Many items were made post WW1 like this in Germany particulary following EK designs , i agree with Stewy a private purchase , jewellers made piece for the veteran or the family,
regards
Paul
Many items were made post WW1 like this in Germany particulary following EK designs , i agree with Stewy a private purchase , jewellers made piece for the veteran or the family,
regards
Paul
The gates of hell were opened and we accepted the invitation to enter" 26/880 Lance Sgt, Edward Dyke. 26th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers , ( 3rd Tyneside Irish )
1st July 1916
Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener,
Courage the greater as our strength faileth.
Here lies our leader ,in the dust of his greatness.
Who leaves him now , be damned forever.
We who are old now shall not leave this Battle,
But lie at his feet , in the dust with our leader
House Carles at the Battle of Hastings
Well, I found out what this is. It is called a "PRINCE" EK. It was used in place of a full sized EK when a soldier wanted to display his medals. The interesting thing is that it is worth MORE than a standard EK! Quite rare, I imagine, although the guy who gave me this info has 3-4 of them, including EK1. So if you run across one BUY IT.
FURTHER UPDATE: If you go to "derrittmeister" website you will see an example of my Cross ( although much nicer than mine - for over $600.00! ) It is called a "PRINZENGROSSE" which means Prinze's size. It is very interesting reading if you are interested in EK - and who isn't? Isn't it funny how my old beat up Iron Cross went from being an object that was nearly worthless to being worth a few hundred, anyway?
Looks like you've got a keeper there. How many companies made them? I'll look at the link in a while for more info. Congrats anyway,Stewy S
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