Chris Boonzaier

Hi, I would go with 1) simply because... 1) the wear to the medals and ribbons is exactly the same. 2) If you take the MM, CdG and 14-18 along with the 3 miniatures you would have his group as it would probably have been in 1920-21... maybe at this point he looses interest? 3) The CdC added way later.... with good reason... by applying for the CdC you have pension rights and who would pass up on that ?!?!?!? ;-) I would agree 100% that the victory medal belongs there... but I waited almost 15 years to get around to picking up the necessary to complete my own bar and can see where he could just ghave said "bugger it...." Of course, its all just guess work on my part, more interesting would have been what he did for the citations....

I am not so sure.... the Victory SHOULD be there... but having the experience of going through all the loops and twists of getting medals issued after having left the service (even in the easy online times), it may be that he never bothered. You seem to have to apply at different places for different medals. Maybe he had the MM, CdG and 14-18 and left it at that. The CdC was issued by a different authority and maybe he did not bother until the 30s to get that. These are the minis... http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=25669 There was no CdC mini, so I assume for years he had the three, then in the 30s got the large CdC.

The Medaille Militaire is really superb quality...

I like the style on the bars.... this set is unusually done with 2 to a row..... anyone notice anything else?

Hi, thanks for the links. From what I understand, he must have died due to wounds recieved in the war to qualify for the cross.... but this would have been about 40 years after the war was over? Is there any chance in finding out how he was wounded? What is the "For service at the front " badge for? Civilian dress after the war? Thanks Chris

Showing the amount of wear on the velvet. I think this was taken out and put on every day for a looooong time...

I found a nice matt bronze one of these as well... Seems a desinger name is also on it... cannot read it though..

Arrrrrrggghhh!!! Just after having found my dream DN... I find a better one.... A matt Bronze color....

At what point did the bars change from silver to gold colour? Thnaks Chris

2 nice early ones... one has had the catch repaired...

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I am a huge Alpenkorps fan.... so Jumped ata achance for a nice Bavarian Leib Regiment Milit?rpass.... When it arrived I saw he was only a short while in the Leib Regiment before moving to........ 3rd J?ger regiment !!! My only doc to the regt. He arrived AFTER the men were awarded the Edelweiss, but the Karpathan badge is entered. he did the whole Verdun sejour. One of my favourite Militaerpasses... :-))

can anyone read the writing?

strangely enough, I always think of these civilian things as things that landed in a drawer and were never worn, the case has a fitted velvet interior, and you can see that the award was taken out many (hundreds?) of tins as all the nap is worn off on the part where the medal is.

Here you go.... the quality is superb, but unfortunately the hinge is broken.

sorry, I meant 39-45. I am still in the dark as to why they were worn. See an indian troop in Egypt and you could more or less guess he was "overseas" whether he had a badge on or not. See him home on leave... surely for security reasons he should not wear a badge saying he and his unit are serving overseas? Did these badges serve some kind of official function, or were they simply a distinction to show the lad was overseas in the thick of it?

Could it be that they were not limited to 1914-18 and were worn for overseas service after the war?

Wow! That is a great (and mega) project !!!!

Hi, the whole thing looks to be gold or plated with some silver showing through. I vastly overpaid, but that is par for the course for my "vacation collection" items :-0

Any idea of value? I was tossing the thought around of getting it, but it is about EUR50 without the pin. Any idea when they were worn?why they were worn? I assume during the war as after the war their medals would have shown they had served overseas? Thanks Chris

Hi, it looks to be sterling with a kind of gold plate... any idea of value? it has a nice case. thanks Chris

I am not sure where this fits in, i assume here so maybe Ed can move it if he sees it fits elsewhere... I saw a pinback badge today, it was round, had a WW2 brit kings crown at the top, crossed schimatars underneath and i think a half moon above where the blades crossed. In the middle was a banner with (I think) OVERSEAS SERVICE. It was numbered on the back 15674. I am not sure it is for moslems in Malaya or India.... Anyone have an idea?

Hi, sorry, no pics... but maybe someone has an idea..... It is a badge on a long pin, so i am thinking civilian dress.... the little hanger has what looks like 2 crossed picks with an anchor.... so i am thinking naval construction.... the medallion has on the front what i assume to be a young japanese empror with wide pointy moustache and full chest of awards with japanese writing around him, the back has an anchor with a compassrose behind it. i think it is pre war as the striking is in the same quality of a very deatiled silver coin (very fine die indeed). my guess is it is for civilians working in naval construction? sorry, photos on sunday...

2nd one is listed as a copy in the description.... 1st one knocked me off my feet !!!!

Indeed it was.... Max bayer, founder of the german boy scout movement as well. I have his EK2 document. will dig out the info Ihave on him when I get back to germany.