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    Marcus H

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    1. As indeed Oli and Trevor have mentioned, this is one of several guises this postwar (in my opinion) packet has adorned. There are slight variations in more modern made emulations of these fakes (fake of fake, but the designation lettering of such as the EK2, Spangen and KVM are of this type shown. The TDB, HSF and U-Boat packets share a smaller Fraktur script on these blue packets, and also such can be found on orange fake packets for such like as the Flight Clasp's to the Spanish Cross. There are also two Eastern Front medal packets, too. One has the lettering as the Spange packet above and the other has a more Latin style of lettering which resembles one of the genuine counterparts. KR Marcus
    2. Hi Guys, Can anyone point me in the right direction as how to discern good from bad on the double scroll cap badge please. Kr Marcus
    3. Hi Micha, I love the screwback !!!!!! I think Michel has a pinback that was awarded to a U-Boot officer, his example has the 'hooked' seven in the Ldo number. Where as ours don't. It would be nice to compare ours to his in fact. This is mine:
    4. Hi Snoopy, Well, I've just read on the net that they do indeed have oil filled campasses !!!! I never knew that, it's an aid in needle dampening. Some of the survival compasses are oil filled too. I don't know about aircraft instrument collecting either, I fly them for a job and have a limited knowledge on some instruments, but thats it really. So oil it may well be in this instance and in very nice condition by the looks too. Sorry top have mislead in my first post. Kr Marcus
    5. Hey Snoopy, It's not oil based, the compass card will be suspended in a mineral or alcohol based liquid in a bowl, with a means of trailing wires to dampen or act as a brakeing system and with magnets to reduce the moment of inertia (which keeps mass to a minimum)....it's a clever simple little thing that stops the card and helps it to settle down after a turn and to not spin like a top and hunt for north at an inertial rate. Not many people know this, but inside these you should have a sapphire cup, on which a iridium tipped pivot balances......buy them all up now for the jewel's It's about 4/5's still full of fluid I guess. Oil filled ? I've never heard of that. I'd have thought the viscosity of the oil would have caused too much resistance - can you show a picture of it please.
    6. A Direct Reading Compass from a Me 109E, the date of manufacture is October 1939. Ths was aquired from an ex RAF Transport guy who recovered the crashed aeroplane during the Battle of Britain era - like a fool I never enquired exactly where from !!
    7. Nice one Rich, attributed crosses are few and far between. Do you know where the paper work lives to date Rich ? Kr Marcus
    8. Always hard to find in good condition these CW EK1's, for some reason they always seem to have suffered over the years for the most I've seen. Mines not perfect by any means, so Jan Arne so far yours is one of the better ones I've seen. Heres mine with the outer carton too !!
    9. Hi guys, I wanted to share this relatively rare, very early war, unmarked, nonmagnetic - zinc core, neusilber framed Juncker RK. It's not a mint RK, it's not cased with an outer carton, but it is early war (pre Nov '41 and the introduction of the Ldo) and on that merit I bought it and I'm very pleased with it !! Kr Marcus
    10. I think it's well worth hanging onto the packet, set or not it's more than likely it will be a mint example of this type of packet - so yeah, a worthy example. I'd say if you can obtain an example with the Ldo warranty on the reverse also, I'd buy it, once perhaps Dietrich and I get to the bottom of this and all turns out well and good in favour of the the packets and maker etc they'll be a demand you see all of a sudden for these mint packets and the Ldo stamped oddity version !
    11. I always spell warranty with a an e why !! My apologies for that. Hi Steve, I couldn't confirm they made EK2's, I suspect they did by the way of the marked packets, so as a opinion/semi educated guess overall, I'd personally speculate a yes !! To my knowledge the Ldo and PK makers lists are incomplete as they are missing X amount of makers, the abundance of unknown or unattributed EK2's would lead to to think that again it's likely one of these unknown crosses could have been made by F&G - like in badges though perhaps F&G used the same die as another maker, say for guesses sake Alois Rettennmaier of the same area as F&G. So if that were the case, then we'd have a one in the same cross. Incidently the Ldo stamp on the paper packets would be of a period from (documented) June '44 until I imagine such a time near the wars finish. I do thin most of these F&G packets and crosses are married yes, and I'm only aware of one purported pair that was found previously the hoard of the mint packets. But I have my reasons to be a little dubious shall we say unfortunately ! There are more informed guys on here that perhaps could comment, I'm just thinking out aloud in the above for the most part. Kr Marcus
    12. I forgot to mention we at least have the RZM code M9/154
    13. Hi guys, that would be my opinions I take it and of course my threads on the WAF. I've always stipulated that I like these packets and consider them the genuine article. There is nothing to discern this packet from any other genuine EK2 packet of this very guise, that is nothing at all in the folded paper and the ink used for the designation and maker mark. The only interesting difference to note is the Ldo on the reverse of some of these packets, it can't be explained to date still - premise wise. I don't think it's a false warrenty, but it is an after additon by the looks certainly and it's this that begs question but not necessarily should we be dubious. Yes, I have done some further research into these myself, including contacting a prop buyer for a film that they were used in too !! It's not been on the top of my list I confess, but in part I'm getting there along with other material needed for the book. So still to date, there is nothing other than the Ldo warrenty and as provincial as I deem it, but others not: the makers name !! F&G are a known maker of course, thats not the contention, we've encountered other packets with their name on them - the Mothers Cross packet for one of the more encountered examples. Kr Marcus
    14. Whats all this color lark spelling eh ! Well, I must say I was impressed: I was expecting a smaller size book and mostly black and white photo's - instead, it's all in colour nice sized weighty book with good quality ample sized pic's and all on one page where relevant for study purposes. I like the layout very much, it's written in English you can understand and it dosen't tire you out, no high-falutin waffle; just a real page turning book and in all seriousness one you dont want to put down. I'm seriously looking forward to the KVK book now more than ever ! Kr Marcus
    15. Hi Martin, Pop the case's on another thread and I'll have a look at them for you if you like. Kr Marcus
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