MEYBAUER's Spanish crosses

[Jacques]

I would like to share with all of you what are in my opinion the best spanish crosses.

MEYBAUER of Berlin made spanish crosses all along the war. these crosses are of high quality, very finelly detailed. this firm used several MM. I have encountered the following ones: "900", "900 + coat of arms", "coat of arms", L/13. Some crosses ae unmarked but the details are those of this firm. to my knowledge, MEYBAUER never used the LDO nbr "7" on its crosses.

the crosses were manufactured in bronze, tombac, massive silver.

Eagles: they are sharp detailed. the swas are square and show 2 cut out branches

Swords: the grips have 7 twists. they are thin.

Pin: generally the pins are massives and large at the top. it is typical on the L/13 variant.

Hook: two variants exist. the hook for the "L/13" is round. For the other crosses it is of a half-moon section, always directly soldered to the cross.

Here are presented 3 crosses:

Top: L/13

Bottom left: 900

Bottom right: 900 + coat of arms

jacques

[Jacques]

The reverse showing the details of the pin , the form of the grips and the hook.

Edited May 28, 2005 by jacques

[Jacques]

And last one showing the marks . :food-smiley-004:

[Jacques]

3 maker's marks

[francisco v.]

I think Meybauer never die struck SK withow swords. Cut off them on request.

Two examples I saw (both with coat of arms marking) were of this way

Regards

Fran

[Jacques]

Hi Fran,

I have the same conclusion as you. All the Meybauer crosses w/o sword I saw clearly shown cut swords. So whatever the MM, coat of arms or L/13, Meybauer only used swords die and them cut the swords.

Nevertheless, collectors have to be cautious with such silver crosses with cut swords; it is not so hard to do that for an unscrupulous dealer IOT increase the price.

jacques

[Jacques]

here is a better pic of the coat of arms

[KM-SPAIN]

I would like to know if this model of SK with "900 + coat of arms" was made in the gold version.

Regards. Eduardo

[Jacques]

Hi,

I just have one in my files. So , it seems that the answer is "yes".

jacques

[KM-SPAIN]

Thanks!!

Hi,

I just have one in my files. So , it seems that the answer is "yes".

jacques

[MichaW]

Hello,

what do you think about this spanish cross?

regards

Michael

[MichaW]

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[Sal Williams]

I believe that one to be a fake, sorry.

[Jacques]

Hi,

I would like to have it in hands, but on the pics, I don't like the eagles design and reverse of the swords.

jacques

[Sal Williams]

Jacques, the disc is bad too, if this is real I will eat my hat! Look at the wierd catch too.

Edited August 18, 2006 by Sal Williams

[Jacques]

Yes Sal, you're right, and the pebbling doesn't match too. The swords look too thin.

Michael, you might get your money back.

jacques

[Stan]

Here's another Meybauer from my files, this time without swords.

Stan

[Jacques]

Here's another Meybauer from my files, this time without swords.

Stan

I like this one with 900 and coat of arms.

Are these crosses all from your collection, Stan ?

This one needs a good cleaning,isn't it Sal ?

[Sal Williams]

yep! A quick dip and that baby would shine!!!

[Stan]

Jacques,

The first unmarked Spanish Cross without Swords is in my collection, the Meybauer was one which was offered to me a couple of years ago but I didn't buy.

Stan

[spectre]

Hi all,

Here is my silver Meybauer I got at the first of the year. And yes it was cleaned up a little with water and baking soda, it was very dark when I got it.

Alan

[spectre]

The back and markings

[spectre]

Sorry for the sacrilege but it was just too nice (and too expensive) to be left looking like this...

Alan

[Jacques]

Hi Spectre,

Fine looking text book Meybauer.

No sacrilege for me, but other collectors will do think it is. It depends on if you get the cross within a group or alone.

The best way is to buy only mint items

[loader price]

Hello, I would apreciate if you can give your opinion about this L/13 Spanish Cross. After read the topics posted and some more information I can find some inconsistences related to this one like pin/hook, svastica circle rims, and eagles quality. Kindest regards, Paul Loader

http://loaderprice2.blogspot.com.ar/2014/08/spanienkreuz.html