That cross looks good in every way, but the swastika sure is strange. It looks as if the die for the eagle might have deteriorated. Has anyone ever seen this before on any other crosses? Anyone have any pics?
The eagles holding the swastikas. the top arm of the swastikas are not defined at all. The swa looks like it has 3 lower arms and a lump . looks like they are badly cast or something.
close pics of the area where the swords would be would help. Also can you give me a close up of the mark and the smal swasticka y the eagles? I have not seen this type where the top arm of the swa is filled in like that.
Yours appears to be made from a die without swords but there are legit ones with swords cut off. That gets into tricky territory though. It is thought that meybauer(I believe it is meybauer) had no die without swords and cut them of as needed. It seems to be if you can detect the cutoff but it is very well done that is suspect. The meybaur ones you can clearly see the cutoff but the finish is applied afterwards so it is on top of the cut area. Best, Sal
Fantastic Stijn!! Can you send me scans of all pertinent info for my Spanienkreuztraeger list? You have his first name? Was the shoepolish a common tradition? Thanks for posting!!!
Adam, I think that type of list will be hard to obtain. I can help you with many 109 #'s if you like but a complete list of all airdraft wing #'s I think is a daunting task. What are you looking for exactly? Is this for models or are you researching something specific? Best, Sal
That on is on ebay gents so if any of you are sure of it feel free. It scares me too much , because I don't know enough about these:P Thanks for all your replies!
Jacques, the one I saw at Wolf and hardin seemed absolutly real. This one is not as nice. The pebbling looks different and the engraving is not right IMO. I would think they would all be of the same consistant quality because Godet made all of them I believe and there were so few. Wouldnt they all be the same except for the hand finishing? I would expect no room for variants.
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