EK 1870 2. class 1870, oak leaf &1914 bar

[ksg]

I finaly got the last pice, a nice Wagner & Sohn "Spange".

(note; the items don't belong together, they are only displayed together)

Kjell

Edited February 5, 2007 by ksg

[DavidM]

Hello

Could you please show some photos of the reverse of the 1914 bar please.

Many thanks.

[ksg]

Here are some closeup pictures.

[ksg]

[ksg]

[Biro]

Congratulations. The EK and the 25 yr oaks are very nice.

[ksg]

Congratulations. The EK and the 25 yr oaks are very nice.

Thanks Biro !

Kjell

[dond]

What about the spange?

[gregM]

What about the spange?

Now thats a question -------

There seems to be a debate as to whether these little beauties are good or not.

Officially there were supposed to be 969 of these awarded yet I know several

members (includeing myself) that own one and they can be found on ebay

fairly frequently. So did they make WAY more then they awarded or are there

a boat load of fakes floating around?????????

I personally hope that some turn out to be good but I know that at least one

of our more knowledgable members believes them to be bad and he has spent

alot of time and effort studying them.

Edited February 8, 2007 by gregM

[dond]

So what does a good one look like then?

[Tim Tezer]

So what does a good one look like then?

If you ask five different collectors that question, you'll get five different answers. Since there are so many of them around, it's reasonable to assume that some of them are fakes. But there is no concensus on which ones are correct and which ones are fake. This is one case where the fakers have actually succeeded in clouding the matter so completely that an absolute certainty may be impossible to arrive at. My personal take on it is that there is one type I see more commonly than any other type, and I would avoid it.

Tim

[ksg]

The big problem whit these things are; if you don?t have one known authentic piece to compare whit, the next best thing you can do is to study pictures. If it?s 100 % identical to the pictures you can find in the best books available, your conclusion is, this must be an authentic piece.

I hope this one is!!

Kjell