Chris Boonzaier

It is a Beglaubigte Abschrift (sp?) You can go to any Gemeinde and they will make you a copy of a document and stamp to show it is official. I had a doc, it was a transcript of an Anerkennungs Urkunde for a recon pilot for finding a Soviet Panzer regt. It was stamped and signed by a Railway station master. I dont think that would have been much use for apension, but basically depending on what you want it for, it could be done by any official. Worst level is an "Apostile" Here you would go to a Notary (very strictly controlled in Germany) and they will stamp and sign the document, THEN you send that to the govt who controls what the notary has done and notarises his stamp and signature. But if its for something on the local level, some small official can do it.

Yup indeed. Its super that the french archives provide this for free and onlin !!!

Thanks :-)

Towards the end of March 1918 the British 3rd Dragoons took part in a cavalry charge at Villeselve near Ham. In this charge 100 Germans were killed and over 200 taken POW. The german 130 I.R. was in this sector. Is there anyone who could, by some miracle, tell me if the 130. I.R. was the regiment that faced the Charge? Thanks Chris

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Hi, could someone whos knows his place names please confirm the spelling of the place of death on these?

Hi, sorry, this was long gone indeed. he was a very young HJ SSman, wounded, and POW. he wrote the diaries on toilet paper and other scraps of paper, bound them together... Funny thing was, almost all his entries were food fantasy, thinking up menues and dishes he would like to eat.....

Yer a good man Tony, indeed you are

The queens gift to soldiers who were supressing the poor South Africans in the Boer war Its not really advertising, but decorative. Have been looking for one for ages. When the chockies are still in they cost a fortune. See here.... http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=2646

have had this for ages, it is heavy silver plated... is it military in style or for the workers? I know it is nothing official, but I liked to use it now and then when I still smoked....

My original thought was "Hmm, really thin and file marks....." but it comes from a trusted friend and he got it from private people.... I guess it is an unusual late piece.

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I got some of that 3rd Reich stuff as a forced trade today, included was a IAB, EK2 and russian front from one man. it has a late, late IAB, this is 100% kosher, still has the original price on it... and check the tool marks on the back!

I would not buy anything to a soldier with such a bad haircut...on principle !!!

A question... If these pockets have been added at some stage, does it effect the price? The jacket may be period altered... but it is altered....

I have a group to one of the wifes relatives that has the Austrian and Sudeten medal. He served WW1 as an infantry officer, was a school headmaster in the 1930s who was called up to moniter allied radio broadcasts (BBC etc) during the austrian/Sudeten thingies and got the medals. Was never anywhere near the places in question. If I undetstand correctly, it is cases like his that made the F?hrer say "For the Memel medal you actually had to BA THERE to get it...."

I think the truth lies somewhere between the two. Strictly speaking, unless the other states said "Lets have a medal that has the same rules as the EK" then there cannot really be a 100% equivelent. My rule of thumb would be... "if non Prussian Gefreiter Joe and Hauptmann Whatsisname had spent long enough to get a n EK2 and or EK1........ what would their own state have hung on them in the same timeframe for the same deeds." Living on the Hessen border but just inside Bavaria I always consider the Hessen silver bravery medal anf the Bavarian 3rd class with swords to be almost automatic EK2 extensions that are very often found together. However, neither of these has a 1st class version. I doubt any collectors would see 100% eye to eye on this because it all depends on the interpretation of "Equivelent"... optically similar? Same classes? same rules? awarded in the same numbers? for the same bravery? service? For me it boils down to... what would am old sweat have had at the end of the war..i.e. a Hessen soldier got Prussian and hessen awards, ... what did the two states give him in the same time period.... It must have sucked to be a Prussian... just getting awards from one state......

that is very nice indeed. Just a couple of weeks ago a collector was telling me that the Germans only had privately bought compases in WW1. I have a really nice WW1 British compass where the name of the British officer is scratched out and replaced with the name of the German one.

one and two Austrian, 3rd a westwall, 4th a eastern front, lask a HK. ?

Could it be a bunch Austrian awards for WW1 ?

Tarnishing everyone who served in 11th Brigade before, during and after My Lai with the same brush as those involved in the massacre and cover-up seems unfair, and tarnishing the entire division as well. My understanding is that the 196th Infantry Brigade, for example, was pretty well regarded.

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What are we looking at here?