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On 18/07/2022 at 06:40, saschaw said:

Glad to hear you like it here, and want to get more involved! By the way, you're certainly not the only New Zealand collector of Iron Crosses or German states' awards in general... there are definitively some more!

 

Yes, definitely from the inter-war period, or possible from early WW2 days. Regarding WW1 production: all officially awarded crosses were multi-piece constructions with an iron core in a real silver frame that was usually not silver marked. Everything else, like non-iron cores or silvered frames, and especially one-piece crosses, are not officially awarded, and are often later produced pieces. Veterans' demand was high, as you can imagine!

 

 

I actually read very carefully, but given English is not my first language, and I'm far from fluent, I might have missed some slight nuances. Glad though we talked it over!

 

 

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?.