Chris Boonzaier Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 I used to have this one about 10-15 years ago, came from one of the epochs experts, and went to one of the epochs experts... I think with todays research it is no longer accepted as good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKnight Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Chris, have you a picture of the ribbon for this medal. Perhaps it was a field replacement cross. Where is this medal now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 29, 2013 Author Share Posted December 29, 2013 Hi, thats the best I can do, its long gone... I bought it in 95 or 96 from one of Germany's most well known collectors back then, in those days the rule of thumb was "quality is fine, 800 stamp, must be S+L".. a couple of years later I passed it on to another one of the bigger collector dealers... it went through many hands, and in the late 90s noone ever had a second thought. It is quite interesting to see how much of the stuff from back then is now recognised as not kosher. Back then the only references were Bowen, Gordon Williamsons first book, and Geisslers first book. All were groundbreaking works but in that era the the details were not good enough to form an opinion. The subject matter took a jump forward on Williamsons 1939 book where you could see much better details, then Dietrich März's book pretty much finished it off.... I think at Gordon Williamsons 2nd book it was possible to see it did not correspond to the known 800s, then März put the last nail in the coffin. It is a good example of how the hobby advances... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Liontas Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I'll second that. The references and info on the KC has changed so much since the late '80s. Honestly all that was old is new again...gives me a heck of headache trying to keep everything straight now. Kudos to all those who collect these and keep everything straight. I cant that is for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 They definitely scare me. With 10s of thousand dollars at stake, it is not worth the gamble to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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