainly I.Y. which were an odds and sods mixture, so little chance of finding anything I am afraid. I have the medal group to the Boer officer that pulled up the tracks in that action :-) He actually won a DSO in WW1....

Baden Powell. I think the brits brought out a postage stamp with his head. or maybe a stamp used during the siege for mail being sent out of mafeking. Old BP had a large ego.

Impressive, they must have taken quite some time to collect !!