Chris Boonzaier

The one on his Left Elbow and on his blanket are also well defined ;-)

Thanks, seems to have been the biggest fight of the campaign. Best Chris

Hi, the Gren Regt 101 is also mentioned in passing...

Regimentel histories seem to gloss over events in belgium 1914... the huge outcry over the sacking of Louvain is covered in 2 lines in the regt history of this unit.. http://www.kaiserscross.com/41815/77301.html So... away from my books and just having the net, i am having some problems finding just which German units were involved in the mass Murders at Dinant in 1914... I seem to remember they were Saxons... Does anyone have an idea? Thanks chris

post yer uglies!

Hi Bob, do you have a name to that bar? Best Chris

I have seen a number of these on Ebay... seems there are folks desperate enough to buy them... dont go for much though...

This is interesting, i forgot i had this group.... But this info makes it easier to research.. :-) am 17. Juni im Gefecht bei Narus: Reiter Edmund Karl von Rönn, früher im 2. Garde-Regt. zu Fuß, leicht, Fleischschuß linke Schulter,

To the above... I meant 8 000 site hits a month with 22 000 pages viewed... Another update.. http://www.kaiserscross.com/152301.html

Yup, thats what I was thinking ;-) Thanks Chris

This is part of a tragic little tail... two brothers in the same unit, killed on the same day.... but which unit? As they came from Constanz, I assume Baden 114?

I think they eneded up with a damned fine design in the end.... There are some ugly ones in that selection Bison posted!!

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A photo belonging to Willy Peters, 9th Company, Jäg Regt 3. "France (Ardennes) Our Kaiserparade in May 1916 before leaving for Verdun. In the area of Charleville"

Bearded guy here.... Bavarian... Whats with the hat??

Here is an interesting one.... A German postcard of De Wet in the 1914 rebellion... anyone see the error?

Then in amongst all that... a pocket watch.... Which is usually the kind of stuff the illegal metal detector guys find... but there it was, in a bulldozer track... a German pocket watch... 95 years later....

Large ones...

Well, I am a battlefield walker, not a metal detoector guy, so I dont usually find REALLY cool stuff... until a few weeks ago at Verdun. We were walking up a hill on the central battlefield where the forestry dept had just ripped a firebreak.... As usual small shells...

Coupe coupe on the left...

many years later..

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The Germans hated and feared the tirailleur from senegal/Tchad etc. Tales of the Tirailleur in WW1 mixed with NS Racism saw indidents of German units in 1940 machine gunning French troops after capturing them. I think it safe to say that when the going got tough, neither side took priisonners. Here is a 1916 dated Tirailleur Coupe Coupe, found in a Village near Verdun... Tales if the Tirailleur and their coupe coupe are as common, if not more common, than the Ghurkas and the Kukri..

Hi, if you got a citation, you were entitled to the medal. It may be that someone was cited in 1918 and only realised it in 1928?

Hi, does anyone have any examples of the Oldenburg Friedrich August cross award docs to post? Thanks Chris