Iron Cross Paper Weight

[Justin]

This is an interesting Item. It is a very large Iron Cross Paper Weight (for lack of a better term) it is pretty heavy and is roughly around 6 by 6 inches. It says german silver on it and has some markings of the back.

If some one would post pictures for me I will email them to you, Thanks

I got this out of a very nice Imperial collection I bought from the veterans great granddaughter. Sadly she came back two days later and broke down crying that she shouldn't of sold her families history, so I gave everything back to her with the exception of this. We both forgot about this item and I have no way to contact her, So I guess its mine.

Are these common or even from the time period? any help would be great.

[Vadim K]

Justin, you can send them to me at genghiscohn@yahoo.com

[Justin]

Vadim did you get the pictures i sent? Any one else willing to post?

[Vadim K]

Jeez, you think I just sit at my computer all day?? I got the photos, I will post them later tonight.

[Justin]

Doesnt everybody sit at there computer all day? Or am i the only one. Thanks again

[Vadim K]

Photos for Justin.

Obverse

[Vadim K]

Reverse

[Dietrich Maerz]

Here's another one.

[Military Trader]

Here's mine. Are these iron ones repro?

[Justin]

Well aparently they are common

[Dietrich Maerz]

I wouldn't say common but for sure not rare and valuable.

Dietrich

[Justin]

Come on with all the knowlege here some one has got to know something. I think i might of saw something about these in the Iron Times, but I do not have that book with me.

[Eric Gaumann]

Come on with all the knowlege here some one has got to know something.

About all I know is I'd like to get one of those!!
Just as a guess I'd say it's some sort of commemorative thing, issued as a souvenier sort of thing?

[rev]

Not 100% Sure But

I memory serves me I do believe that these crosses where put in the cemetary to honor the individual who was killed during the war. As I said in the title I am not 100% sure but 90% .

Hope this helps maybe a starting point


Joe

[Justin]

These are really neat ive never seen one before I bought this one. Kind of hard to display in a case due to the fact that it is thick and heavy, but im sure ill figure out a way