Chris Boonzaier

According to the seller (was a private buy) tis belonged to Lt. d. Res Anton Kriete of the Garde Füsilier regiment... Has 4 stars on the screw. Stupidly, the guy I got it from was not a collector, and be polished them to make them nice and sellable....

Indeed... but awarding a wound badge for someone killed in action was not allowed in the regulations as far as I can remember ;-) The wifes Great Grandfather died of wounds in Warsaw... nothing more than his old >WW1 Black wound badge there... and they updated the paperwork after his death so no Gold Wound Badge in the pipeline...

Indeed... the red cross in Switzerland have a huge project "happening" !!

I think it is a Polish cross of Valour?

Some nice photos, Adds more to the list of places to visit!

Hi, is that a sleeve band or a patch on the left arm?

S'funny you should say that... I had actually used that very phrase, "Solomon" and was thinking of offering him the group, but arrived at the same conclusion. He does not seem like a bad guy, but I do find his reasoning to be very disrespectful of the recipient, it is a way of collecting I really do not understand. Thats life, I will get a replacement cross to complete the group, and a copy of the document, it wont be the same, but will go a ways to saving the history.

I will go out on a limb here and say, Heydrich is probably the man with the most inflated medal count I can think of. He did almost nothing compared to most of the "big Guys" and has a rack like a Russian general. I think it is because he put the shts up people.... his men probably sent messages before he went somewhere.."Heydrich is coming... give him an award if you want to... and dont give him one if you dare to!!" He may have recieved the EK1 and Front clap in Silver.... but from what I can see, he saw little if any combat... I am guessing the EK! was a favor amongst friends.... many fighter pilots did a lot more than him just to recieve the EK2. How could he possibly have qualified for a Gold Wound badge? Another favour amongst friends. All the italian awards? Is there any reason why someone with his career path would have recieved all these? Its a nice selection indeed... but IMHO probably very cheaply earned....

It feels great to share the pain ... :-)

Well, it was a long battle, and there was no victory :-( Some time ago a Jeweller sold a group on ebay, I managed to get MOST of it... awards and documents to a guy in a MGSSA... EK2, Braunschweig Cross, Cased EK1, Ehrenkreuz, Treuedienstkreuz..... I missed the Sachsen Anhalt Friedrichskreuz and document (went for EUR190) , but was able to get the details of the buyer. After many efforts, including trading him another Anhalts Kreuz with award document, AND almost EUR400 extra in trade (yes, i became desperate), he still refused. I have to respect his descision, but it really bites not to be able to complete the group... :-( The sticking point is/was that it was an early 1915 award. IMHO it does not really add any value to the Document and award, so you can understand my frustration :-( I need to go cry in my beer tonight.... sigh.....

should be added to pinned thread

Sorry, missed this... I will check tonight...

Very nice indeed!! Can you show the inside? Thanks Chris

Hi, does anyone have any documents for one of these? I need some variations for a project, Thanks Chris

Hi, sorry, I missed this... I will have a look this weekend when I get home

... and later still....

Later....

WW2, Indochina, Algeria and 6 years in Tchad... This old Commando Marine not only looks the part... Jean-Louis Delayen

Muchos Grazias guys!!

Hi, I thought they may be for the cuff rank of Generals, but I think those may be silver. I was lucky to get 50-60 Croix de Guerre Stars in the lot, the rest is just excess weight then.... ;-)

Hi Uwe, Muchos Grazias!! All the best Chris

hI; If an officer had a M10 tailored in 1915-16, yould he have had the M15 tabs on it? or would he have stuck withthe M10? Or was it a matter of preference, or what the tailor had? Thanks Chris

Another fake... this time an ages copy, writing and stamp are printed with the doc...

Hi, is this officers name really Schweinichen??

Hi, but they are so much bigger than the other ones? Best Chris