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Very nice.

I am still looking for one of these for myself.

FANTASTIC.

Thanks for posting these.

ALL OF IT!!!!

I'm with Joe.

While I concentrate mainly on ww1 screwbacks, I have minis,

paper weights, collector cards, plaques, minis, toys.

A bit of everything.

While I don't collect bars, I have seen my share of them.

For me the award that is a non-starter is the Bavarian Ludwig cross.

Bavaria had some Beautiful awards for it's combatants and officers,

the Ludwig cross for service on the home from is just plain ugly.

Chris---I would never resort to bribes.

Mervyn, The Swiss bayo is on it's way as promised. :-)

Here is a picture of the Swiss next to my butcher blade.

I bought the Swiss bayo from our local surplus store back in 1969

when I was 13 years old. I think I paid $8 for it.

I have the typical Butcher blade sawback and also the Swiss

version which is considerably longer.

That's the first chain I have seen with the spange/Ek done like that.

I like it.

That's the first time I have seen one of these on a single mount.

I like it a lot.

Very nice !!

I'm right there with you Eric. I have not bought a new cross yet this year.

Very nice cross.

It may not be a perfect example but it is still a maker marked

Godet with Fangs. A very collectable and desirable cross.

Congrats.

Hi Glenn,

I'm still kicking.

Like you, the only german items I collect are all Iron Cross related.

However I do have a dagger and a Pickelhaube to help display the crosses.

It's almost the same story for me. As a kid in the 60s, my step dad and I watched all the military shows

and movies. I also remember about 1966 or maybe 67 seeing "Hell's Angels on Wheels" --lots of crosses

and swazies. I even wore a cheap surfers cross back then.

The dude who designed the cross came up with a very powerfull design. It's simple and bold

and when you combine that with the fact that it supposedly represented the evil empire, I think

it makes a strong impression on young minds----just my theory.

Welcome Tom

Welcome aboard Clive,

Like you I collect mainly Imperial but have a few representative 1939s.

Sascha-- Nicely done. I had not seen that explained that well before.

It's not for sale ---yet.

I'm a collecter. I still have some of the things I collected as a kid.

I find it very hard to let go. My wife hates that about me.

That's 3 times what I paid for mine.

If it were not for the 800 silver stamp, I would say it was made

for the 60's biker market.---that may still be a posibility

Not a bad 1st cross. Congrats.

I've never seen this style of attachment used on Eks.

I only have one cased cross. a "Fr".

I like it !!

again------WOW!!!

WOW !!!

That is a GREAT piece. The detail in the Lion Order is amazing.