Chris Boonzaier

Hi, could very well be... most of the stuff I sold to him never appeared on the site. just goes to show the amount of stuff he deals with !!

A question... along the bottom it say "i.d. Kampfzeit." If I am not mistaken, this refers to the period BEFORE the nazis came to power? Pre 1933? i.e. folks who donated BEFORE 1933 take over?

Cody.... that could knock a guy off his feet !!!!!

Hi, You already did ;-) the Xeroxes you sent me last time covered this period. If you find a mention of W?genbauer anywhere in the KIAs or anything it would be great.

Another nice Raider doc. The I.R. was on the Somme when he got this...

I thought a nice thread showing group shots of Machine Gun trrops would be educative... I have a bunch still to scan, but to start the ball rolling, some bavarian Landwehr machine gunners... Notice the empty belt and the oh so sexy round steam tim (I would loooove one of those!!)

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Has anyone an idea what this is?

close up....

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A friend had one today that was paper thin, with the slightest finger pressure the sides would bend in. and then there is this one with the great catch !!!

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Nothing special, but i found this amongst the wifes grandfathrs stuff.

You know what.... when you come through the door with an MG... they tend to run and hide in the bathroom....

Wow... making from Scratch is a challenge I would not ever attempt... Good work indeed !

So..... I guess noone has seen another one like it?

Hi, I think Maritz was still too small a fish to be invited to sign a treaty? In retrospect the treatment handed out by the British after the peace was very, very fair indeed. When the rebellion came around, objectively speaking, it was a rag tag bunch of men. When you read of the part played by Maritz and Co on the South African /GSWA border, it is kind of embarrasing. The man was far from being a great, or even good leader of men and a less than average tactician or commander. As for the rest of the rebellion, it seems to have been half hearted at best, many of the men wanting just to make a gesture to show their displeasure but not really willing or wanting to really fight. I think it a measure of how great a man Botha was that so very many of the Great Boer leaders went along with him.

These newly repatriated Maxims were captured by the Canadians in WW1 and taken home. The 08/15 in private hands the 08 to a Canadian Veterans association. After nearly 90 years they are now back home ;-)

Up until 1917 the maker and year were on the Fusee cover, then they started stamping them on the top cover. This Spandau Fusee cover never had the full date on it (19..) so I assume it had landed in Waffenmeister box and was used to replace the one the gun got in the factory (due to damage I suppose)....

DWM gun 4472 was made mid-late 1915, which means 90% of the 08s you see were made later in the war.

The 08 is an early one, has just MG08 on the top....

The three most comman infantry weapons...

and again....

Here is the Fatboy with his skinny sister...

A few more sledge details...