Ehrenkreuz der Deutsche Mutter Dritte Stufe, genuine or not?

[Retsiger]

Does anyone know of a good thread on spotting a fake Mother's Cross? I would love to collect a set and already bought this bronze below, but after reading some threads and looking at some of the fakes, I am not sure I ended up with a good one.

Will you take a look and give me some feedback, please? I had a little blur on the first image.

[rbminis]

This example is an original. You need to look at the long points on the "rays" as fakes are more blunt. Also look through the blue enamel, you should see a texture beneath it.

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Ralph.

[Retsiger]

My apologies for both. Thank you for the response and the correction to the title.

[Gunny Hartmann]

A nice example and well photographed!...

[tompress]

Good cross in really nice codition

regards
Tomasz

[harryamb2]

[FALLSCHIRMJAGER]

I see no issues with this one, a nice clean original. Leon.

[Saladin]

Hello,
that is a really nice original bronze cross with a lovely patina to it and an original piece of ribbon.

Ralph points out what some reproductions look like and it is true quite a few have more blunted rays than originals but the more I study these crosses the more I am inclined to think that there were quite a few made post 1945.

I started my original research and it just keeps on getting bigger.
I currently have a list of 83 makers of all classes of the MK
Here is the link below:
Vaulted Silber Mutterkreuz and all the research that goes with it!

All the best
Doug

[Retsiger]

Doug/Saladin,

Thank you for the post. That is a great thread! I'm trying to digest everything. I subscribed to the thread.