Valgor

I think he is probably right. CD800 is a known mm. And the horizontal line forming the B , looks less deep and less clearly stamped than the rest of the letter.

I think i've seen this one before. I seem to remember trying to look up the unit. Was 'nt this army eastern front?

for frontkampfer this is just a little quizz. :cheeky:

Solid! I love those. My dad had one, and sold it for a nickle. :speechless:

I'm not into buttons, but i'd love to store my EK's in that gorgeous box.

I expect there is a wooden handle on it. (not visible) Then i would look a whole lot like german WWII equipment, used to unrol wire. I wouldn't know the name of this type of equipment. Hope this is usefull...

I stand corrected. I seem to have misread this post : http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=30186 Pherhaps a moderator can edit the misleading title of this thread? (my thread) (i cant)

I believe its a Meybauer. I absolutely love the "pebbeled" core. If it is a genious fake, i need you to tell me.

Well that's exactly my point really. The inscription makes it sound like a patriotic souvenir, not like it is a replacement.? If this is the case (and it would explain why just about any kind of shop could offer them), it sort of devaluates the interwar pieces. Comments&opinions? (glad reviving old topics isn't against etiquette :-) ? )

i'm not sure if i'm supposed to revive old topics. But the inscription of the case got me intrigued. How can you buy a bravery medal to commemorate. I mean, ?that does not sound like it is sold a s a replacement to a veteran. It sounds like the target customer was just about anyone really, looking for a nice WWI souvenir.

not quite, But there were several well defended strongpoints that lasted longer then any other normal unit. Several pockets along the French coast held out till may 45, for example.

Some dealers offer fake crosses. But what about fake recipients? Possibly, fake crosses are meant for fake recipients like these. Some will surely know the story. It thought it was to good not to put here. Since the end of World War II, numerous people have claimed to be unrecognized recipients of the Knight's Cross. The majority of these "recipients" are lacking any evidence to sustain their claims and are thus denied the right to consider themselves "legal recipients". There are two cases where the legal proof of the award exists however the recipients do not. These two "legally correct" recipients are G?nther Nowak and Heinrich Scherhorn.[6] 1.G?nther Nowak, Hitlerjunge, was awarded the Knight's Cross on 14 February 1945 for the destruction of eleven tanks in Hindenburg, Oberschlesien. It was always assumed that he was the youngest recipient of the Knight's Cross; however, G?nther Nowak never really existed ? a deserting Commander of the Volkssturm was caught and claimed that, after the retreat of the Wehrmacht, he had destroyed five tanks single-handedly. Because of this, he was taken to a Gauleiter. Fearing that his lie would be unveiled, he created the story of G?nther Nowak in order to lessen his own "feat". This report was then sent to Reichsleiter Martin Bormann. Bormann immediately awarded the German Cross in Gold to the Volkssturm-Commander Sachs and the Knight's Cross to Nowak. 2.Oberstleutnant Heinrich Scherhorn and the "Kampfgruppe Scherhorn" had never existed. does anybody know a little more about nr2?

This is the most attractive way to display single medals i ever saw!

I need to correct my previous post here. Impereal Germany had a border with latvia, it did not reach into Latvia.

Why did he build a big giant to attack the train in the last picture? No seriously, this is stunning work. I cant believe it. I thought the first pictures were the real thing.

A repairjob? German forces fought in that area in 1919. The order to withdraw was given after the Treaty of Versailles, signed in June 1919. In 1919 only a small part of the Freikorps left that area. Most fought on with the Bermontian forces under Cossack General Pavel Bermont-Avalov. But by By december 15th 1919, the Bermontians were completely removed from Lithuania. So that doesn't seem to apply here, if the date 1920 is correct. But some Baltic germans must have fought in WWI. The borders of empireal Germany reached just insite Latvia. If original, i bet the owner of this EK had an interesting life.

I'm verry sorry...

I saw an online store that offered these as originals. There was a box where you could select the amount. It went up to 12 or something. Well if they are originals and you pay the price for single medals, not a bar... I guess there's worse things...

Where do all these EKII+ehrenkreuz fur frontk?mpfer bars on the net come from? There seem to be hundreds of them around. Is this a wave of fakes?

I think you better stay away from it. Did you buy it?

What ever it is, it is not an ID disc. They are oval -shaped. I own an original KRIPO-ID of high detail and quality. Eagle on one side, number and KRIPO on the other side. The gestapo ones look about the same. There is a cord that goes through a hole on the side to attach it to a pocketbutton of the uniform. If anyone knows how i can find the name of the owner with the number on the disc, i would very much appreciate it!

If there is any more info on this person, i would be very interested.

why not team up. create a number of ebay accounts, win the auctions, notpay and leave bad reviews. I know, i'm a bit of a troublemaker...? so they say...