EK 1914 Fantastic Iron Cross war art documents....

[Chris Boonzaier]

The R.I.R. 81 had in its ranks a man named Wilhelm Lefebre. Old Willy sure could draw!

It also had quite a budget when it came to printing documents for the men....

Well known is their Iron Cross 2nd class document.... It is in most books...

[Chris Boonzaier]

Waaaaaaaay less well known is their Iron Cross 1st class document....

[Chris Boonzaier]

Yes folks, the EK2 is fake, but it is just to give you an idea about the size of these docs...

They also did commemorative documents...

For those who were fighting on the souville nose an Verdun....

(See here for a brief article about the fighting... http://www.kaiserscross.com/60401/134122.html )

[Chris Boonzaier]

Then at the Somme....

[Chris Boonzaier]

Then on the aisne...

[joe campbell]

how does one top these?

i know there are some color format docs out there,

but these so remind me of aubrey beardsley.

is that first one....

joe

[Chris Boonzaier]

There may be more out there, but these are the variations I have found to date.

Best

Chris

[dond]

Nothing like war art to take you back in time. Thanks for showing those wonderful docs Chris.

[Chip]

Simply beautiful Chris. Any idea why the EKI doc would not have been signed?

Chip

[Chris Boonzaier]

Simply beautiful Chris. Any idea why the EKI doc would not have been signed?

Chip

Hi,

I have an EK 2 doc to them, unsigned as well.

Some units seemed to have done it that way... my docs for the 27th infantry, have 3 EKs to them, none signed, just stamped.

best

Chris