Chris Boonzaier

Funilly enough on his death cards at the SGA they changed "Rochas de Aiglun" to "de Rochas-Aiglun" Best Chris

Jup, thats it... Due to the fact that mine is bavarian stamped, the crown and letter on the spine should not be there (is not), the sheath should have the loop instead of the slider. It is a textbook Bavarian. Best Chris

Even assuming this was found in a KZ in 1945 by an (american ?) doctor... there are docuumented tins like this found by US vets in Dachau... although Dachau never used its Gas Chamber. The Zyklon B at Dachau had been used for other legitimate purposes for the surrounding military barraks... like Lice etc.... So, you could start of a Dachau tin collection.... Zyklon B tin, footpowder Tin, Roofing sealant tin from Dachau etc. Etc.

Hi Terry, I think yours is Beschaffungs Amt of the XIX Armee Corps as opposed to Bavarian? Nice piece. Usually the 13 would be a weapon number from the unit. Maybe a guard at the XIX Armee Korps ? It is an unusual and interesting stamp!

Some things just blow me away.... Like some idiot paying USD2700 for an empty tin on this auction..... http://www.cgmauctio...ct-from-Hamburg I think there is a major error in the description, I dont think Haber had anything to do with Zyklon B... But as you can see here..... Millions and millions of tins of this were made, used for everything from Fumigating Trains from Mexico to the USA to delousing uniforms in the Army... Before a Gas Chamber was ever created , hundreds of tons a year of this stuff were being prodiced for other purposes, from farming to industry.... So... before you shell out USD2700 for a tim that may have been used in Berlin to kill lice in BDM Panties.... ask your Buddy down in Texas.... "From 1929 onwards the U.S. used Zyklon B to disinfect the freight trains and clothes of Mexican immigrants entering the US.[13] Farm Securities Administration photographer Marion Post Wolcott recorded the use of cyanide gas and Zyklon B by the Public Health Service at the New Orleans Quarantine Station during the 1930s" if maybe THEY have an old tin in the barn somewhere.... we could become rich !!!!!! There is no denying this was used for terrible, terrible purposes.... but lets say an average of 200 tons a year, thats probably about 400 000 tins of this a year (in 1943 it was 800 000 tins)... we are talking millions of tins.... 99% being used for the purpose they were originally made for.... The doctor who this came from, working in the camps AFTER the war would probably have had it delivered for delousing as well.... So the buyer of this tin for USD2700......

Hi, the column "A la Mer" are the dates he was at sea, the "A Terre" was on shore, so the corresponding "Terre" names are places (Brest, Toulon etc) and by the "Mer" they are ships names (Hard to read) If I remember correctly, somewhere there is an entry that this sailor did not speak French either ;-)

naaaahhh.... the key is not outside of Germany.......

Thanks Jimmy :-))

Well, the top one is pretty good looking... maybe she is not really his wife?

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I am really not a Bayonet collector, but they seem to come on thheir own of late... I bought this on impulse, then thought "Aaaaarrgghh! What have I done!!" It has a square ring on the sheath instead of the tongue slider for the German Bayonet frog. There is no crown with letter stamped on the back of the blade, and it has a piece missing from the muzzle ring. Buuuut in the end, alls well that ends well.... obviously a bullet took out the missing part... anyone guess why the other two points (stamp and Square ring instead of slider) were explained? Best Chria

As the Macc Lads sing... "you are what you drink, and I'm a bitter man " ;-)

Hi Chip, Same Yellow as on the front. Best Chris

Hi, If Capitaine Pierre Joseph Romain Rochas D'Aiglun has "Vicomte Pierre de" somewhere there in his name, would he be Capitaine Vicomte Pierre de Rochas D'Aiglun ? Thanks Chris

It seems that Other Ranks KIA in WW! were automatically awarded a Medaille Militaire and CdG, Were officers automatically awarded a Legion d'honneur and CdG? Best Chris

Hi, its the Verdun medal. The regiment was more famous for its fighting on the hartmannsweilerkopf, their monument is there... See here for some related stuff (bottom of the page) http://www.kaiserscross.com/40047/41321.html

Only able to log in at work for quick looks... Somehow my computer at home has no online connection... at least it does, but only for a few minutes till the connection breaks down. Guy from the telephone company comes monday to repair it, so will be back fully then... after I get back from the dentist. Never rains but it pours!

as the 3rd Battalion was formed from the EB of the 12th Bavarain aInf Regt, it is possible he was there first. Best Chris

hi, do you mean ancestory.com? I have asked a friend to look. best, chris

Hi, any idea how many were awarded? Best Chris

Yup indeed.... and from the date of the award, it is possible that the wound was when they were holding the line at Hill304. :-) Best Chris

You know how when all these celebrities who believe in reincarnation were always Catherine the Great or Atilla the hun in a previous life... Well... of the 106 given out, many, many to people we have never ever heard of.... why are the 3 last ones for sale to "names" i.e. Skorzeny, Sperrle, Loerzer.... and not to unknowns like Müller, Schmidt and Hans-Peter? What happened to the badges given to unknowns? Or do originals from "unknowns" ger re-pedigreed to become badges to famous people From what I understand, a couple of British collector/dealers have fantastic medal making silver and gold smiths working for them, one example being the bomb plot wound badges... are the combined P/O also being done?

Just got these.... the regt was on the edge of the fighting on hill 304... so it is possible from the date that he was wounded at Verdun....

Just a silly question... did you check to see what colour his eyes are? Not that they should be brown or something...

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