Chris Boonzaier

Check this out... I had EUR211 bid and thought it may go a couple of EUR higher... but this ?!?!?!!? http://cgi.ebay.de/urkunde-eisernes-kreuz-2-klasse-ek-bayern-1wk-landwehr-/130533138075?pt=Militaria&hash=item1e64619e9b&autorefresh=true

Fantastic presentation Gunner! Here is am old one from the old bazaar in Cairo... "6551 3-BN EA"

Here is a preliminary award document..

A fine looking bar indeed! Good luck on the identification. What is the award to the right of the Ehrenkreuz? Best Chris

Fantastic. I read somewhere that the Turkish soldiers in Korea were held in very high esteem.

Hi, is it the South African Version of the Victory medal?

OK, the doc shows it to be the same unit. From what I can see, he lost a hand/Arm in WW1... and was attached to Stalag I B POW camp, at least atr the end of the war. Best Chris

Related to this man..

Indeed... you trumped me!

I think pics like these show how important the simple EK2 was...

This is a pretty cool one ... :-)

This is a scarce box.... for belted MG Ammo... takes 8 wooden boxes of 250 rounds each... so 2000 belted rounds....

Hi, good thinking, I googled as well, but the hit gives it that for (28.4.1940-14.9.1940)apparently they were reassigned a number of times during the war. It is probably a different unit a year later. best Chris

Yeah right! I am going to go out and buy a collection just like it!!! ;-) Fantastic Will, especially when one considers it is simply "one of" your collections...

He probably missed the beginning of the war then... maybe commisioned later? Does anyone have a way of checking the WW2 Feldpost nummer? Thnaks Chris

I recieved the following info... Charles Emile Samuel Chambeau. Er ist am 07.04.1891 in Battin/Prenzlau geboren und (durch Freitod) am 12.08.1962 in Hamburg gestorben. Zunächst war er Leutnant d.Res. im Kürassierregiment Graf Wrangel No.3, bis 25.01.1925. Vom 01.06.17- 15.04.19 Leiter der Versorgungsabt. der Ersatz- Eskadron Kür.Regt. 3 in Königsberg/ Pr. Lt. Feldpostnummer 00862 v. 18.08.1941 Oberleutnant. Lt. "Ausweis" (Blatt Papier, so bezeichnet) v. 31.01.1945 Rittmeister. Räumungstransport des Stalag I B Hohenstein von Stargard i.P. nach Teterow. Nach weiteren Unterlagen von Dez 1917 - Nov. 1918 Spionage- Abwehr. I assume then he served in The Cavalry, staying in the service until 1925, then being activated and serving in a POW camp? Best Chris

I wonder how Army Fitness compared then to now? I realise the boots were not "it", but I remember in the army there was a standard 8km run with kit and anyone taking longer than 45 minutes would get a clip on the ear. Best Chris

Hi, yup, it is "Hohmann & Sohn, Kaiserslautern 1914" Best Chris

Hi Jan, Thanks, Waht a pity about the BRIR22 !!! Murphys law of Regt histories... you never find the ones you need.... Best Chris

I think a not too expensive (in retail back then) cross from the interwar years. best Chris

Yup, its flat. What I noticed right away, the bck plate and the flat part of the rim are thinner than usual, and the guy who did the soldering was a real professional, no blobs of solder. as a result, the cross is very flat.

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Imagine being a young Lt in 1939 and having this guy in your unit.... I think you would develope a slight medal complex...

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Fantastic quality, with veeeery thin rims...