scottplen Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 (edited) Was Knights cross 1st class ever issued in silver gilt ? Or only gold ? Edited February 22, 2017 by scottplen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CRBeery Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Silver gilt were done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wood Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Basically these are generally speaking Great War issues when the gold was needed for the war effort. The same is true with most German Imperial Orders. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saschaw Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 On 23/02/2017 at 13:59, paul wood said: Basically these are generally speaking Great War issues when the gold was needed for the war effort. The same is true with most German Imperial Orders. In general, I can give thumbs up for this statement, but I have to clearify: Baden changed from gold to silver gilt - or, to be acurate, to silver with a mechanical gold plating - as far back as 1910. So, this wasn't made due to war caused gold shortage, but just to save some money for the state. However, it is very easy to alter a knight's cross 2nd class to a (gilt) knight's cross 1st class, just by gilding it. From poor pictures, I couldn't tell original and manipulated pieces apart... they are a mine field, in my opinion. Unless they have the "D" mark stamped in the medaillon body. As a Baden collector, I avoid anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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