Chris Boonzaier

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Hi, just happened across this while looking for something else. Doctors could NOT award EKs... for soldiers badly wounded and meriting a silver wound badge, there was an automatic award (as long as there were no negative reports from the unit) but in the cases where the guy was in hospital back in germany it was made by the Stellvertreter for the commander of the Wehrbezirk. Bst Chris

How many states had these cloth dienstauszeichnungen?

Hey, is that a Leonberger?

Hi Jock... You da man!!! Best pages are always the battle pages, usually when a guy was at a unit the battles, awards and punishments are on that page.... what you have there is just perfect... nice book with an EK2

Those are some nice cards Jock!!

I saw some oooooooold grey haired Chetniks in Bosnia.... could still hold a rifle....

Interesting, this same old fake time and time agian... this time with EK1 variation..... http://www.ebay.de/itm/2-Urkunden-fur-Orden-Eisernes-Kreuz-1-2-Klasse-Abzeichen-1918/350886558135?_trksid=p2047675.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D333005%26algo%3DRIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D17538%26meid%3D1634766758888008096%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D8150%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D290979094711%26

It begs asking... I wonder if he was involved in the early 90s in the Balkans?

Thats the way to do it.... don't tempt the post office!!

This may help.... http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/28908-mystery-breast-star-chaplain-badge/

Hi "homefront royal army chaplain" seems to be a term made up by the seller?

Merci , that clears my confusion...

I wonder how Armierungs soldiers were chosen? Did the British Labour battalions use the same criteria to select the soldiers? From what I see in Militärpässe, they recieved no military training, were only given a spade and told where to dig.... I would have said, they were unfit for fighting units (not even artillery ;-) ) but how good is a labour battalion full of guys with medical problems... If someones eyesight was not good enough to handle a rifle maybe? Anyone have any ideas?

OK, found it ;-) They were at Blamont and Badonwiller...

I guess the correct term would be II B.1 – bayerisches Landsturm-Infanterie-Bataillon Kaiserslautern ?

Does the ettapeninspektion have its own Generalstab to which this unknown officer belonged... or is it the Generalstab of the 7. Armee?

I am a bit confused....

Does anyone have 1 or 2 really clear photos of the FW Skull being worn that I can use? I am looking for these for a project I am working one. If it is EK award day and the guy is wearing his EK... even better ;-)

Just a plain old Gefreiter d. Landsturm Mosbach ;-)

P.S. I am talking independant in 1914, not intergrated into a regiment at that stage

Yup... you old retired guys.... Bibs, man Boobs and Breaking wind.... its still the 3 B#s if you think positively... eh Gunner?