I am looking for a nice Ehrenkreuz für Witwen und waisen complete with original ribbon to complete my Ehrenkreuz set.
If any of our forum members has one for sale, please send me a PM and we will see what we can work out.
Thank you very much.
Regards, Rik
I bought this for 20, so real or fake doesn’t exactly matter, but am very curious. Nice and heavy 71 grams. It looks like copper underneath a zinc plating (especially on the skull’s forehead and upper lip), but am not sure. Stamped R.Z.M. M34/2 with an SS logo mostly removed underneath the upper edge. I found a lot of fakes of this one in particular, but none that I found resembled this one. If it is fake, I’d still like to know the maker - really nice quality to it. The man I bought it from wasn’t trying to sell it wasn’t trying sell it as genuine or fake, just a belt buckle.
I picked this up OLDENBURG FREDERICK AUGUST IRON CROSS 1st CLASS so the collector told me and I wanted to know are these copy’s I don’t see to many of these so I had to get it for my collection. I seen the very same one but it was all silver with white enamel it had markers marks on the back, but mine has nothing so maybe someone can let me know if I have a copy or a fake. I hope I posted some close up photo’s, thank you
I ran across this one over the weekend, and as it came in a lot of mostly political items I was surprised that it was quite different from the multiple examples that came together.I am not a collector of armbands so I am somewhat skeptical of this style of armband ..No Tag or stampings..Is this item a fantasy piece,or just an oddball? ..It seems like a waste of material for all the embroidery …:confused:Regards,Geoff
I recently purchased this WW1 EK2. It measures to 42mm, the iron center is magnetic, and it is maker marked ‘S-W’. My only concern is the lack of a clear seam on the edges of the silver frame that should be evident if the cross is 3-piece constructed. There is a very faint seem on the top edge of the cross, but it’s pretty faint. Any suggestions or info is much appreciated!
(Not sure why my picture uploads are always flipped)
Some of you might know me from the edged weapons forum, as I am primarily a dagger-guy. However, last falI I came across my first helmet.
It´s funny how sometimes the stuff we collect just seem to turn up when you talk to people about your hobby. I came across a guy whos father used to steal ammunition and helmets from german bunkers as a kid. Naturally I asked if he still had these things. He replied that he had one helmet, but he doubted that it would be something I would be interested in. He told me not to get my expectations up as it was old and rusty.
To be honest, as a dagger guy with, at the time, limited knowledge about helmets, I thought the same when he pulled it out from his garage.
However I still bought it because I liked the fact that it was a local woodwork find. He also signed a letter telling the story of where his father stole the helmet. Second hand story, I know, but still better than no provenance. I took a picture of the helmet and letter outside the house when I picked it up as «proof».
Sad thing though, he told me he had thrown two other helmets on the landfill a couple of months earlier when cleaning out his late fathers house(!). They were the same with the net on top. I drove to the landfill and asked every single worker there if they had found them, but it was hopeless.
Here are my thoughts on the helmet:
M35 DD Luftwaffe drop tail eagle.
Reinforced aluminium liner marked D.R.P Schuberth-Werk K - G Braunschweig 1938.
Makermark is ET 66, lot number 3768.
Leather stamped size 58.
Green camo paint and old fish net.
Possible old white camo under?
Domestamp: "Fliegerhorst-Kom(or Komp). Probably for Kommandantur or Kompanie.
FP-number: L12790
Please note the white letters IS/IC right next to the lot number. I guess its part of a name or something.
Newspaper under the liner leather.
Chinstrap is shortened.
A few thoughts on the net. I understand they are highly debated and that it is hard to know when they were applied. I have asked an old colleague who is very much into fishing. He is certain that this is the kind of net they used to trap large groups of fish. I believe so too. Fishing was a huge industry here on the west coast of Norway those days. Combined with the helmets history I personally have no doubt it was applied during the war. I have applied some photos that shows the interaction between the paint and the net.
As you can see on the one picture there is a newspaper under the liner. The leather is very dry and I´m afraid to damage the leather if I try to bend it any more.
I think I will leave the newspaper where it is.
Even though I thought this helmet initially was old crap I have since realized that I did quite well on my first helmet.
Finally got the BERLIN 6/44 in. It is an enjoyable banner. So the writing is with a grease pencil of some type not a ink marker. The debate over is it a date or 6 of 44 banners made or displayed… is interesting. Berlin fell April 1945… So I don’t think it is a recovery date. Banner is double sided.
