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Honorary EKII 1914 to a foreigner?
Eric Stahlhut replied to Kvart's topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
the officer from the 5th regt not only has the ek2 and turkish star, he has an ek1! -
Honorary EKII 1914 to a foreigner?
Eric Stahlhut replied to Kvart's topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
WOW! p.s. perhaps he received the awards for losing his left eye? too bad we can't see if he has a wound badge as well -
EK 1914 a very delicate 1914 ek1
Eric Stahlhut replied to Eric Stahlhut's topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
hi sascha, just curious--how is the fit of the hinge to the rear of the cross-- is the hinge fully soldered on, or is it attached in the same fashion as my example? -
Spate of fresh EK offerings
Eric Stahlhut replied to Peter Cornwell's topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
let's not forget about how the pandemic has affected our hobby. thanks to the dreaded "spicy cough" there have been very few local flea markets, garage sales, and other similar venues. no more easy pickings for people who know what they are looking at Exactly, this is ultimately the greatest threat to our hobby, in my opinion -
Spate of fresh EK offerings
Eric Stahlhut replied to Peter Cornwell's topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
"trust in god and keep your powder dry" --oliver cromwell, early 1800s "keep your eyes peeled" is what i say over here in the new world i don't know about you gentlemen, but personally, it's been extremely difficult to source decent iron crosses lately unless one is prepared to pay ridiculous prices, which i refuse to do! for me, part of the satisfaction of collecting comes from finding things that are "out in the wild" and not on a dealer website or on a dealer's table or store -
Some type of Iron Cross... ideas?
Eric Stahlhut replied to Hauptmann's topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
Bund Deutscher Krieger, and the A could be the town? If he customized his dkig or dkis there's a good chance that he did the same to his other badges, too -
All of the allied countries are listed on an oak tree--a huuuuge symbol of strength and endurance in teutonic culture the word weltdenk means that the world stops to reflect (on the war). that's why i hinted at a pacifist/antiwar organization, of which there were many during the 20s, early 30s in germany
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Here's an interesting badge made by hofstatter in bonn. it's larger than a DRA or DRL badge. reference sticker on reverse (peter groch) states they also came in bronze and silver grades, 1935, and that they've sold for a decent amount at a past HH auction. Has anyone been able to identify this organization yet? maybe religious or lefty-pinko-banned-political-party pacifistic anti-war memorial?
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the manufacturing process for the body of the cross was basically the same, and there were certain stipulations that had to be followed such as dimensions, etc. each maker generally had their own dies for the frames and core components, so each maker can posess unique design characteristics. if you are serious about learning more, the information is right under your nose. please take some time to read the old threads many of the "fancier" attachment systems were patented, such as the KMSt, Meybauer, AWS types, so if you find an unmarked version with a certain type of attachment it's a pretty safe bet it's from a certain maker sometimes cores and frames were outsourced, and that's why we find "generic" crosses that are hard to identify because they do not display any unique characteristics from any particular maker. there were manufacturers of components that sold them wholesale to smaller outfits
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Unknown stamp on K.A.G. EK1
Eric Stahlhut replied to Peter Cornwell's topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
here's the obverse. i think that when these first came out the story that was attempted to be spun regarding these was that they were kaiserliche marine award pieces or something along those lines, which was a spurious attemp to explain the mark above the hinge. they really blew it when they decided to place the K.A.G. mark under the pin instead of on that nice fat wide pin -
Unknown stamp on K.A.G. EK1
Eric Stahlhut replied to Peter Cornwell's topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
unfortunately this version is considered to be a fake . i have a cased (fake case as well) example that i obtained quite cheaply about 10 years ago -
G.K.S.D. collar tab
Eric Stahlhut replied to Eric Stahlhut's topic in Germany: Weimar Republic & Deutsche Freikorps
excellent!!