marrauder Posted December 25, 2012 Posted December 25, 2012 Hello gents, What do you think about these two? Do they have any chance to be original? Thanks in advance. Miro
dond Posted December 25, 2012 Posted December 25, 2012 The cross is a spangenstuck at best but probably a modern fake.
marrauder Posted December 25, 2012 Author Posted December 25, 2012 Thanks for answer, Don. In meantime I asked seller for more photos - and the crown tells it all.
saschaw Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 The General Honour Decoration is probably fine. Enough real ones of them out there... Regarding the Military Merit Cross... I believe them to be modern, so called "museum copies" by Göde. Some collectors and dealers anyway assume they may be old wearer's copy. In case someone needs one... http://www.ebay.de/itm/170963665409
Beau Newman Posted December 28, 2012 Posted December 28, 2012 The best "tell" on the Military Merit Cross is the fact that all the WWI silver gilt ones were struck from a single pair of dies with a small flaw in the "T" on the reverse that got more pronounced the more they were used. I believe there is a very good article on Medalnets website that goes into this in detail.
saschaw Posted December 28, 2012 Posted December 28, 2012 This indeed helps for the actuall awarded crosses - but not for (maybe-)wearers copies.
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