VtwinVince

Scott, you'll need a War Aid Cross, those are cheap. The Cross of the AEZ is a lot more expensive, you're looking at about 100-125.00 for an award piece, and the AEZ will set you back about 50.00. Nice bar BTW.

Pictures are sub-optimal, but it looks good.

The reverse stitching is pretty crappy, but overall I would say it's a good one.

You need to be very careful with these, as they have been heavily faked.

I think it's a fake.

Indeed, 'House of History' could be translated as 'House of Crap'.

LOL, das ist echt komisch. Anyway, in the 'olden days' you could find great rarities on ebay, but those days seem to be over.

As I stated on the German forum, I have a bad feeling about the EK2, and some of the seller's other material is fake.

Has anyone noticed the EK1 1813, allegedly belonging to Freiherr von Gayl, currently on German fleabay?

I agree, this one was definitely messed with at some point.

Just noticed a couple more of this guy's creations are now on German fleabay, and as usual people seem to be getting sucked in.

LOL.

I like it, unusual piece.

My first reaction: the whole thing looks nuts to me.

Interesting piece, haven't seen one like it before. What does the case look like?

Holy cow, those are scarce.

Several possibilities.

It doesn't get much better than that one.

Thanks, that is a nice example.

Nice ones, can you show the outside of the EK2 case?

Nice Kettchen.

Thanks, very interesting relic.

That is great material John, love that tunic.

This is a very interesting discussion above all else, and some of the badges shown are quite incredible. Regarding numbers of engraved badges, that's anyone's guess, but if the number of German examples is anything to go by, there are a fair number floating around. I will defer to opinions which come from those with intimate knowledge of the physical properties of legitimate period engraving, but I believe coming to a conclusion based solely on photos is not possible in this case.

What exactly are we looking at?