Chris Boonzaier

Hi, it is a home made Machine gun using a Mauser Rifle as a base... a one off things called the "Feksburg Maxim"... the guy who was under me in the bidding was writing a book on Mausers and asked for a copy for the book. As far as fading goes, so far so good. They are more than 100 years old so they are doing OK. best Chris

And a last one (i am going to be flogging the lot and want to leave it up to a potential buyer what he shows or not...) First shots of the war (reposed a bay later by the men who fired them as the first shots were actually at night)

Hi, I am not sure about the baddies in 1. but the goodies in 7 have the Orange Free State Artillery badge ;-) Here is a sensationally rare pic, was not in the original album and set me bach a pile of money.... but worth it....

Hi, I have 2 albums with about 80 large photos, about 19 by 15 cm each. I think they were printed from the original negatives and taken back to Canada by a canadian who fought in the Boer war. Have had some extras that came along over the years... Some of the pics I have never seen, some are pretty famous (like the one of De Wet). Best Chris

Ooooohhhh.... that is nice!! There are a couple more similar threads in here about the edelweiss....

Burger

An original print of one of the most famous photos of the war.... general de wet

Brabants horse...

Boer commando mobilizing.....

Siege of mafeking...

Lotter just before his execution....

A Boer sentenced to death....

Tugela bridge....

A looter

Cape rebels caught...

Found a couple of albums I had stashed away....

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That one is NICE!

Please check out the updates for 15th and 14th... great Passchendaele article and Verdun article, neither is new, but they are improved. Couple of new things in the forsale section... http://www.kaiserscross.com/152301.html

Hi, Do you know what he did at Verdun? Is it possible that there is an error here? With the MC, DCM, MM and Croix de Guerre he seems to have been a very busy man indeed... I would love to have met someone who saw that much action! Is it possible that he recieved it on the Somme or Flanders? Or even the Chemain des Dames and that as his history has been passed on to Children, then grandchildren a bit of confusion has crept in? I am only 15 years out of the army, saw a fraction of what he did and already I am not 100% sure of all the details... ask me when I am 60 and I will really have trouble remembering what happened where etc. I ask because I read a lot about Verdun and have until now never seen an English connection. If he was attached to the French there... then in what capacity? Best Chris