Glenn R

I can appreciate the mini being so expensive. That must be incredibly rare. The quality looks astonishing and to be in a purpose made case too. Personally, I've never seen one.

Lovely personal items, a real feeling of the immediacy of the events in these. Thanks for showing.

They still seem relatively undervalued when you consider the rocketing prices of other more common awards. Although "relatively" is by no means cheap. Lovely set!

That's a peach Sal! Lovely all roud setup. Congratulations. jumping

Thanks Gerd, an ebay bargain believe it or not!

There you go tony, hope that helps. Don't know whether these were made for Godet or just made for sale as patriotic cases.

Side view.

Case closed. It opens by pressing the 2 spring loaded catches hidden behind the cockades on the sides of the chinscales.

My favourite EK2 is this Godet. Ring stamped G 800 in a stylised Pickelhaube case.

Thanks Stogie.

Perhaps it's a primitive body piercing jewellery item for pre 1918 piercing fetishists.

Yes it would certainly work with two loops. Obviously it would only be as secure as the loops themselves but that seems more likely than attaching it through cloth.

That's just the thing Rick, spring pressure between the top arm and the sliding doodad hold it closed, but there would have to be material between this bit when in wear. I suppose this would add to the tightness of the catch but it still seems like the kind of thing an engineering student comes up with for a project, fails and spends the next 5 years woking in a burger bar before sliding into petty crime and being shot by an angry householder during a burglary.

Hi Chet, nice to see you over here. Yes, it is the one from Chris. I count myself lucky managing to get hold of it. I think there was a lot of interest in it. Thanks Gordon. I've got to say it doesn't seem at all practical to me either. I struggle to see how a thick tunic material would fit into the mechanism.

Cheers,

Glenn.

Oh the inhumanity of it. The very sight of this stuff is making me a little moist. The thought of it going into a landfill makes me want to lie down in a darkened room. Well rescued.

This has to be one of the highest quality crosses I've handled. The finish and manufacture of the frame, mechanism and core are superb. Gordon, you mentioned that there is speculation that these were designed to fit onto Garde Du Corps breastplates. Is this theory based on anything or just a supposition?

Cheers,

Glenn.

Top view open.

Mechanism opened.

mech. 2

mech. 1

Reverse.

Hello Chaps. My new cross arrived today and as I promised in the last thread, here are some close up pictures of the mechanism for reference. Use them as you please.

I had a case like that one with a Godet EK1 some time ago. Obviously couldn't say if the box was original to the cross but the cross was a wartime piece.

That is an absolute peach in every respect.

You'd be forgiven for thinking that you had a penchant for skull and crossbones Robin.