Iron Cross - 1st Class - Clasp Pin - Good Condition - In Fitted Iron Cross Box - NO M.M.
Pics below <item #132>
Can anybody confirm what this is + authenticity + value?
Iron Cross - 1st Class - Clasp Pin - Good Condition - In Fitted Iron Cross Box - NO M.M.
Pics below <item #132>
Can anybody confirm what this is + authenticity + value?
item looks good,,,350-450,,,
What is with the strange 'brazing' marks, or whatever on the backs
of these two crosses you've shown ? They appear repaired or unfinished !
Looks like a mismatch of box and cross, as there are condition
issues with the cross and none to hardly any wear/staining
on the box, if it is indeed a good EKI set..........
Let others have a good look at these crosses, both the two cased
EKI's and two WMK's, and get a few more opinions.
Last edited by Walkwolf; 06-09-2010 at 06:20 PM.
Regards,
Steve.
Cross is original , it 's an unmarked Klein & Quenzer , untouched for 70 years because that black patina but where stayed I don't know , strange back side look.
Case seems ok but I 'm not so sure, pics don't let see any detail... it came not originally with that cross IMO.
Edit : my thought was this patina as an old patina but I have many doubts after seen the other one..
Last edited by fabri; 06-09-2010 at 03:23 PM.
This is a very strange one. I agree with Fabri about the front being a K&Q but I've never seen such unusual heat marks on the back. It looks like the frames have been apart and then been resealed.
Looking for LDO marked EK2s and items relating to U-406.....
It's hard to get clear pics of some of the details on these things but is there a good comprehensive guide out there to detecting fakes? I've seen a few but do you guys have a favorite guide that you could share with me?
Does a magnet test help detect fakes?
Thnx
"In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem
hi Bill,,,does this include the 1813/1870 issues as well?...
Good question, for which I don't know the answer. . . Let me correspond with a more experienced Iron Cross collector who may know, and I shall report back. . .
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