Unusual EK1 ?

[Gordon Williamson]

Lets see if anyone can figure out what this is ? Junk or treasure ?

[Blitz]

Hmm.. How big is that actually? I saw monster EK a little like that last weekend at a friends house.

[Vadim K]

Depending on the size, could be a grave marker.

[Gordon Williamson]

Depending on the size, could be a grave marker.

Don't have exact measurements, maybe around 0.5m . Grave marker - Good guess but Nope, much more important than that.

[Tom Y]

Jeez, that's almost 20 inches in real measure From its monumental size it must be from a..er..monument. Or maybe a church?

[Rich G]

Well, Gordon, as you're posting it and it's like a quiz I think it must be KM related... perhaps it was attached to a U-boat?

Rich

[McCulloh]

wasn't there a specific U-boot (U 19?) that had an EK/14 as a device on its conning tower? I remember Bill Shea had an album with a snap of it @5 years ago.

[landsknechte]

...another one of Göring's one-off decorations?

[Adam H]

Considering that Gordon posted this...I would tend to side with Richard that I would anticipate a U-Boat connection here...and McColloh's hypothesis sounds entirely plausible...

Failing that I would make my second guess that this graced a monument or building of some description...

Cheers,

Adam

[Gordon Williamson]

Jeff, you are right on the button. The Iron Cross has been known to be awarded to ships. Best known is probably the submarine U-9.
This is the original Iron Cross (more accurately one of a pair) that was attached to the conning tower of U-9 (both in the Kaiserliche Marine and later transferred to U-9 of the Kriegsmarine). On the outbreak of WW2, the Crosses were taken down and put into storage and thus survived.
This one is in Horst Bredow's collection.

[Gordon Williamson]

Here it is on the "second" U-9

[Doug See]

Great post, Gordon!!!

I'm going on eBay now to see if there's already a copy aged in Coca Cola for sale yet.

[Blitz]

That's a great one, Gordon.

[Sonderkommando]

I'm not trying to step on anyones toes and I may have mis-read the post but, the cross posted is a totally different shape to the one on the side of the U-Boat and I'm not sure if it's meant to be the same cross?
Please correct me if I have mis-read anything.

Regards,
Brett