Imperial eisernes kreuz

[BRIOLF]

Got this one today very salty example by an unknown maker
Brian

[rbminis]

MFH.
Ralph.

[BRIOLF]

Cheers Ralph wasn't sure whether it was an f or an e, Unknown maker according to the list .

[Watchdog]

Cheers Ralph wasn't sure whether it was an f or an e, Unknown maker according to the list .

That would likely be because the identity of MFH is currently unknown but the mark itself is a known one.

These always look good however salty. It is after all something of a German icon (long before the Nazis adopted it), Hitler knew that and he was correct in his assessment of its motivational value.

Such a shame that the device now seems stuck forever with negative connotations in the world at large, just like the swastika it-self really.

Regards

Mark

[tompress]

Cheers Ralph wasn't sure whether it was an f or an e, Unknown maker according to the list .

Yes, in some crosses the mark reads MEH - so the MFH is possibly poor striked MEH.

About the makers lists: this information represents current konwledge IMO: Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse 1914 für Kämpfer (in the lower part are confirmed marks, but unknown makers), and this website deutsche Orden und Ehrenzeichen is recommendable at all for imperial collectors (but is in German only)

greetings
Tomasz

[Anderson]

"It is after all something of a German icon (long before the Nazis adopted it)"

Indeed it is, I would think all the way back to the Teutonic Knights of medieval and Crusades fame is the heritage it invokes for Germans. But it is of course firstly a Christian symbol with all the symbolism that suggests of victory over death etc. The cross symbol has long been used for the military decorations of many nations.

[buellmeister]

Brian,

She has the been there look, but still has character! I like it!