ERIC Posted January 22, 2006 Posted January 22, 2006 Hi Guys, I just received this spange and it's award document in a Luftwaffe Observer grouping that I was lucky enough to acquire. A relatively rare EKII spange in it's first pattern. I thought you guys here would enjoy seeing and appreciating this, so I posted it here as well. ERIC[attachmentid=23900]
joe campbell Posted January 22, 2006 Posted January 22, 2006 i've seen relatively few of these, and especially a documented one!may we see the reverse, please?thank you, eric!joe
Bob Hunter Posted January 22, 2006 Posted January 22, 2006 It isn't relatively rare, Eric, it IS rare! Congratulations on your marvelous find.
dond Posted January 22, 2006 Posted January 22, 2006 (edited) Beautiful Spange. The early ones have much more charactor than the latter ones IMHO.Don Edited January 22, 2006 by dond
Richard Gordon Posted January 22, 2006 Posted January 22, 2006 I think these spangen where produced for a longer period tha you might think. See the foot of the '1' for a flaw, not always found. Also, I know of an example in zinc!Rich
Biro Posted January 23, 2006 Posted January 23, 2006 ...See the foot of the '1' for a flaw, not always found. Also, I know of an example in zinc!Wow - Very nice Eric!! Richard...I used to own a zinc example, so I can vouch for that!There are a few attatchment methods for these... mine is the type for fitting on the grosse ordensspange, and is silvered tombak.[attachmentid=24117]Sorry to digress Eric - but I was also interested to note that while my example does have the fairly typical 'flawed 1' ... the sides of my swaz are trapezoid - (e.g. they taper in from bottom to top) - while the sides of Eric and Richards swaz's appear (from the pics at least) to have vertical sides...Can either of you confirm whether your swaz is vertical sided or tapered?[attachmentid=24118]Marshall
DavidM Posted January 23, 2006 Posted January 23, 2006 HelloA very, very nice early bar to the EK2. Congratulations on a nice find.
ERIC Posted January 24, 2006 Author Posted January 24, 2006 Thanks guys! The sides on my swaz are indeed vertical Biro. @ Joe - here is a pic of the reverse. Somewhere along the line a prong was broken off, but at least I still have it! ERIC[attachmentid=24281]
joe campbell Posted January 24, 2006 Posted January 24, 2006 muchas gracias, eric.it is a NICE grouping!joe
ERIC Posted January 25, 2006 Author Posted January 25, 2006 Thanks once again Joe and Steve! Hey Steve, how are my "old" Flower Wars medals getting along? I hope the Memel is doing well!!ERIC
stevo4361 Posted January 25, 2006 Posted January 25, 2006 Hi Eric, Haha your old Flower War medals are doing good in their new home, appreciated every day! Although they have been getting some older Imperial neighbors moving into their case. Kind Regards,Steve
ERIC Posted January 26, 2006 Author Posted January 26, 2006 Although they have been getting some older Imperial neighbors moving into their case. Kind Regards,SteveThat's great! I'm sure they'll swap some interesting stories ERIC
PKeating Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 (edited) Here is an original and quite rare wartime photograph of a naval officer wearing the 1st pattern EK2 bar. PK Edited February 1, 2006 by PKeating
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