Chris Boonzaier
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So.... anyone else been in the meantime? "American mortar"... I did not know the US had such pieces in WW1? Best Chris -
Best to differentiate with "Beamter" in the form interesting for collectors... and EVERYTHING that falls under the term as understood by the rest of Germany. Nowdays when you say "Beamter" you include Teachers, the taxman, Policemen, People who work for local govt as officials etc. etc. I dont know if those who qualify has changed over the decades....
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The Star Medals
Chris Boonzaier replied to jshorter's topic in Great Britain: Orders, Gallantry, Campaign Medals
Another thought to that.... could the remains of battery acid and various other cleaning methods STILL be eating away at medals? i.e if a dealer in Delhi cleaned it with acid 5 years ago, surely it is better to give it a good cleaning to get rid of the remains of any acids? -
I am not sure where this is, it is just named "Camp of the Iinft.L.R." I assume left foreground is a Gulash Kannone on its way to the front?
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What seems to be a telephone exchange bunker...
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1st, officers bunkers by the Kaplager...
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Here we go...... Offizierstellvertreter....
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Another one....
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EK 1914 The EK 1914 group I want to see ....
Chris Boonzaier replied to Ed_Haynes's topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
is it possible that it was a rank unique to the Nigerian regiment so the LG editor felt it necessary to explain it and other publications felt it necessary to change it to its British Equivalent? -
Hi WN, What was the Buergermeisters name? Are those Dietrichs original members? Best Chris
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is it not a PMP unit badge as opposed to a brevet? I remember some vague thing on an RPIMA site saying something about a tradition of the 1st unit a guy served in been worn on the eppaulette. The site was by an RPima guy in Algeria and had him with one Rpima badge on the breast pocket and another on the eppaulette
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I once read something about the Marine and the badge on the shoulder board... I cannot remember what it was..... can anyone enlighten me? A previous unit? I think it was a marine only tradition?
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Sudanese soldier
Chris Boonzaier replied to Harry Fecitt's topic in Great Britain: Orders, Gallantry, Campaign Medals
What a fantastic photo!!!!!!! -
Here ya go... the doc... http://www.kaiserscross.com/60401/60601.html
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too nice a thread to let it die.... has anyone got anything to add?
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u-hum...... Any more Bavarians in here??
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here is a thought.... many WW1 wound badge docs are dated post 36. I must have about 10 or so. I think my one to the navy doctor was 38 or so... Did they have them issued under the new rules? Were old awads upgraded?
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Nah .... I am staying where I was... but he got a group to sink all others.... hopefully he will post it in all its many paged glory... :-)
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I am forced to pass the grail to another member... I still have my docs... but he has me beat :-( It was fun at the top....
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second one looks a bit better than the slightly pansified first one....
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Still puzzling.... when was "Being gassed" gassed enough to qualify for a wound badge? A full lungs worth of green cross gas? A slight wiff of Yellow cross? Burning eyes from some blue cross? There must have been some hard and fast rule........
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Hi, \ anyone have an approx date for the pic above? Thanks Chris
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A super, super, super book, beating anything else on GSWA in WW1 has come out published by the author. Walter Nuhn's book is essential to ayone interested in German South West Africa. Unfortunately only in German. Buy! bUY! buy!!
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By coincidence I bought a new document to complete this set, he turned up in one of the Armierungs labour battalions in WW1, got a hanseatenkreuz. Seems to have been sent back from GSWA as either sick or wounded. I did a full write up of the group here.... http://www.kaiserscross.com/40117/52401.html must still add the WW1 doc...
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Maria Theresa Silver Thaler
Chris Boonzaier replied to bigjarofwasps's topic in Coins & Commemorative Medallions
Here you go..... http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=4398
