JensF.

Saw this one?

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

A beautiful medal-bar and a very interesting discussion!!! Here is the beer ----->

What do you think about this one? It is brutally vaulted.

When was he killed?

And idiots are still paying over 200 Euros for that crap...

There's an astounding number of bad (aka copy) EK1's in both 1914 & 1870 versions with the Deschler & Sohn stamp.

And idiots are still paying over 200 Euros for that crap...

There's an astounding number of bad (aka copy) EK1's in both 1914 & 1870 versions with the Deschler & Sohn stamp.

I have never seen such a mark on an EK2 and I saw a lot. The last one looks like "We".

Are you sure the EK2 is one-piece?

Beautiful EK! Can you post a pic of the back?

Because of items like this medal-bar I really love collecting Imperial.

The ribbons even glow under normal light

Actually the reprint will cost you min. 200 Euros. The original book from 1940 is around 1200 Euros if you find one.

Chris, can you post the documents for these EKs?

Lucky man!

Looks good for me.

The number of precedence is ok and after current german laws, which means, that all foreign decorations, even military ones, have to be worn after all german awards, even after the "Sportabzeichen".

What do you think of this one? '57 fakes are always difficult, of course.

This is supposed to be a Bundeswehr officer. The combination is possible, yes, but still... Finland, Bulgaria, Kreta and the Eastern front... so many devices?

Did they receive the EK2 for actions after Nov. 11, 1918? However this would make the cross much rarer than what I expected

Of course. Your document was the first one I ever saw for that type of EK2. And of course we don't want these @??$%3)(? to "upgrade" standard EK2/HK medal-bars. Most important is that my feeling as collector says for this medal-bar... You know what I mean.

@ekhunter: Yes, the non-combatant Hindenburg will identify the EK as the rarest of all EKs.

@Rick: The Imme-Hindenburg is made of bronzed steel. I think we can be sure by 100% that his EK is "the one" since the germans were very correct in awarding the Hindenburg crosses usually after the entries in the Milit?rpass (if I am correct) and so someone who only heard shooting at the range will never get the combatant HC.

Black backing. The medal bar is 100% genuine and passed all "tests". I never saw the maker "Jmme" on a Hindenburg cross before! I only know it from WW2 Luftwaffen badges...

I think this is the classic combination of the rare cross mentioned in the title. Only 6855 of these have been awarded.

I got one too. Any opinions on this one?

Merci monsieur.

Thanks Rick. This Kepi seems to be pre WW1 but was still in use during WW1. However not directly at the frontline. You would beg for a headshot with this one... Anybody knows more about it?