Chris Boonzaier

How about keeping us informed what it brings, just in case we loose sight of it?

WOW! The raid to free pattons son in law.... that is a bit of history. Was it more than $20....... cmon... tell us!

Thank you, thank you.... I was beginning to feel all alone in here And the rest of youse?

Thats a strange combination... whats the little badge to the left of the ribbon bar? A special unit distinction?

Top left here... http://www.deutschepost.de/dpag?xmlFile=828 Just kidding ;-)

Its the guys who deliver mail to the oil platforms in the north sea. best Chris

Hi, Istanbul has a superb war museum, all the officer groups (bar one) on display there had enamle stars, not painted.

Hi, do you have a good pic of the Egyptian WW1 era version of the DSO? It was a star.

I have a set like taht, or at least the documents. the guy was at a HQ somewhere and got his EK for service. when it came to applying for his HK he was a non cambattant. best Chris

It looks like one of those Generic gorgets you could buy and have a badge of some sort added, in this case the W one. I think usually hunting associations, vetrans etc could buy them nad have their badge added. Its just a question of when it was added and if the Dinkelsb?hlbach Hunting association badge was not on the Gorget until 1998 before an "upgrade" was made.

Hi, how many pages does it have? best Chris

It is one of my most treasured items. I have spent a lot of time and effort researching him and collecting books, postcards etc, relating to L?ttich. Will post them soon. Best Chris

Have you ever seen this book ??? Carl. F. Ronsdorf: Maximilian Bayer : Ein Wegbereiter zur Finnlands Unabh?ngigkeit. Helsinki 1973 thanks Chris

Hi, he was an officer on the Bernd von Arnim, got his 5 issued shields right away and all were Zinc. I had another shield from a destroyer man, also his original issue shield, was also Zink. Maybe both were awarded?

I am not sure how well the background check is. A couple were given to guys in out Regt in the Gulf, one of the guys was serving under another name. According to a LT the Col was told 2 stars for the regt and he said "Well, one for XZY and see if there is an American in the Regt, best person to give it to". Even the regular French army has no access to the background checks made by the legion, so I doubt the US army was able to do any of the checks above just to award a medal... and also, the yank who got it was serving under another name in the legion... Soooooo....

Hi, Zink. best Chris

Hi Pete.. I have the iron cross doc to Max Bayer... you must have something n him ;-)

I have the Narvik shields from my wifes grandfather, he got his with the first issues, they were exactly like the Zink ones posted by Gordon.

Hi... Bob is closer :-)

Hi, no, just found it by chance. Best Chris

No, I dont have them :-( But I remember Rick Research saying they were a popular item on certain dealers lists ages ago who claimed they were his "extras" or second bars etc. I have been looking at some photos of him taken over a period of years... and he always seems to have the same medal bar... does anyone know what happened to it?

It looks a bit cartoonish close up. Best Chrs

Hi Rick, true, true... but that is reaching a more complicated level.... I have taken 607 docs (Both classes) and done stats from them. A certain RickLs contribution was rather heavy on 1914 docs so it may have a slight effect on the overall stats, but overall I think they be as accurate as can be so far. For anyone reading... who has any WW1 EK docs, please enterthe month and year in this thread and i will add them. I hope to get 1000 docs for the end result.

I have been tabulating award dates for WW1 EKs, so far 607 awards taken into the stats... We often hear that the EK was being thrown out in all directins at the end of the war... anyone want to guess which month is in the lead for the period 14-18? :-) Best Chris

Hi, 26 was the makers mark. Weitze sold many wholesale to other dealers and to collectors. They were nice indeed, and are all out in circulation now... to late to cherry pick now.