Wussy

I took the comment about "orange" as a referral to the early ribbons made of Baumwolle with a heavy weight. Now it seems it was just a whatever comment. Why the comparison to the wartime EK2? This ribbon here is a 57 ribbon, not made of Baumwolle but rather the typical light stuff and weave of post war ribbons. The saw cut end is another hint. No good ribbon came your way. To detect this type of ribbon you don't need sources - just common sense and some comparison to the good ribbons. Wussy

Hallo, the Ritterkreuz-Band is not one that was made before the war end. It is a 1957 version. The original full lenght ribbon was 72 cm long and not so short as this one (Gordon Willimason, page 276). Only early ribbons were "orange" not late ones and no post war like this. No Juncker Lazy 2 with 40 mm! No real ones fo sure. Sorry, you found a regular post-war ribbon. Wussy