Grand Cross Souval

Hi all, I had the chance to purchase a Souval Grand Cross of the Iron Cross to add to my ek collection, so I did. Many collectors will poo-pooh Souval stuff as post-war junk, even though he was a legitimate war-time manufacturer (alas not the GK), given the fact that authentic GK's are as rare as hen's teeth and when the odd one surfaces, it's a mortgage job, many don't have that kind of spare cash lying around and if they did, may well decide to spend it on more useful things. As space fillers

By Alex K, October 9, 2016
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The cross on the right was brought back by a British vet in 1946 ...................... Price of a Souval as against an original ................................ Good value, I think. Best of all, Major Mohn might have worn a Souval in the 'Colditz' series from 1974 !! Finally, if the cross on the right is the best that the Bavarian State Army Museum at Ingolstadt could come up with when I visited there in 1998, I'd rather have a 1960s Souval !!