Sal Williams Posted October 11, 2005 Author Posted October 11, 2005 Is that a proper case for the little beast? Looks nice but could be an old aspirin box for all I know
Stogieman Posted October 11, 2005 Posted October 11, 2005 I saw one of these on Weitze's site. It's not one of the two known original issue boxes, but I suppose the piece could have been re-packed by this jeweler. The two issue boxes (tall/short) both came with the Hamburg crest on the lid. They were identical and white with the only difference being the actual size of the box.
Blitz Posted October 11, 2005 Posted October 11, 2005 (edited) Did you get that beauty Sally? If so, not bad.. Edited October 11, 2005 by Blitz
Sal Williams Posted October 12, 2005 Author Posted October 12, 2005 Did you get that beauty Sally? If so, not bad.. No Not mine Antti. just saw it somewhere and thought the box was interesting but it looks like my "aspirin " suspicions were right Yes Rick I think it was Weitze's site now that I think of it! Hows it going with you buddy? Write me a PM and tell me about life!Best, Sal
Deruelle Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 Hi Sal, Never seen one box like this before. Nice found Christophe
CRBeery Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 I think there is another one at "Time Traveler".
Stogieman Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 I think the Time Traveler one is the same. I'll try and post some photos tonight of the 2 styles of official issue boxes.
Stogieman Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 Here's a photo of the large-format box of issue
Stogieman Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 Here's what was inside the small box:The Cross in the packetSafety Pin for the uniformall 3 ribbon widths! 9mm, 15mm, 25mm.
Stogieman Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 Close up of the packet. Safe to assume he was one of the "official" makers!
Stogieman Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 And just for fun, here's herr Weitze's original sales photo:
Stogieman Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 This is kinda fun, here's a very interesting loose example on an original, Austrian-style tri-folded 25mm. ribbon mounting!
Stogieman Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 Oh heck, why not...........Here's a boxed Bremen Cross:
Deruelle Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 very nice Rick, very nice . First time I see the Luebeck cross with case, can you post a close up of the case pleaseChristophe
joe campbell Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 very nice, rick!do these qualify as each respective city'sversion of the EK 2?thanks!joe
Stogieman Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 Hi Christophe, My file pix of the outside of the case is corrupted, so no joy there. Sorry!
JensF. Posted October 13, 2005 Posted October 13, 2005 Rick, can you post the exact name of the maker which is stamped on the paper bag? It is difficult to read. Something like "A. Diederich???".
Stogieman Posted October 13, 2005 Posted October 13, 2005 No, all I have is the archived photos. There is one additional pix of the packet that I will check tonight.
Sal Williams Posted October 13, 2005 Author Posted October 13, 2005 Shouldn't those be living at my home?????
joe campbell Posted October 13, 2005 Posted October 13, 2005 my hanseatic three...recent purchase as a set at - of all places - tha MAX!
joe campbell Posted October 13, 2005 Posted October 13, 2005 reverses.i'd be curious to hear opinionsregarding what you would considera reasonable price for these threewould be....thanks.joe
David Gregory Posted October 14, 2005 Posted October 14, 2005 Joe,I would not expect to pay more than Euros 200 for these three crosses from dealers in Germany. At that price, however, I would also expect to see "nicer" ribbons.If you frequent German eBay, you will also find them for less if you are persistent.The Hamburg crosses and their documents are the easiest to find. Generally accepted award number statistics suggest that the L?beck cross is the rarest, followed by the Bremen cross. Prices certainly seem to reflect this, although the Bremen cross seems to be offered as rarely as the L?beck cross.Bremen and L?beck award documents are not offered very often, but I have found more from L?beck than Bremen, which is unusual considering that approximately twice as many Bremen crosses were awarded than their counterparts from L?beck.The trifold ribbon is a rare mounting arrangement.Although I tend not to collect "sets", these three crosses are a nice combination and look good when displayed together.David
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