Cool cased hanseatic for Stogie! (still the evil twin)

[Sal Williams]

Rick looky see!

[Sal Williams]

Is that a proper case for the little beast? Looks nice but could be an old aspirin box for all I know

[Stogieman]

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]

Did you get that beauty Sally? If so, not bad..

Edited October 11, 2005 by Blitz

[Sal Williams]

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]

Hi Sal,

Never seen one box like this before. Nice found

Christophe

[CRBeery]

I think there is another one at "Time Traveler".

[Stogieman]

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]

Here's a photo of the large-format box of issue

[Stogieman]

Here's the small-format box of issue

[Stogieman]

Here's what was inside the small box:

The Cross in the packet

Safety Pin for the uniform

all 3 ribbon widths! 9mm, 15mm, 25mm.

[Stogieman]

Close up of the packet. Safe to assume he was one of the "official" makers!

[Stogieman]

And just for fun, here's herr Weitze's original sales photo:

[Stogieman]

This is kinda fun, here's a very interesting loose example on an original, Austrian-style tri-folded 25mm. ribbon mounting!

[Stogieman]

Oh heck, why not...........

Here's a boxed Bremen Cross:

[Stogieman]

And a cased Lubeck:

[Deruelle]

very nice Rick, very nice . First time I see the Luebeck cross with case, can you post a close up of the case please

Christophe

[joe campbell]

very nice, rick!

do these qualify as each respective city's

version of the EK 2?

thanks!

joe

[Stogieman]

Hi Christophe, My file pix of the outside of the case is corrupted, so no joy there. Sorry!

[JensF.]

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]

No, all I have is the archived photos. There is one additional pix of the packet that I will check tonight.

[Sal Williams]

Shouldn't those be living at my home?????

[joe campbell]

my hanseatic three...

recent purchase as a set at - of all places - tha MAX!

[joe campbell]

reverses.

i'd be curious to hear opinions

regarding what you would consider

a reasonable price for these three

would be....

thanks.

joe

[David Gregory]

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