Destruction

Hi Eric, Not that much to add to WAF thread, actually. The guy is an artist, producing all kind of decoration copies (including fantasy pieces, or reconstructions of some mysterious/never seen ones). He's selling them as copies as well, but these are sometimes re-sold as originals. I'm not that much into this, just know that he is one of the old collectors of White Russian stuff, and an Author of some books. Alas, seems like I can't post any pictures here to show some of his creatures....

Yep, me too, never heard about this one as a breast badge.

Hmmm...I was always under impression that these were collar tab badges, so why is this pin?

Hi Eric, That's a fake made in Russia, we discussed it on WAF recently http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=589555

Both are good. You can find them in different versions--massive, hollow, half hollow. From these 2 I'd personally prefer the 1st one most probably produced by Petz&Lorenz.

Hi William, No probs with this one, a good cross probably produced in 30ies.

Hi Christophe, Do not forget that Annaberg-Kreuz was not among awards officially allowed to wear in the 3rd Reich, neither it was written in any official documents later. So it very well may be the reason why it is not listed in your links, along with some other FK awards he might had. Dietrich was a part of FK Oberland and as such most probably got the cross, hope Alexandre will tell us more about it. Here is a picture of Ernst Horadam, Oberland commander with Annaberg cross 1st class wearing on his neck.