Chris Boonzaier

No, often there are two dates, one when the award was made, and the other when the certificate was signed. occasionally there is no date, I guess an oversight. I have the same doc to the 183 I.R., it is dated 1916 and was the sister regt of this one in the 183 I.D. so I think at a rough guess this doc was distributed within the 183 I.D. (maybe one will turn up to another unit to proove that theory wrong)

Ersatz reservist, best Chris

Paul C has made a good start, scanning and PDFing rank lists. A guy in Germany has about 120 regimental histories on CD for about EUR5 a pop in PDF file. I have a history I have seen for sale for over EUR200 !!! I would much prefer a disc for 1:40th of the price. What do youguys think the future is? Sure, paper is nicer, but PDF is not to bad... and I would rather pay EUR5 than EUR75 for a history, especially if I am buying all as they come out. It is a way that really puts in the info in the hands of the masses..... at some stage I will photograph the histories I have and add to the list... imagine if everyone did... how the info would flow....

Hi, Nix, nothing on him. Medaille Militaire citations seem to be numbered... I wonder if there is a way of researching them?

Hi, This one is not for an EK, it is a recognition Anerkennungs urkunde from the regt commander. I have about 6-7 different ones, mainly they are given for brave work on patrols, but 2-3 of them are for being good fighters in specific battles or skirmishes, they are nice as specific event are usually mentioned.

But mon Ami... this is france, not germany !!! No need for an index... its alphabetical ;-)

Entry example...

Found this on Holiday. a 1000 page Tableau d'honneur published in 1921. Listed are 4000-5000 guys who were awarded the Legion D#Honneur or medaille militaire as posthumous awards. all recorded awards up until the date of publication. I dont know if they are scarce or not, but for EUR35 there is no way i was going to leave it there....

hope this is readable...

I love these docs. This one commending a gefreiter from the I.R. 112 for his bravery in the action when the positions near reims were hit by the Nivelle offensive. The EK is a size guide...

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Any ideas what this is?

If an american collector was to buy one on the DNW auction, and store it at.... lets say... my house.... without it crossing the border.... would he still be breaking the law?

In Bosnia you could just hold up a pack of smokes or sweets and folks would bring them to trade. Same in Europe after WW2. I would imagine souveniers are not only ripped from the breast of the vanquished but also legitimatley traded for a pack of Marlboros.

It takes time and effort on the part of the person doing the discs, but they are a great service to anyone doing research. hats off to both of you.

I had a non spanish grup to a Navy Lt attached as an Observer to a flying unit. They seem to all have been observers. he had EK2 and one, observer badge and the three clasps. The rank was "Leutnant (M)" with the M for Marine. At the end of the war he was training for Uboots and in the Bundeswehr he was in the panzer branch.

new book coming out... http://monsite.wanadoo.fr/arham/page2.html

What about the "I am only a reenactor... leave me alone you Bastid, I done nuttin wrong! I am dressed as Audie Murphy and that guy there is Rommel with a PLM, and that guy is a Stuka pilot with a DKiG and that guy is Colonel Whitherby Poncycock wearing a DSO, we are all off to the historical show...why pick on me !!!" defence?

The S+L rim argument is a complicated thing indeed. To complicate it more... let me throw in the following thoughts. Thought 1) An RK rim is not a perishable item. Thought 2) Silver is not a use once material. So, to those thoughts 1) we are not at Walmart fish counter with a first in first out ratation method. 2) We dont have to consider "If Imake a purse out of this leather and it does not sell... I have wasted it. Which means... for thought 2) there is no danger in over production, if you make to many silver items, you can always reuse the silver, you have no loss ... and for thought 1) if you are making rims faster than you need them, you will have to store them. as they are not perishable, you have no "best before date" ... ie. you can make a pile of flawless rims, put them in a box. make a pile of flawed rims...... when it comes to putting the crosses together, the first few boxes have flawed rims and they are made with these. At some stage they have stopped making rims and depending on what is left they can use flawed or non flawed stock which was made eons ago.

How do we know it is not made in Britain?

does everyone know about Patrick Schallert? He has about 120 regimental histories availible in CD disks. These are one of the essential tools needed for research. Like Pauls CD it saves you a fortune. Each regt history costs about EUR5 or 6 , so far mostly Bavarian units, landwehr, etc, but also many others, J?gers, Rohr, cav, etc, etc, His email is... FJ_VF168@gmx.net All the best Chris

Never go there without the lucky T-Shirt They are a bugger to display eh!!! I had 2-3 possibilities in mind on the way home... but none were practicle in the end.....

I found this... Commandants of the 1st Duke of York"s Own Lancers (Skinners Horse) Col. James Skinner C.B. From 10-3-1803 to 4-12-1841 Major L.H. Smith From 5-12-1841 to 9-12-1849 Col. Crawford T. Chamberlain From 10-11-1849 to 4-8-1867 Col. W.R.E. Alexander From 5-8-1867 to 31-3-1876 Col. R. Jenkins From 1-4-1876 to 9-9-1880 Col. A.R. Chapman From 10-9-1880 to 9-9-1887 Col. R. Morris From 10-9-1887 to 9-9-1894 Col. R.F. Gartside-Tipping C.B. From 10-9-1894 to 9-9-1901 Col. C.H. Hayes From 10-9-1901 to 31-3-1907 Col. C. Davis From 1-4-1907 to 31-3-1912 Col. C. Bailey From 1-4-1912 to 4-12-1914 Col. G. Holland Pryor M.V.O., D.S.O. From 5-12-1914 to 6-7-1916 Lt. Col. F.D. Russell From 7-7-1916 to 8-7-1920 Lt. Col. E.C.W. Conway-Gordon C.I.E From 17-4-1921 to 28-5-1924 Lt. Col. V.A. Coaker D.S.O. From 23-5-1924 to 8-4-1927 (The Regiment was amalgamated with the 3rd Skinner"s Horse on 1st May 1921 and became the 1st Duke of York"s Own Skinner"s Horse). This tablet has been erected by Lieut Stanley E. Skinner, 1st Duke of York"s Own Lancers Grandson of the late Colonel James Skinner C.B. by whom the Regiment was raised and this Church was built, in memory of the visit to this Church on September ??th of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales Colonel in chief of Skinner"s Horse when I finally get to delhiI want to go to the church and take a photo of the tablet. I have the book "Hindu Horsemen" by an officer in the regt, and apparently there is one called "sworn to die" I think he got the DSO while detached from the regt. In the gazette he is listed as 3rd Skinners horse, but he is not listed with the regt as having recieved the award on their strength for NWF 1919, so probably detached and not for combat.

Dont look at me, it took me months of exasperation to find out if I was eligible, and I still dont understand the details !!