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    Political Prisonner's Cross 39-45


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    • 2 weeks later...

    I have a cross in my collection that is missing the back center. The front was glued back on the cross at one time. I keep it for the stars on the ribbon front. Notice the bronze ring in the center. Interesting.

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    • 3 weeks later...

    Hello gentlemen, allow me to give a few facts :

    a) cross was created 13 November 1947

    b) each star = 6 months imprisonment

    c) the stars are, according to the Decree, "fixed on a silvered horizontal bar". But some vets preferred to fix the stars directly on the ribbon.

    Just a matter of price as the stars where cheaper than the bars :)

    d) the centre medallions are not supposed to swirl or turn. Usually they are fixed with sealing wax (red or black) put into the centre space between the arms of the cross... and to help the medallion to stay into position, a small loop (or 2 small bars) is fixed at the back of the medallion and pressed into the hot wax. Once the wax is cold, the loop (or bars) is cached and the medallion fixed into position. But sometimes the manufacturer used not enough wax or it crimped...and the medallions begin to turn.

    d) has the crosses are made by different manufacturers, at least 4 varieties are known with small detail differences.

    Hope this helps.

    Kind regards,

    Belgoman

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