EK 1914 unusual cloth EK

[joe campbell]

thought this might be of interest to the

imperial EK admirers.

this is a cloth 1914 EK 1 of feldgrau

backing, the outer frame looks like

shoulder board type piping, with an

inner border of bullion(?) style of

thread and moray(again,?) silk

backing.

the paper backing has a few pin

holes in it, i think for display rather than

it having ever been attached to a uniform.

hope you enjoy the following pix.

joe

[joe campbell]

reverse.

sorry for the poor quality of pix.

i still haven't figured out how to

get size, rez, and space limitations together.

[Stogieman]

Looks right to me, here's another example:

[Stogieman]

slightly altered scan:

[Eric K.]

These are very interesting,how common were these? any pictures of them ?

They really make alot of sense to have these in cloth in combat compared to the pin on

Eric

[Guest Brian von Etzel]

I have no problems with these, I'd be interested to see one in a photo. They make sense, but I have yet to see one in wear. But they always made sense.

[joe campbell]

rick-

thanks for the posts of yours! very nice!

eric-

not common at all. i've seen only mine and stogie's.

brian-

i have no pictures to show you. sorry.

i agree strongly re: practicality. these

WERE seen in TR period, as in prev's book

with the doctor/commander on crete.

look at how extensive the cloth equivalents

were in the luft and kriegsmarine.

thanks for your comments.

joe

[Wild Card]

Has anyone out there seen an actual (this is the real thing) "Hildegard" Cross?

Wild Card

Edited September 4, 2005 by Wild Card

[VtwinVince]

I have a photo of Luftwaffe ace Heinz Altendorf wearing the TR equivalent of this.

[joe campbell]

vince-

please post it!

the only other picture i've seen is in "the iron time".

thanks!

joe

[VtwinVince]

If you gentlemen will bear with me, my old scanner went kaputt, but I have a new one waiting to be hooked up. I will then post some items which could be of interest, including the Altendorf photo.

[Stogieman]

Popping this one back to the top. We see far to few examples of these cloth pieces and I think we should all be taking a hard look at them lest we walk past one on a table some day!!

[Stogieman]

Weitze just listed a drop-dead gorgeous example of this cross for a mere 1200- Euro............ Worth saving the pix as a reference, if nothing else!

[joe campbell]

Imperial or TR?? oh, heck... i'll be there at weitze's site momentarily.

i would imagine that these get snapped up quickly, bet

JEEZ!!!! 1200 euro????

joe

[Paul R]

There is a pic or two in a book I have as well that shows this in wear. I will try and scan it within the next few days.

I would love to have one of the 1939 and 1914... one day

I am shocked that these were not more widely used, as I bet quite a few tunics were torn when the metal badges got snagged. I am also sure that the metal badges had a tendancy to get lost pretty frequently when they fell off in the heat of action.

Best regards

PAul

[Stogieman]

Did anybody actually by this cross? If so, please add some photos to the thread when you can. Thanks!

[Chris Boonzaier]

A question... I just recieved some scans of an attributed cloth cross for the book project, somewhere I saw a photo of one being worn in WW1... does anyone know whre that could have been?

Thanks

Chris