Imperial Eks

[oradour]

Nice one i think everyone should have a "KO" in their collection. KO crosses are one of the most common crosses. I have been told that the KO crosses are thought to be the standard "awarded" cross.

Greg....what are your thoughts on the recent revelation that "KO" medals are made by Klein & Quenzer ?
Prost !Steve.

[Wolfe1165]

Amazing thread!

Here is my contribution. The non-combatant EK on the left is marked, but for the life of me I can't read it. My other is a salty unmarked tombak. Not much, but I enjoy them.

[Chopperman]

Greg....what are your thoughts on the recent revelation that "KO" medals are made by Klein & Quenzer ?
Prost !Steve.

Steve,
My own opinion is that it's as good a guess as
any of the other theories. So far we have not
seen anything that actually supports the theory.

[Chopperman]

Wolfe,
Thanks for posting those crosses. Right off
the top of my head, I can not name the makers
but I will do some digging, maybe we can identify
them for you.

[stuka f]

Any idea what thise one might be?
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[HPL2008]

Any idea what thise one might be?

Something from a Prussian veterans' association and almost certainly Landwehr-related.

"Mit Gott für König und Vaterland" means "With God for King and Fatherland" and was a traditional Prussian motto.

Members of the Prussian Landwehr (the second-line reserves) wore a Landwehrkreuz [Landwehr Cross] on their headgear whose design was almost identical to that of this cross; the difference being that the lower arm of the cross bore only the year "1813" instead of "Verein/1866".

"Verein" means "club", "association", "league" etc. So this clearly relates to an association that was either founded in the year 1866 or named itself after the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 or both.

[stuka f]

Also what I could make of it.
I assume it wasn't any official insigna/medal...!?
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[Chopperman]

Correct. It was not an awarded cross. But a keeper none the less.

[Chopperman]

Amazing thread!

Here is my contribution. The non-combatant EK on the left is marked, but for the life of me I can't read it. My other is a salty unmarked tombak. Not much, but I enjoy them.

I'm pretty sure that the cross on the right is a Zimmerman.
Still working on the other one.

[Wolfe1165]

I'm pretty sure that the cross on the right is a Zimmerman.
Still working on the other one.

Thanks for your help, Greg!