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**lewjian** · 04-19-2020, 04:06 AM

It looks good to me, patina is visible in the engravings.

**Dansson** · 04-19-2020, 04:20 AM

First, I do like the engraving, there are a lot of things that support it, some of are already mentioned here.

It's a sweetheart engraving which does want to wish good luck to whoever it was given to, this is quite commonly seen on these first world war crosses.

One of the biggest give aways for being a "good" engraving is the subject of the engraving. Does it say "From your friend Kaiser Wilhelm?", does it start with "For bravery...", does it say "U-24" etc.
OR does the engraving only have a date like "4.8.1915", just a date and initials, just a name or perhaps a date and battle, a wish for good luck, or a combination of these?

What I'm trying to say here is that we can't forget the meaning of an engraving, it always has a motive. Does it wish to commemorate the date of award, does the owner want to mark his cross as his with his initials, does he want to remember the battle(s) or does his wife or mother want to wish their "fighter" good luck and with that wish that they return home alive some day.

**GdC26** · 04-19-2020, 04:46 AM

Originally posted by Dansson View Post

First, I do like the engraving, there are a lot of things that support it, some of are already mentioned here.

It's a sweetheart engraving which does want to wish good luck to whoever it was given to, this is quite commonly seen on these first world war crosses.

One of the biggest give aways for being a "good" engraving is the subject of the engraving. Does it say "From your friend Kaiser Wilhelm?", does it start with "For bravery...", does it say "U-24" etc.
OR does the engraving only have a date like "4.8.1915", just a date and initials, just a name or perhaps a date and battle, a wish for good luck, or a combination of these?

What I'm trying to say here is that we can't forget the meaning of an engraving, it always has a motive. Does it wish to commemorate the date of award, does the owner want to mark his cross as his with his initials, does he want to remember the battle(s) or does his wife or mother want to wish their "fighter" good luck and with that wish that they return home alive some day.

I clearly missed that part of the debate .....

**Brian R** · 04-19-2020, 05:54 AM

I like it too.

**Gew44** · 04-19-2020, 06:51 AM

I like the engraving so much.

The little lines ==== behind to create a same letters height is without doubt a hand made work, also the incision that varies in depth indicates "movement" and manual engraving.

**Erickn** · 04-19-2020, 09:17 AM

Originally posted by Dansson View Post

First, I do like the engraving, there are a lot of things that support it, some of are already mentioned here.

It's a sweetheart engraving which does want to wish good luck to whoever it was given to, this is quite commonly seen on these first world war crosses.

One of the biggest give aways for being a "good" engraving is the subject of the engraving. Does it say "From your friend Kaiser Wilhelm?", does it start with "For bravery...", does it say "U-24" etc.
OR does the engraving only have a date like "4.8.1915", just a date and initials, just a name or perhaps a date and battle, a wish for good luck, or a combination of these?

What I'm trying to say here is that we can't forget the meaning of an engraving, it always has a motive. Does it wish to commemorate the date of award, does the owner want to mark his cross as his with his initials, does he want to remember the battle(s) or does his wife or mother want to wish their "fighter" good luck and with that wish that they return home alive some day.

BRAVO ! I like it also.

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