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Hi Jaques, superb piece. Every bit as nice as the cased one CB had a few years back. This makes only 2 I've seen. Excellent!

I'm glad some of you folks can authenticate these. I thought the front/wool all looked really good, but tthat back stamp always gives me pause as that's used so extensively on the re-pops. With so much bad stuff floating around these days I tend to probably miss some good pieces on a regular basis.... I guess I just err to caution. Kinda sad.

It's a nice piece Tom and has "the look" of righteousness about it.

Hi Brian, has anyone tried to date the usage of the different styles? Just curious as it would be pretty spiffy to be able to add that to what we know about Gebr. Godet u.S?hn....

While I have had several nice pieces with their mark on minis, there was not anything that I could accurately pinpoint dates beyond an era.

No fair David, we want to see your Baden Goodies please! The suspense is horrible!!

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Hi Daniel, super bar and one to be proud of. The Statute ribbon for the BMVO/K is pretty hard to find on ribbon bars!!

Pretty weird that they made Imperial stuff post-57....... I mean, couldn't they just buy a real one??

ahhhh yes, West Looe, one of the best kept secrets of Her Majesty's Gubmnt!

Hi Claudio, wasn't the number of WGBM under 100 for WW1?? I'm drawing a blank here.........

Here's a photo of the back. Reasonably certain the owner is not in a trading mood!

I've had these as 1's & 2's.... the rare bar with 3 or 4. The thing to me that was so special about this bar is the Verdun Cross. It's pretty hard to find and usually commands a premium over the others. There's a pretty high demand for this series in Germany right now. The documents are pretty special as well!

Fabulous! Does anybody else have any examples of these enameled EK2's??

Speaking of those enameled Battle Crosses, here's a bar I sold this year with three!

Hi Chet, now that's nifty...... an EK2 & 7 Vet Medals!!

Hi Ed, that's pretty funny!!

Another superb product from Paul. If you've ever wondered how Rick, Daniel et.al. manage to pull those names out of hats, here's a good place to start learning!!

Allright. That makes 2 that I know of. I will take the liberty of posting one I recently sold.

Hi Daniel, exceptionally nice enamel! More please!

Hi Joe, I do not remember, was yours full-sized, or Prinzen?

And the reverse..

The "Classless" Decoration that started them all. Here's the only one I ever had. Probably ca. 1825-1875. Came in a period case with 2 hooks. Post your stories, facts and speculation on this Grand-Daddy of the EK family!

Hi Joe, my thoughts would be WW2, or possibly even post-war. Is it magnetic core? Notice the indistinct lettering/crown and the way the paint creeps up on the beading??

And the whole thing. Can't remember what the glare is from, I must have photo'd it in an archive folder.

Since we've really expanded this thread to encompass much about the 1870/71 KDM.... here's an example of the document for a steel on combat ribbon. Not sure how this will look, my apologies in advance.

Reverse. Only one I ever had on a trifold!

The Prinzen=Gr??e Format iron Crosses are usually the epitome of the jeweler's art and were expensive to buy. I invite all to share their examples. I've had quite a few over the years and some of you own ones I had. So I'll start off with this beauty that lived here once!

Here's another "jobber" packet...... that came with an EK2