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Posts posted by Eric Stahlhut
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notice the cross. it has been mounted in reverse
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Apparently this guy didn't live long enough to win any other awards
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so, any opinions on my pilot badge?
do i stash it away again for another 6 years or so, or do i sew it onto my Member's Only jacket?
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"L W V" stands presumably for "Landwehr-Verein", the M. for the city, well rather village. No chance to get to know which exactly, with thousands of villages with M. I guess it's more likely from Prussia.
yep, that's what i have always thought--it's funny that the cross was never "upgraded" to a better design. the owner must have been somewhat proud of this cross, as rick points out.
in any case, a not-so-good attempt at a "vanity award". it's more like a "hey, let's go use up some scrap metal and whip up a cross for our verein award"!
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Another one on my endless "wanted" list......
Micha
yeh, it's funny how that list never seems to really go down, isn't it? all of the items i am posting are from before i stopped collecting about three years ago and moved on to other interests.
then for some reason i stumbled across that "propeller-clasp" ek1 and here i am again...
cheers, gents!
p.s. it's hard to pin this one down (pun intended) chronologically because the case is an early one. perhaps the guy who repaired it had a spare laying around..we will never really know for sure until we can find a similar cased example. that would help a bit.
i'm hesitant to classify it as a piece made directly after the war, tho--the economy in Germany at that time was pretty bad. i've always thought this period was when all of the lower quality one-piece, brass-framed, etc. crosses were produced.
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this guy probably had some extremely interesting experiences...
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either this veteran's verein was very poor, or they decided to use pieces from a zeppelin. the planchet is a thin uniface piece of aluminum.
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Who has seen another of these?
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backing.
the badge looks lopsided in these pics, but i think it's partly due to the camera angle.
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found this salted away while i was looking for something else. multiple types of bullion thread. the center background is blackened (tarnished?) bullion as well.
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cross is larger than average--approx. 44mm...
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repaired
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notice the frame
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the case
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.900 and coat of arms
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Meybauer
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here is the deluxe version
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Ek2 to KIA?
in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
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luckily the maker mark is visible