Laurence Strong Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 Came in the mail today. It will be my 1914 EKll for the 1914 part of the family.The case is a little beat up but I see that as character
Laurence Strong Posted February 1, 2006 Author Posted February 1, 2006 The obverse of the cross, it's in phenominal shape in my opinion
Laurence Strong Posted February 1, 2006 Author Posted February 1, 2006 The ribbon. Thanks for looking, and as usual all comments and opinions welcome
joe campbell Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 the character of the outside of the caseis balanced by the beauty of the inside.this will display very nicely!good one, laurence!joe
Guest Darrell Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 No way this guy sat in storage box for the war and after Great case, good looking cross ....Larry has slipped down the slope of EKs ... (welcome from the rest of us at the bottom)
Motorhead Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 No way this guy sat in storage box for the war and after Great case, good looking cross ....Larry has slipped down the slope of EKs ... (welcome from the rest of us at the bottom) He he........welcome at the dark side -what a beautyful EK,that's the "high relief"version....Micha
Laurence Strong Posted February 1, 2006 Author Posted February 1, 2006 Yeah how the mighty have fallen Thanks for the nice words all I have my eye on a boxed and cased EKl and have found a couple of "Ubergrosse".......where does it end
Stogieman Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 Nothing like a nice "issued" EK2 sitting in a "private purchase" case. Someone was proud of this award! Nice find!
Laurence Strong Posted February 1, 2006 Author Posted February 1, 2006 Thanks How do you tell it's "Issue"?
Stogieman Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 All WW1 "KO" marked crosses were what was handed out in the field. Supplied exclusively to the Prussian Ministry. There were of course other suppliers, but KO was not a maker you could walk in and buy from by all known accounts. The cross was issued wrapped in tissue in a plain blue wrapper (many times the wrapper was ink-stamped in purple KO) which in most cases was promptly tossed. the wrappers are hard to find. The Honor Cross of WW2 (early on) continued this simple presentation often being delivered in a small, plain blue waxed-paper envelope. the ribbons were neatly folded in the packet.However, any legitimite holder of the award could walk into a jeweler shop and purchase a case 9thousands of different varieties available!) to store their cross in. these run from simple hard cases like yours to elaborate display cases with extensive decoration and some even had little "pop-up" easels so the cross could be easily displayed by the proud parents & family.A fascinating subject of study and collecting!
Laurence Strong Posted February 1, 2006 Author Posted February 1, 2006 Thanks alot for that information. Greatly appreciated.
DavidM Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 HelloA very nice set. So the case is little worn. After perhaps 90 years or so it this can be expected. Nice case and very nice cross.
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