Motorhead Posted October 29, 2005 Posted October 29, 2005 At the moment I'm not in the mood to post some '39 EKs(yes,I've got a few...) So here is my only 1870 EK at a non combatant ribbon. The EK shows some age and is far away from beeing minty My plan for next year....to get some more 1870ies.Hope you like it......
joe campbell Posted October 30, 2005 Posted October 30, 2005 micha-i think this one is very consistent with yourlevel of condition. i am always just a bitconcerned when something that may be as oldas 135 years looks like it's out of the box....this is the condition i enjoy for the 1870s.looks like it's been cared for and worn proudly.joe
Stogieman Posted October 31, 2005 Posted October 31, 2005 Nice, clean issue cross. Can we see a better photo of the ribbon please?? Even with 1870's.. as opposed to 1914s... if it's loose on a ribbon as opposed to mounted for wear.... I am always skeptical.
Paul R Posted October 31, 2005 Posted October 31, 2005 (edited) Nice, clean issue cross. Can we see a better photo of the ribbon please?? Even with 1870's.. as opposed to 1914s... if it's loose on a ribbon as opposed to mounted for wear.... I am always skeptical.That is an awesome find. Is it true that the 1813 EK had a non combatant variation?Is there anyway to verify a loose noncombatant EK is being shown with it's original ribbon? Edited October 31, 2005 by Paul Reck
Motorhead Posted October 31, 2005 Author Posted October 31, 2005 (edited) Here are more pics of the ribbon-if you need scans in a higher resolution-no problem!Micha Edited October 31, 2005 by Motorhead
Motorhead Posted October 31, 2005 Author Posted October 31, 2005 (edited) .... Edited October 31, 2005 by Motorhead
Guest Brian von Etzel Posted November 1, 2005 Posted November 1, 2005 The ribbon to my eyes does not look like an 1870's ribbon.
Motorhead Posted December 3, 2005 Author Posted December 3, 2005 That happens when you belive in a piece of paper instead doing your home work........From the size this can't be a ribbon fon an iron cross-I apologize!So I was reading my "Nimmergut" forewards,backwards,sidewards......He said the correct ribbon in his book is the nr.392 in the ribbon list.So we've got the same nc ribbon for the 1914 and the 1870 iron crosses? Ok-so to what kind of medal is the ribbon on my 1870 ek belonging?From the size of the black stripe it could be onle the Nr.400,413 and 418...Nimmergut says the scale is 1:1-so we can ignore the smaller Nr.413 and the bigger Nr.400. Only the "418" is matching perfectly....I found the OEK1892 with that ribbon in the "Nimmergut"-It's the Milit?r-Ehrenzeichen 2.Klasse 1864-1918....well,this is far away from my collecting field-maybe one of the experts here could bring up some light into the darknes?Micha
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