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I need to make contact with fellow collectors in New Zealand!!

Hi All, Thank you so much for your very prompt and reassuring opinions. I also sent the pics yesterday to another dealer I have used, Marco Köegl,. He says it is a good one piece Schickle. My understanding is that makes it a post WW1 production piece, but there are no Schickle pieces pictured in my EK1 book that covers the period - Maerz and Stimson. In the text it does say that Schickle made imperial medals. I am embarrassed to admit that I have a nonmagnetic EK2 1914 with the same core, but not thought to compare it !! pic below Thanks again; the forum is such a great wealth of expertise. I now plan to get involved - albeit likely more with questions than answers at my stage. I have no-one I know of to share my interest with locally. I am in New Zealand, where the collecting of foreign medals is most unusual (by 'unusual' I mean 'uncommon', but I have to admit 'unusual', in a wider context than just the collecting of medals, is a likely descriptive of me). Cheers David

Hi, I'm fairly new to collecting the EKs, in that had ceased collecting for 12 years and recently have become re-enthused. Advice please: I bought is from a respectable dealer,who has a guarantee. Is this genuine?? - I can't match it to any 1914 cores in Wernitz and Simons, nor any 1939 reissues in Maerz & Stimson. It looks nice though so hoping....

Thanks guys. I will keep it tucked up as a mystery item.

It came on an EK2 ribbon which I presum is incorrect! I don't have the means to prove it, but also the ribbon looks to be a modern replacement, David

Have had this in lying around for years but no idea what it is. Hoping someone knows. It is marked 800. I am guessing it is German Imperial or Wiemar era and might be related to a '50th Regiment'?? -50 years service seemed to me to be a little optimistic.. Cheers. David

Hi Rob,Thanks for your advice. (Apologies it took me so long to reply!!) Cheers David

Thanks for that Graham. I need to get a copy of that book. So have just ordered one. But will take a while to get here. I have Laslo's book which is great, but the images are a limitation ( albeit mostly due to the age of its publication). David

I am looking at whether to get this medal, but not sure if is real or copy. I have looked at previous posts on this subject but can't convince myself it is a real one. Thanks for help! I don't have pics of the edge, and other than 35 mm diametre, no other info. Ribbon either mint or replacement. If real, any ideas of what is a typical price range?.