Vidarr Posted March 29, 2009 Posted March 29, 2009 I looked through the markings what were usualy placed upon the iron crosses and the marking on mine wasnt there could any of you please help me understand the mark on it....It could be either CMD or LMD i've had it appraised as genuine because of insurance purposes which made me even more confused about itThank you for any help you can give me
Danny70 Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 (edited) I looked through the markings what were usualy placed upon the iron crosses and the marking on mine wasnt there could any of you please help me understand the mark on it....It could be either CMD or LMD i've had it appraised as genuine because of insurance purposes which made me even more confused about itThank you for any help you can give meHello Vidarr, and welcome to GMIC!This does not sound like any mark I've ever seen on a Third Reich Iron Cross... Is it possible that it is not LMD but a Deschler L/10? (this maker mark can look very like LMD)If you can post some pictures of both the cross and the maker mark it would help a lot.Regards - Danny Edited March 30, 2009 by Danny70
Vidarr Posted March 30, 2009 Author Posted March 30, 2009 (edited) Hello Vidarr, and welcome to GMIC!This does not sound like any mark I've ever seen on a Third Reich Iron Cross... Is it possible that it is not LMD but L/10? (this maker mark can look very like LMD)If you can post some pictures of both the cross and the maker mark it would help a lot.Regards - DannyThank you for the welcome my pictures are rather primative...need a new cam im afraid but its deffinatly a CMD or LMD the pictures dont clearly show it but i've just received it in the last few days as it was in my grandfathers safe untill recently The marks are on the little clasp thing on the back there no bigger than 1.5mm going across the clasp horizontaly Edited March 30, 2009 by Vidarr
Danny70 Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 Hello,I can't really tell anything from those photographs, but from what I can see it does look similar to the hardware on a Deschler. There are 2 known stamps for L/10 and one of them can very easily be read as LMD. Here's a mark from a screwback EK1:I don't have one in my own collection, but you can view some EK1's for comparison here:http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1835...mp;#entry177594and here: http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/sho...ighlight=L%2F10Regards - Danny
Vidarr Posted March 30, 2009 Author Posted March 30, 2009 ah so thats what it is...Im quite useless at this stuff myself i was just handed all the medals and i did my best to work them out. I dont know wether to get the Iron cross professionaly restored to its former glory or what i dont want to devalue it any what would you suggest along those lines ?I know restoring it may cost abit but for something as historical as a iron cross it could be worth it even if it was worn through many a battle during ww2
Danny70 Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 Do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT have it restored, cleaned or interfered with in any way!!
Vidarr Posted March 30, 2009 Author Posted March 30, 2009 Do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT have it restored, cleaned or interfered with in any way!! Ok then .....like i said im clueless with stuff like this
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