Chris Boonzaier

According to the papers, the first was unnamed and stolen, the second was named and stolen, later recovered by the MPs, the third was applied for because of a spelling error on the second, the middle initial should have been an "N" but they had a "U". Best Chris

Nope... his wound was kosher... took some AK rounds on 2 July 1969.... Have to run, will post more details later. best Chris

Indeed... both are enraved to the same guy... with some small detail that bares mentioning....

VerKuilen Ager Is getting me some Americal patches to complete the dispaly. its kinda far from Boer war and EK docs, but I always wanted a nice purple heart group and this has 2 named Purple hearts and is a good vietnam one. I grew up on Vietnam movies so it all kinda fits.... Its going to be hard explaining this to my german collector friends who are sometimes POd that I am selling off my German stuff "cos I need the money for other things"... then I go and buy this ;-)

But he was only wounded once...... anyone care to guess how that is done?

This guy got three purple hearts......

OK... you wont get it from the above photo... but this should help...

The wifes grandfather had a few photos dedicated to him by ex marine comrades... one was from D?nitz... this was another.... Who IS this man and why is he of interest to you Marine Badge collectors????

Hi, an interesting point you make. All over Morocco there are vendors trying to sell old coins with 6 pointed stars saying "From the Jewish period"... but as you point out... when all those coins were made, there was no state with the 6 pointed star as a symbol, so I guess at the time it WAS indeed moroccan.

Well, here is a question for a champion. The 11. bayerische Infanterie Division lost heavily on the Chemin des Dames in July-September 1917. Included were 3 Ritters of the Max-Joseph Orden who were killed with a single artillery shell !!!!! It may be a useless bit of info... but does anyone know who the were...

Its not easy. There are a number of different deppartments responsible for different medals. After almost 10 years of putting it off I started to claim the ones I am still missing. Jaques Calero helped me get a couple of Foreign awards some years back. That worked well as they were issued by the Legion HQ (I guess they had a stock of blank docs and fill them out as needed. The veterans affairs dept of the army is processing 2 other requests, they have to check a number of things but it seems they are making a bit of progress, the document for one of the medals arrived last week. A simple campaign medal, which I assumed would be the easiest to claim has taken a few years and I still have heard nothing after 3 letters to them. This claim is direct to the army. I would say, go for it, you have nothing to loose.

Tons of Soviet stuff. None with paperwork. I guess it was sold as scrap metal content to the Turkish bazaar folks... but they cottoned on quick and their are few if any bargains.

Deutsche Infanterie: Das Ehrenmal der Vordersten Front. I just bought the above book for almost EUR100 (postage included). After I bought it (has still no arrived) I read it is not ONLY WW1 ... :-( Can anyone tell me... how much IS WW1? Thanks Chris

Sometimes there is something written on a doc where we are not so clear what the man did, although we have a vague idea. Does anyone know what Rittmeister Paul Klinger, commandant der K.H.Qu beim Gen Kdo. XV bay. Res.Korps did? Was he a liason man?

Thanks Glenn, That gives me some more to go on. I am going to guess he was with his regt at this stage as the bay. Xv: R.K was not in business this early. of course, he could already have been on a staff from day one. Best Chris

Looking through my books, the only major action i find for them is the Nivelle offensive... maybe I am looking in the wrong places... any ideas where else? Thanks Chris

Wow.... I used to think Epp was at the helm for most of the war... that IS an eye opener..... Thanks guys! I guess Klinger was one of those guys who was a witness to historical events, but never really played an active enough part to get a mention.

Hi, good question. the one pictured was found up in Usedom, which is ex DDR. more I cannot say to it.

Hi, Thanks. It seems old freiherr von E. was offdoing other things quite often. I never realised he spent that much time away from the Regt !!

Hi Rick, Thanks :-) Just a note, von Epp was commander, but I have a doc signed von Bothmer Regiments F?hrer 1917, so he must have had temp command at the time. maybe von Epp was wounded? Klinger had the EK1 in May 1917 (Just for info ;-)) thanks Chris

A couple of Questions... When did Graf von Bothmer command the Leib Regt? O have him as Regiments F?hrer in November 1917. Second, and more difficult.... Rittmeister Paul Klinger, commandant der K.H.Qu beim Gen Kdo. XV bay. Res.Korps..... was he a Bavarian or just attached as a liason? Does anyone know anything about him? Thanks Chris

My wifes great uncle was 16 in 45 and pulled in to the Army, also near Dresden. When he and his pimply face colleagues were on the march none other than diehard Sch?rner stopped to speak to their column. He used to say Sch?rner was shocked to see such young boys in uniform and delibrately send them away from the front, the field marschall himself showing the Leutnant ot captain where he should go on the map. Albrecht (the great uncle) had a pair of boots that were falling apart. Sch?rner gave him his own pair of extra boots from the trunk of his car before continuing on (!!!!!). he was so young the Russians just gave him a kick in the pants and sent him home.

There is a great postcard of immelmann with his dog, a fine looking beast named "Tyras".. I no longer have it... but boy.. what a dog...

I figure a doctor or a vetenarian?

... he is standing next to a horse...