Chris Boonzaier

Here you go.... On the ring and bag.... http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=652580

I forgot I had posted this and that the tank had been identfied here.....

But we have EK2s with "Y"... so why not EK1? The immediate question i would have is... what purpose would a control mark serve in a production process for crosses? all the other firms seems to have made them without needing a special control mark? As it is not a firm that seems to have made large amounts, we could be talking 3-4 people sitting in a room assembling them? If it is a control mark, surely a mark made for the Ordenskommision ? Same as a FR or WS ? As I said above, they used it on EK2s.. Do we know for sure that ONLY Carl D. stamped 800 on award pieces? Why should he have that sole honour? Is it beyond the bounds of possibility that someone else would? Best Chris

Here is a bar to Lt S.I. Visser of the Potch Commando... he was wounded in GSWA by a mine left by the retreating german. An early IED casaulty.....

Hi Brett Guide H.J. Van Aswegan FID <There is a very good book called "Die "Hendsoppers" en "Joiners"" by Albert Grundlingh. I bought it in Pretoria a number of years, he has a SJ Van Aswegan on one of the namers lists, so it may be the same gus, he was from Boshof....

I thought this little family group was really, really nice... http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/57572-storm-troopers-in-the-family/?p=534440

Hi Wound badge doc...

Here is the brother, a sniper... His EK2 award document...

Super Irish! Muchos Grazias!

Hi Glenn, thanks :-) Best Chris

IR21

4. Garde Regts zu Fuss, 4. Komp...

Here is a frontline newspaper....

"just remember that in marridge, if you are going to dance on the mine field you will have to get used to being called "stumpy"." No Way Amigo.... I am the one with the artillery!!

This is a very scarce little book, it is for Nahkampf instructors and has sections on Stick Grenades, Egg grenades and Granatwerfer 16

Hi, Paul has just shown that the "Nachrichtenoffizier der OHL" is indeed a Intel officer as supposed to a regular Nachrichten officer. I was wondering if anyone knew a Rittmeister Devaux in Septermber 1918? Thanks Chris

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/18/living/jfk-jacket-auction/index.html WOW!

The 1st one in post 10 is one of the best quality stampings i have seen on a medal....

Is tzhere something unit specific that makes Chip want it so bad ? :-) I had to shell out 550EUR for mine, but I think that was acceptable... would have prefered a name and unit in it though....

Ooooohhh... top of my want list is a Bavarian Bluse :-( Very nice indeed!

It is unfortunately a private purchase one of thinner wool than the issue ones. But still, it is Bavarian...

Hi, loooooots of patience... but I usually miss the REALLY good ones....

Hi, I am just going to do a pit. I need to stay flexible, i basically want to do a pit for the mortar, do a series of photos, then change it into a MG position for some photos. You want to dig another 4 room bunker? I have place and a spade waiting for you ;-)

The Sicily medal is really nice... I guess the documents are the hardest things to find?

"Chris - some nice medals. About 4000 pounds for the Anglo Boere Oorlogs. Your set with the Troue Dienst and the ABO are in the wrong order. The DSO precedes the others and the two late award Boer Medals at the end. Mervyn" Hi, You old colonialist you!! ;-) This is the official mounting order. South African regulations show it as such, as do period photos. For south African troops, DTD ranks above DSO, MC, MM, DCM etc. ABO comes before Natal Medal or WW1 Service awards. Best Chris