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    Chris Boonzaier

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    1. Seeing things like this is always a blow to my ego.... I could not even begin to imagine making something like this!!
    2. The EK1 doc in post 43 being sold with an EK1.... http://www.ebay.de/itm/Original-EK1-1-Weltkrieg-mit-Urkunde-/351105924710?pt=Militaria&hash=item51bf8b3e66
    3. I like this one as it is the other side of the river, Rabenwald, Cumiers, Gänserücken, Forgesbach...
    4. Going through my docs today I found this nice set of entries, more than just the "Battle of Verdun" entered...
    5. Hi, Has anyone heard of shorter over the Ankle length Gamaschen made for haldschuh, as opposed to the ones that came up to just under the knee? Thanks Chris
    6. Another one.... http://www.ebay.de/itm/Raritat-Kombi-Etui-fur-4-Orden-eisernes-Kreuz-EK1-EK2-WK-Ritterkreuz-usw-/121377283750?pt=Militaria&hash=item1c42a65ea6
    7. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2676389/Daring-pilot-flew-Apache-helicopter-Taliban-fort-sells-medals-100-000-start-new-life-civilian.html I wonder if it will reach that price?
    8. From elsewhere on the net, a 5 hole one with a metal canteen... may confirm Chips Shrinkage theory....
    9. A question... when a 1915 steel plate shows some dark surface rust spots... is there a way to clean them and not damage the plate... or is it best just to leave it like that? Thanks Chris
    10. Does anyone have anything else Somme related? French/British/German...
    11. The reichsarchive volumes would definately have a small mention of at least some of their actions.
    12. 1st day of the Somme, casualty on the other side of the wire... The RIR99 was at Thiepval, the 3rd company just to the south west in the Granatloch. The Highland light infantry broke into their lines and wiped out most of the company in hand to hand fighting.
    13. Not my own work, but I thought it was worth posting..... I bet someone got his fingers rapped for this....
    14. "When you wake up in the morning, and the light is hurt your head The first thing you do when you get up out of bed Is hit the streets a-runnin' and try to beat the masses And go get yourself some cheap sunglasses" ;-) Is it An issue tunic converted to officer? Thanks Chris
    15. Wow... do you use some kind of magnifying system when you do these or do you have bionis eyes??
    16. This was a nice find... I have always been happy with this doc, such a junior officer, but has 2 mentions in the reichsarchive histories, for being a Kampf-stud at verdun and at Cambrai...
    17. The other ones when they arrive... if anyone else can be bollixed to grap a camera... lets see some of youse guys?
    18. Hi, I am not sure what bayonet. I tell you, I have never really been interested in Gamaschen and stuff, but just won an auction today that makes me the owner of a total of three pairs... is that the start of the sideline? I begin to really like them!!!
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