Chris Boonzaier

haha ... yup.... only when you see someone you knew on video 25 years ago that you realise we are all becoming the grouchy old men we used to laugh at 25 years ago!!! :-( Hey... he is running for office!!! http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/croatian-war-veterans-candidates-lists-on-parliamentary-elections-10-21-2015

Hi, it was indeed the find of a lifetime.... I have rarely seem one of these for sale.... and most have been Kriegerverein flags for towns, but not for specific Regiments.... so not really of intrest to me.... then, for 99% of regiments I would not really be THAT interested.... There are maybe 2-3 Regiments or battalions that would interest me enough.... and this is one of them.... On top of that there is the pole and all that goes with it.... So the cances of seeing a flag, and it being the right Regiment, And having its pole etc are probbably less than 1%.... A nice cold canadian winter will kill the moth eggs if there are any....

I will let the pictures do the talking.... 1.25 m across.... the pole 3.3m with pole top...... I don't think I can ever top this top this..... The pole....

It is here! And it is waaaaaay bigger than Ludendorff's dildo!!!!!!!

Hi, no idea what he is saying, and I probably cannot endorse it in any way... but this is new.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7ema7zpedc

Hi, nope, he is still alive and kicking, I saw a youtube video of him at a veterens gathering in Germany (I think) a year or so ago.

Hi, can anyone read what is on the cover of the Militärpass and EK2 doc? "Ingenieur u: ?? Willy Bucher", Thanks Chris

Hi, I am really late into this, great thread guys!! Here are 2 EK Docs....

A very nice set, I hope you can complete it!! I wonder what happened to him in WW2?

Hi Frank, I have not seen him since 91... did he take his sidekick Norweigen "Eddie Ixxxx" with him to Bosnia?

Hi Frank, I knew Nick back in the Legion... if you manage to track him down please tell him Brewster of the 3rd Company would like to say hi. Ask him if he remembers the leave in Montpellier :-)

Hi, I just recieved a Verner Compass dated 1913 to "Alfred Pinnock was born at Thatcham, near Newbury, Berkshire, on 1 March 1877, and enlisted into the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 17 September 1894. He served in South Africa from April 1897 and was present during the Boer War at the action at Talana and the Defence of Ladysmith, returning to England in May 1900. He went back to South Africa in September 1900 and remained there until October 1902, after which he served at home until his discharge on 16 September 1906. He served with the Cape Mounted Riflemen during the Natal Rebellion of 1906, and later transferred to the South African Mounted Rifles. During the Great War he served in German South West Africa from 8 August 1914 until 9 July 1915. In November 1916 he returned to England to take up a commission in his old regiment, the King’s Royal Rifle Corps. He joined the 2nd Battalion on the Yser River in France during May 1917, and was taken prisoner on 9th/10th July 1917, along with the rest of the 2nd Battalion who were not killed. He spent the remainder of the war in Germany and was repatriated on 1 January 1919." (Text DNW) It is stamped with the U with the arrow head inside..... but also with a U with a diamond inside.... is the latter an early Union stamp? Compass is 1913. Thanks Chris

Hi, no idea, before my time... maybe Adjudant-Chef if he was in the REC ?

Nice! I am dead keen to see the rest!!

Hi, nice cross!! Must be CD800

I cant man.... it WILL Jinx it!!

Mailman did not come yesterday... either that or he could not carry it alone... :-)

Nice, It may be because I am cheap, but some time ago I decided I would no longer buy Iron Cross 1st classes that were not pin back, no screw backs for me!... love pin backs to bits.

Very nice! Are those the boots Chip was on about?

Hi, Lets see the rest of the group!! :-)

Thats probably what did him in!

Will the piece coming in the mail be the pinnacle of my collection? :-)

Hey darren, lets see some more of your goodies!! Do you collect a specific theme?

Hi, Digging through my drawrs i came up with these.... I assume they are Crimean era 4th and 5th class with gold centers? Can anyone give me a rough value? I see Liverpool medals has then for about GP450 - 475 a pop which was more than i thought they would be, but I had not looked at any of these in a decae or more....

I always wondered what the loops for the 3rd award were... it seems the Hawickhorsts came from Oldenburg... who in turn were rather free awarding the Oldenburg cross to natives.... so I am going to go out on a limb and guess that is what the loops were for...