Thank you Adrian for honoring my request.
Thank you Adrian for honoring my request.
The thread will remain open for Richard to present the measurements of his award and for the members to discuss facts and put the fiction to bed.
Looking for LDO marked EK2s and items relating to U-406.....
Hello Richard,
I have not posted on this thread, but I have read it all.
I do not study this award nor am I familiar with it in any way. I have to ask you to look at this in a way that any of us do when it comes to authenticating any of the items in our collections.
I ask you to, as you suggested earlier, to read your signature line and apply this here.
Ralph.
Searching for anything relating to, Anton Boos, 934 Stamm. Kp. Pz. Erz. Abt. 7, 3 Kompanie, Panzer-Regiment 2, 16th Panzer-Division (My father)
Adrian...In this respect I will agree, except for the use of the word "fiction", as there is not fiction here, simply speculation. Even should the measurements not coincide with the "Ailsby Chart", which we do not know where it was obtained given his past reputation, this speciment may still have been produced as an excellent copy from the 80's. I'm certainly happy with that
Richard, I admire your tenacity but please stop with the unknowns and unprovables. There is no way this speculation can be presented as evidence as to the authenticity of this award. No way.
If the worker wanted a piece and run the high risk of punishment for making an unauthorised award, taking one of these pieces for a reason beyond me, I mean, he wasn't to know they would day become collectable so there is no reason for him to make and take an award he wasn't entitled to, wasn't his property and probably contravened every rule in the book over the regulations agreed by Lauer and the Akademie.
If he wanted one he could have just taken one without the need to make or pick a 'different' one.
This is the final word on that side topic. Get back to presenting the only things that will stand up in this discussion - FACTS!!!!
As the pertinent saying goes, buy the piece, not the story that goes with it or the seller's reputation.
In this case discuss the piece, not the story made up to accompany it!
Looking for LDO marked EK2s and items relating to U-406.....
Hi Ralph...Thank you for making a sensible posting and just for the record concerning my signature, I have no where in this topic ever stated that my specimen is genuine, however just about everyone else has asserted that it is ia reproduction/copy. There still are a couple of open minds.
Let us put on our thinking caps, set aside the symantics for a moment and consider the following questions:
What was the method of production; were all three versions of this award die struck or cast?
Would anyone have information as to the demise of the awards that were returned to the academy, but not reissued?
Does any member have a proven genuine example of this award in their collection?
I'm of the understanding that there is book on the Accadamy by Jorg M. Hormann; does anyone know of this book and possibly where copies can be obtained? I checked on Amazon and other books are listed by this author, but not this one. Possibly it may be out of print?
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