Chris Boonzaier
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EK 1914 Interesting "Gold" EK document
Chris Boonzaier replied to Chris Boonzaier's topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
Hi, I think it is probably a later doc for an earlier award, more along the lines of confirming he recieved it, long after the event. best Chris -
Not that I know....
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Anyone guess why this photo is the most exciting one of my year.... or maybe 2nd most exciting?
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Hi, The question is if they would have had most of their kit with them, or would it have been with the "gefechts Baggage".... if so, it is possible that a whole companies kit was left somewhere to rot..
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It is possible that they left a lot of material behind irrespective of their amount of losses?
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I have never had the book focussing on his collection.... but who was he? Did he serve in WW1? Thanks Chris
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I think so... I just remember seeing it, is usually one of my top 5 units, but I did not see any combat with the 2. Jäger ?
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I saw this somewhere recently ??
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The Munstertal battlefields are fantastic to visit, nice pass Naxos!!
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According to this it is neither... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_rig :-)
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EK 1914 Interesting "Gold" EK document
Chris Boonzaier replied to Chris Boonzaier's topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
I think they probably just aimed for nice design, as opposed to considering austrian style, it is hard to find a nice design with the ribbon... -
Maybe the Medialle Militaire was added to sexy it up? If he had WW1 French service he would have had the war medal and victory medal as well. The Croix de Guerre was awarded for all actions that were part of WW1, Bulgaria, dardanelles etc. best Chris
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I guess 800 Silver was a bit more expensive than the WW1 Models ;-)
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This is an interesting unit, cannot find much info on them, must have been in Alsace....
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This is quite an interesting variation... I have lots of documents with colour, but none in Gold coloured print....
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Some EK1 winners of Garde regiment 4 in 1938
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Hi Jenko, do you know which unit he was in? best Chrs
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There were a number of reasons to suppose these guys were attatched to the HQ, not least because the Lehr Inf regt had during the war developed the practise of delegating the filling out of documents to the lowest possible officer ;-)
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Seems many soldierds did not have the big leather rigs, just a small loop on the holster....
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See Here.... http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/60160-most-unusual-award-on-a-bar/page-3
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The asnswer to this is here.... http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/60160-most-unusual-award-on-a-bar/page-3 ;-)
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Hi, it used to be a 7.63 best Chris
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The French 27th Infantry Regiment was not in Russia in 1917. A MM without a Croix de Guerre seems unlikely,.... I would guess a German soldier Wound and Combattants Cross, sexied up with an added Medaille Militaire? Best Chris p.s. German 27th Infantry Regiment was not in Russia either that year, but it could have been the 27th bavarian Inf Regt who were...
