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06-11-2020 12:19 PM
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WOW! a great collection of them. what site did you go to and if E-BAY, what did you punch in?
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WOW! a great collection of them. what site did you go to and if E-BAY, what did you punch in?
They were acquired from eBay (UK), and eBay Germany - as well as some private deals. If you search on eBay Germany, type in '57er orden' into the search box.
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Hi Mark,
Something else that has to be taken into account with these medals is that when the 'wall' was torn down in November 1989, there was a whole new bunch of German veterans who were just itching to purchase the 57er awards. They would have only been in their early 60's, and for them to attend reunions wearing their hard-won awards for the first time since the end of the war must have been something very special to them. My example of the Ritterkreuz is probably from the mid 1980's, and just still inside the timeframe for when the quality was still reasonably good. With the abzeichen it is not really possible to put a date on manufacture apart from 'solid' hinge blocks indicate pre 1968 construction, and 'open' hinge blocks indicate post 1968 construction. I would imagine that like with the Knights Cross, quality started to take a nosedive from about the 1990's as fewer and fewer veterans were around to purchase them.
My two examples of the EK1 are early with the magnetic core, and later with the non magnetic core. Quality of both awards is extremely good, with the main difference being the thickness of the later award. For those who have not seen them, here are the other awards I obtained during 'lockdown'. My favourite being the 'field converted' EK11 to 'Ritterkreuz', although it is not a 57er award! Click on images to enlarge
Cheers,
Steve
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