Bronze EK II..m

[Tiger 1]

Hi guys ....
Here's a combatant medal bar with a bronze EKII.
Comments welcome.
Enjoy!
Tony

[Tiger 1]

Reverse...

[Tiger 1]

Close up of bronze stamp.

[gregM]

Very rare to find a "Bronze" marked cross.

[Tiger 1]

It's a one piece strike. I like these commercial oddities. Simple fun.

[streptile]

Very interesting indeed.

[Montgomery Burns]

Interesting but ,,,,
I generally doubt every one peace cross...
until now i could not place one of them in the 1914 /1918 period with enough foundations and evidence

this one ,,,,,,,,,,,,, no ,,not for me..

especially the stamp ,,,the wide second step on the frame is so out of the design characteristics we normally see ,,i doubt any regular iron cross maker would make such a cross ...

more something for a maker with no historical link and tradition to iron crosses

theatrical use maybe yes ,,, but ,,not my thing ..


kay

[Tiger 1]

Kay....

Fair enough comments.

However, this medalbar really is just a representation of a WWI veteran's war service.
Given the Hindenburg cross on this medalbar I would place the date of manufacture somewhere 1935-36. By that time the royal protocols regarding medal construction was defunct by almost two decades. The Kaiser era was ovrr and the TR era medal requirements have not come into existance at that time.

What we have here is a commecially produced EKII example that was not sanctioned by the Imperiall government as it no longer existed. As we all should know the urkunde to legally poscess the award was more important than the decoration itself. With the urkunde the holder could procure a high grade copy of his award as replacement or a low cost example as this one piece strike shows. It has nothing to do with being actually manufactured in the 1914-1918 and by extension 1925 time period when officisl Imperial awards ceased to be awarded.

In closing Kay, this may not be for you, but in the whole scheme of Iron Cross history which officially ended with the 1957 series these unusual interwar examples hold some fascination and are just plain fun to collect. They are a legitemate part of Iron Cross history.

All the best,

Tony

[Tiger 1]

Kay,

Check out another one piecer in my non-combatant thread.

Tony

[Montgomery Burns]

Kay....

Fair enough comments.

However, this medalbar really is just a representation of a WWI veteran's war service.
Given the Hindenburg cross on this medalbar I would place the date of manufacture somewhere 1935-36. By that time the royal protocols regarding medal construction was defunct by almost two decades. The Kaiser era was ovrr and the TR era medal requirements have not come into existance at that time.

What we have here is a commecially produced EKII example that was not sanctioned by the Imperiall government as it no longer existed. As we all should know the urkunde to legally poscess the award was more important than the decoration itself. With the urkunde the holder could procure a high grade copy of his award as replacement or a low cost example as this one piece strike shows. It has nothing to do with being actually manufactured in the 1914-1918 and by extension 1925 time period when officisl Imperial awards ceased to be awarded.

In closing Kay, this may not be for you, but in the whole scheme of Iron Cross history which officially ended with the 1957 series these unusual interwar examples hold some fascination and are just plain fun to collect. They are a legitemate part of Iron Cross history.

All the best,

Tony

absolutely throe ,,,,,
regards kay