Mecklenburg-Schwerin

[Eric Stahlhut]

here's something i got a while back from an esteemed fellow forum member. not because of it's aesthetic value, mind you !

i obtained it because you simply don't see a lot of these in zinc.

[Eric Stahlhut]

'kriege' is covered by catch and solder.

[Eric Stahlhut]

strongly vaulted and very thick compared to the 'regular' versions.

[Scott Powell]

VERY nice! that's only the thrird or fourth i have seen in Zinc.

[VtwinVince]

Pardon my ignorance, but is this not a converted second class? I've never seen a first class with the reverse of a second class.

[Eric Stahlhut]

Pardon my ignorance, but is this not a converted second class? I've never seen a first class with the reverse of a second class.

that's not an ignorant question--it's a logical question!

this double-sided variant is a known type--i remember back in the days (90s) when all of the leading german internet dealers had 4 or 5 examples of this award on offer at any given time--and you occaisionally would see the double sided version. but almost always in gilded bronze and flat. the zinc vaulted version is considered scarce. to make it even scarcer: the 'rim' or 'frame' portion of the cross is 'gekornt'!

nimmergut mentions both of these features (along with others) in his catalogs.

hope this helps,

~e

Edited September 26, 2008 by Eric Stahlhut

[VtwinVince]

Thanks, Eric, this is why I frequent this site. I learn something new almost daily.

[Chip]

gekornt = pebbled

Chip

[Eric Stahlhut]

a screwback version