KVK minis

[ANDY BUTKUS]

I picked these up at a show in Toronto on Saturday....

Opinions are more than welcome....

[ANDY BUTKUS]

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[ANDY BUTKUS]

Here they are next to there big brothers..

[ANDY BUTKUS]

So...

Does anyone have these in their collection?

If you do could you post them for comparison?

Cheers

[Peter J]

Hi Andy,

Here's one for comparison. The suspension ring is probably resoldered, but the details are stunning. Although I collect minis, I'm still looking for the 2nd class 16mm in both classes. The ones I've seen though, didn't lack the quality of their bigger brothers. I'm not quite sure I see that quality in your's, but as always, that's just me . Btw, what happened to the ribbon on the WMM

KR

Peter

[ANDY BUTKUS]

Thanks ..I was waiting to see another one of these..I bought the WMM without the ribbon a few weeks ago..Recently i recieved a ribbon for it, but it doesn't have a ring to mount it to...

[ANDY BUTKUS]

Looking at the one you posted the mounting rings are different..???

[Peter J]

Like I said, mine is probably resoldered. The ones illustrated in Messing's book are all with the same suspension setup as your's, contrary to the ones in full size. I don't think there is a general rule on thism merely variations. Here are two similar medals with different setup.

KR

Peter

[ANDY BUTKUS]

Thanks for sharing tthe photos Peter..

[Guest Rick Research]

Can't get the ring to show because the lapel ribbon bow is in the way, but same style as what shows partially on the "white-black" 1914 noncombatant EK2:

[Gerd Becker]

Can't get the ring to show because the lapel ribbon bow is in the way, but same style as what shows partially on the "white-black" 1914 noncombatant EK2:

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Rick, thats a great mini

Everyone, nice minis. Keep them coming...

Gerd

[Peter J]

Rick, that's the quality I was referring to, thanks for sharing .

Now that we're on the subject suspension rings, here are some reflections of mine. Gordon showed a beautiful RK of the KVK miniature in a previous thread.

That one featured the angled bars characteristic for the RK. I've noticed crosses for sale on various sites that had the normal suspension ring and attached to a similar button as Gordon's, being offered as RK's. I believe these are not correct, rather 1st class KVK's, initially manufactured for wear on a chain, mounted on a button to increase the value.

KR

Peter