EK 1939 Godet Knight's Cross.

[Gordon Williamson]

Pretty much identical to the Zimmermann pattern.

[Gordon Williamson]

Reverse. Unmarked frame

[Biro]

Pretty much identical to the Zimmermann pattern.

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AAhhh.. the Holy Grail..

Very nice Gordon!

You say 'pretty much..' - do you know this is Godet because of some sort of minutely different die characteristic, the style ribbon loop, the abscence of any markings, or because it came as a cased set with an EK1 and 2...???

I'm not sure whether Zimmerman marked everything, and therefore unmarked = Godet... you seem pretty sure this is Godet however.

Possibly the answer is in your book - but that's an arms length away, whereas this medium is but a keystroke away!

Can you share?

regards

Marshall

[Gordon Williamson]

You say 'pretty much..'  - do you know this is Godet because of some sort of minutely different die characteristic, the style ribbon loop, the abscence of any markings, or because it came as a cased set with an EK1 and 2...???

Ah, now that would be telling

The Godet cased sets were some of the earliest RK awarded. As we know much if not all of the early RK were completely unmarked. So here we have a set with perfect Godet characteristics, oval loop, completely unmarked.

Why would anyone automatically assume Zimmermann ??

I'm sure there must be someone with a wartime photos sharp enough to see an L/52 mark on the oval loop to justify claims its a Zimmermann being worn.

Not all Zimmermann RK have oval loops, they can also be found with regular style loops.