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    I have this 1849 2nd Class Military Merit Cross from Mecklenburg Schwerin. I do not see a huge amount of them around, this one has writing in lower caps and a ball suspension. Would love to get some opinions on it, thanks:

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    Posted

    Hi, just spotted this, looks like a nice original piece, can't comment on the ribbon, it doesn't look that aged but may have been replaced a long time ago, wouldn't mind one for myself

    Regards

    Posted

    These are a veritable minefield, and most examples I've seen are fakes. We need one of our German colleagues who specialises in Mecklenburg to have a look.

    Posted

    Thanks Alex. 

    VtwinVince thanks. Yes it would be great to get someone who has some good knowledge of these awards to make a comment or two good or bad.

    Posted

    The MVK from Mecklenburg are actually very easy to identify and not a mine field. Almost all are fakes.

    This example is a very simple fake, which is very far away from original Crosses.

    Regards Seeheld

    Posted

    Seeheld, do you have any images you can share of genuine crosses? Thanks. 

    What are the differences between a genuine article and my fake item. Thanks again.

    Posted

    Actually I have 2 original crosses in my collection, but also the bad guys reading world wide...

    At the moment the fakes are really so far away from a genuine one, because they do not know how it is looking in reality. And this is good for us collectors.

    Regards

    Frank

     

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    6 hours ago, seeheld said:

    Actually I have 2 original crosses in my collection, but also the bad guys reading world wide...

    At the moment the fakes are really so far away from a genuine one, because they do not know how it is looking in reality. And this is good for us collectors.

    Regards

    Frank

     

    I agree with Frank.  The fakers put a lot effort to make this fake as clean as they could and I wouldn't want to educate them. 

    However, if there is minor "tell" that could be shared that would be helpful to the collector, but not the the faker; that would be informative.  I wouldn't want to pass on something truly valuable, only something that can be useful when visiting the tables at a show.   

    Posted

    Thanks to everyone for your contributions. 

    Wild Card, I hope your cross is genuine, thanks for sharing.

     

    Posted (edited)

    Interesting and thank you, I'm sure your information is greatly appreciated, at least those interested in obtaining one have one item which can be used to eliminate those which are clearly not correct

    Regards

    Edited by Alex K

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