Chris Boonzaier

His as well http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3523...650entry32650

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Is this a form of pilots wings (Ie, does jeton= wings?) best Chris

Very nice indeed.... very, very nice....

I wonder if she was a looker..... (not a topic that often enters the collecting hobby is it ?)

Rickies been at the meth amphetemines again Maybe she was in an escape group ..... "Liz, you sit here... if you see any Germans coming just sing aloud "The postmans trousers are like March violets" in the tune of "Waltzing Matilda"" .... And so Mlle Maron-Nizet sat, ready to sing, at the door of the barn, from 1914 to 18...... Of course, there could be 1000 differet stories of Liz and her poisened Spetznaz umbrella, Stijn is gonna see if some locals can find something... Heres holding thumbs....

Sorry, right you are. I did not realise it was the same text.

Here is a nice pic of the one with the star of David... dont understand the text though... does it say who is entitled to it? http://www.coleccionesmilitares.com/medall...o/marruecos.htm thanks chris

A silly question... I have had half a dozen folks saying they would buy this... Of the top of your heads.. if you were to give it a value... what do you think it would be worth? (Not for sale at the moment)

Hmmmm... printed material that may lead to blindness... sounds like what my mother warned me about when she found some flick mags under my mattress.... I thought that by changing to Militaria I could avoid the risks.....

Hi Kevin, I meant, the musket on the CIB is a timeless design, a traditional kind of thing, if you wore it in 1880 or 2080 even a woman in the street would know what was pictured. For my taste the CAB is to specific, using a grenade that most folks will not recognise as a grenade and a bayonet that I dont think has entered military folklore like the musket on the CIB. I agree that the CAB is needed, but (once again, for my taste) would have held out for a more timeless design. I think the CIB and the combat medic badges succeed design wise, the CAB falls short.

Hi, Yup, its rim stamped best Chris

I love these. It seems to me that Prinzen are a real pain in the but. Noone "knows" which are good or not, and most prinzen discussions lead to anything of fine quality being accepted as "good", and anything not of great quality landing in with known fakes. I think it is one of the fields where you just have to accept that a quality piece has a good chance of being original, bt noone can say with 100% certainty. Of course, 1870 Prinzens are even worse !!!!!!

although not military, maybe the style will be familiar? Can anyone coment on this? http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1477 Thanks Chris

The combat infantry badge is timeless. This? When the army changes bayonets again, this will simply be an outdated bayonet with a grenade noone recognises. A k-Bar with a WW2 Era US grenade would have been more instantly recognisable. This looks more like a close-cbt instructor badge. maybe folks who get it will have been in a combat situation, but will they have any connection to fighting with a bayonet? Maybe the guy who did the design had "connections" or it was decided to go overboard with a design intended to raise moral? An award like this should be timeless... this looks like a display in a surplass store

Ahh... not even the K-bar--- that would at least have a historical aspect... this is that new M-16 bayonet. I would have thought someone in the army historical dept could have made a nice design relevant to the traditions of the army. This looks like a trendy design to go with the Rah-Rah-fight song.

I dont like the grenade on it... if you are an average person, no military intrest you wont know what it is... looks like a knife with a "round thing of some sort" behind it.

as long as he's not Don Dokken.... ;-)

Hi, he was a builder (I think). Anyway, he died in the 50s, he fell off a building scafold while working in a brewery. Best Chris

Maybe because WW2 crosses have such minimal differences (when compared to imperial ) that when an obvious difference comes along, collectors jump at it. best Chris

Hi, so the first guy could be a deckhand or gunner then. Thanks Chris

Something about a national donation for swiss soldiers and their families. If it was given for fundraising or if the families gor the badge for whatever reason is not 100% clear.