Chris Boonzaier

EK on white ribbon..

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34th Division

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IR65

Men of the III Batl RIR74

Another group

Really early POWs, 2.9.1914

Some Jocks..., captured to the 77 IR

Here are some runners of the 4th Zouaves... I have the group to the guy on the riht, 8 citations for the croix de guerre

Would it not be simpler to have a national flood medal and have spangen on them? Best Chris

wastepaper collecting campaign...? Well... he collected tin... so why not paper ;-)

Check out these two.... and they are from the same company.... can anyone say they are the same quality and keep a straight face? http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/61000-why-y-oh-why/

Ok, my question..... if we find an EK2 with a "Y" on the ring, we would have no problem saying "Thats the makers stamp" If these stamps were not for advertising, but part of the quality control system for awards delivered to the army, then how about the following theory... (And i know that not all people like theories, but remember how Wernitz book proved a couple of things that had been theory up until the books came out) If maker "whatever" had produced flat crosses with an "800" stamp, finished product that were then rerouted to the army... I am guessing that back plates may have been stamped before assembly? Imagine you assemble a cross, stamp the mark on the back, and turn it aver and see you have chipped the core? (Just a thought) So maker "whatever" has his crosses rerouted to the army, but they are already stamped "800" where his control stamp should be... what would be more logical than stamping it somewhere else... in this case under the needle... Godet stamped on the needle... OK, all theory and thoughts... but I dont think we get anywhere without anyone putting a theory on the table.... If a firm stamp on one side of the needle, why not on the other? and if Y is an accepted EK2 producer, why not an EK1 ?

Thats the sad thing, this guys real war record is incredible, he IS a real hero... he does have medals that could allow him to walk anywhere with his head held very high... but it seems to have become a drug, and he just carried on adding and adding....

On a legion site people from Aubagne confirm that all the French awards are kosher... he just flipped into overdrive as he got older... from being a highly decorated war hero, he turned himself into a clown :-(

Check this out.... http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/57852-officers-backpack/

There were a pair of pants in ebay this week, went for EUR53... i should have bid more.....

That is a beautiful work of art!!

Maybe thats the conception date? ;-) Nice piece!!

Indeed, exactly my point. Sometimes we collectors get "lucky" and get something at a fraction of the normal value. It is not a barometer of the market price. I give that comment not in relation to the piece shown, or what jamyam paid back then. It is simply as a general comment. Point 2... when dies are made and a badge die struck, it is seldom done a badge at a time, they do a production run of many. An example is the "insanely rare" Kriegsmarine Honor clasps... I think about 29 were awarded.... there are plenty of mint cased ones on the market, "souveniered" mainly by canadian troops in 1945. I knew of one stash that had 10 or more, kept in a duffel bag for 50 years....

Indeed, Pfadfinder, Wandervögel... plenty of "lets get out into the fresh air" youth groups back then.

There has beena bit if discussion about "Y" over the years... so I was looking at a couple today, and begin to wonder (for the 10th time) why the "Y" stamp under the needle.... both are 800 under the hook...

Hi, According to this, in the practise U-Boot men would get the Bronze Clasp after 90 days of operational seagoing. That would fit with the SB... he only had a few days on the last mission of the U-106, then the mega tour of the U-1227, which was enough to net him the clasp and the badge. The U-1227 tour was over 100 days if I remember correctly.... ... http://www.ehrenzeichen-orden.de/zweiter-weltkrieg/u-boot-frontspange-in-bronze.html Voraussetzung für die Verleihung war, neben tadelloser Führung, die erfolgreiche Teilnahme auf 15 Feindfahrten. Die Verleihungspraxis orientierte sich aber an den absolvierten Seetagen. Die Frontspange in Bronze wurde im Allgemeinen nach 90 Seetagen verliehen.