1957 Knight's Cross w/ OLS

**Tango** · 03-25-2014, 02:12 PM

Todd an excellent Cross & some excellent pictures too.. If I knew this was for sale you would had your hands full lol.. I would love to get a nice RK 57..with oaks just makes it even better.. Well done.. Cheers Terry.

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 03-25-2014 02:12 PM

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**oradour** · 03-25-2014, 06:53 PM

Gents, the terms are for the core, "first" or "second" core, for the frame "B","C" or "D"....."A" framed RK's being St u L wartime made crosses.
As for time frames, it was generally thought that the B frame was as its nomenclature suggests was the first 57er RK from 1957 lasting to around 1960 when the C frame took over, itself lasting to around 1979 when the D frame came into being......However images in catalogues and publications from around 1957/8 have come to light that show St u L had already designed the second core so it may be that the first and second core variants may of been produced together ! The C frame die is a repaired B frame die, and some not all will show the same flaws as the B frame crosse over time.....the cores became non magnetic in the mid 1970's....the D frame was a brand new die, it is believed they were made upto around 2005, that was the last time St u L listed a 1957 catalogue....I recently contacted them and was curtly informed they no longer made or supplied them !
Also it is believed that St u L had more than one die for their RK production run 1957 to around 2005.
I hope this helps clarify somewhat a distinctly complicated subject

Prost ! Steve.