Manufacturing The Iron Cross

[Australia]

Here are a few images of a maker crafting a iron cross , if you have some more please post here , would love to see more .

[Danmark]

Big bugger of a soldering iron!! ..... I thought they would have used a more delicate one?


And is that a GRAND CROSS in the bin at front? ....... sure looks big!!

[Australia]

I believe they carefully filed the edges after soldering .

[unimarc]

They sure did file the edges after soldering :-)
Very interesting pictures . I have once completely re soldered a EK 1 , but there I used a flame, since I do not have this special equipment ;-)
Mfg
Marc

[Danmark]

Wouldnt it be nice to have some of those coining dies in your collection?

Sad to think they probably all ended up in landfill.

[unimarc]

It sure would :-)
I have some, unfortunately not for german iron crosses though, but for other orders ;-)
Mfg
Marc

[harryamb2]

nice post thanks.

[Australia]

look forward to any more images members might have .

[Gunny Hartmann]

The first photo is pretty interesting as they are casting a few different awards at once, also why cast the core with a "suspension ring" bracket? unless that ring is just something to handle the die?....

[unimarc]

Hi Gunny,
It is interesting ! I can´t think of any reason, ecept if it has to do with removing the model from the sandcast mold without damaging the lower edge !? maybe using a pair of tweezers to carefully lift it out using the "suspension ring" ?? and then remove it from the cross after casting ?? I have a couple of seperate cores in my collection, unfortunately non cast, alle stamped and cut mecanically :-/ They have no traces of a ring, so I guess there would be no use for it later in the process !? STRANGE ;-)

Mfg
Marc