Hello All,
As I haven't shown it before, this is my EK collection as it stands today.
I used to have the bug for collecting maker marked crosses, but grew tired of the search and for variants (not to mention the prices being asked for the really rare ones). I have since downsized and just kept the crosses that I really liked.
A way to display them had long been on my mind, and I eventually found this antique display case which I thought might do the job. I coated the interior with black crushed silk and made some platforms to display the medals.
It's not the greatest collection by any standards, but after years of keeping them in a box, I really enjoy being able to look at them whenever I like!
They are rather difficult to photograph in the case, but anyway, I hope you all like it as much as I do.
- Danny
Photographed below a period print (October 1870 - illustrated London News) of The Crown Prince distributing Iron Crosses at Versailles.
Top row, left to right:
1939 Otto Schickle EK2, Cased S&L EK1, Cased B.H Meyer EK1, Cased C.F. Zimmermann EK1, S&L B-type RK unmarked (magnetic core, post war), Cased S&L EK1, Cased W&L EK1, Cased K&Q EK1, Übergroße EK2.
Middle Row, left to right:
1939 EK2 spange on 1914 SW EK2, 1939 EK1 spange (repro case), 1957 S&L (late) Oaks and Swords (repro case), 1957 C Frame RK, 1957 S&L DKiG, 1957 S&L EK1, 1957 S&L EK2.
Bottom Row, left to right:
Marked K&D '60' EK2 with matching packet, 1813 "Blucher style' EK2 (repro case), 1870 A type EK2 w/25 year oaks (repro case), 1914 Godet EK2 in period case), Cased 1914 WS EK1, 1914 FR EK2.
- Danny
As I haven't shown it before, this is my EK collection as it stands today.
I used to have the bug for collecting maker marked crosses, but grew tired of the search and for variants (not to mention the prices being asked for the really rare ones). I have since downsized and just kept the crosses that I really liked.
A way to display them had long been on my mind, and I eventually found this antique display case which I thought might do the job. I coated the interior with black crushed silk and made some platforms to display the medals.
It's not the greatest collection by any standards, but after years of keeping them in a box, I really enjoy being able to look at them whenever I like!
They are rather difficult to photograph in the case, but anyway, I hope you all like it as much as I do.
- Danny
Photographed below a period print (October 1870 - illustrated London News) of The Crown Prince distributing Iron Crosses at Versailles.
Top row, left to right:
1939 Otto Schickle EK2, Cased S&L EK1, Cased B.H Meyer EK1, Cased C.F. Zimmermann EK1, S&L B-type RK unmarked (magnetic core, post war), Cased S&L EK1, Cased W&L EK1, Cased K&Q EK1, Übergroße EK2.
Middle Row, left to right:
1939 EK2 spange on 1914 SW EK2, 1939 EK1 spange (repro case), 1957 S&L (late) Oaks and Swords (repro case), 1957 C Frame RK, 1957 S&L DKiG, 1957 S&L EK1, 1957 S&L EK2.
Bottom Row, left to right:
Marked K&D '60' EK2 with matching packet, 1813 "Blucher style' EK2 (repro case), 1870 A type EK2 w/25 year oaks (repro case), 1914 Godet EK2 in period case), Cased 1914 WS EK1, 1914 FR EK2.
- Danny
, yep you can see medal from different views, great job!
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