Carinthian cross

[Canutt]

Hello to all,
what about these two Carinthian Cross?

[Canutt]

take alook at the different suspencion ring of this one



In my opinion the first one looks better...

Has this medal been heavly faked?

Thanks

mario

[Tom Y]

From my limited experience with things Austrian the lower cross seems to have the more typical middle ring. Mabe it's issue and the top one is a replacement?

[Eric Stahlhut]

I've seen Austrian red cross awards with both types of rings depicted in Mario's KKs. Both types are acceptable. I prefer the second type, though.

Sydney Vernon always stipulated that Austrian awards with suspension rings that were not soldered to form a solid ring were in fact postwar items. If the ring on the first KK has a break in it (more than likely) some would consider it to be of later manufacture. Interesting in the sense that these awards are postwar anyways...

[Canutt]

here are two more detailed scans of the second cross.
Is it mounted on the contrary?

Ciao

Mario