One Piece IC2C, Mounted, Max Reich.

[dragnet]

I saw this on a friends stall and thought, MMMMMM interesting, let me know your thoughts gents

[dragnet]

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[tompress]

Hi,

medal bar maker is from my city. I have found old picture of his shop, Ring 55.


greetings
Tomasz

[Dansson]

Nice!

[Stepdale]

Wow, very nice cross, and Tomasz's photo of the shop is the icing on the cake!
Dale

[römischIX]

I like the bar.
I have one too but it is a larger one

[streptile]

You sure the EK2 is one-piece?

I have found old picture of his shop, Ring 55.

Great photo. "Stamp Empire"

[dragnet]

You sure the EK2 is one-piece?

Just had a better look and yep its one piece

[morel5000]

if it is one piece it is cast from one of the generic cores found in Godet and Meybauer.
To me that would be a tell tale of a fake. Maybe the mount is real and a fake cross was added?

Kind regards,
Michel

[dragnet]

if it is one piece it is cast from one of the generic cores found in Godet and Meybauer.
To me that would be a tell tale of a fake. Maybe the mount is real and a fake cross was added?

Kind regards,
Michel

Michel, indeed, i found it of interest due to the core being a generic and found it slightly confussing that such a fake would be added to a very nice named mount when it would make more sense adding a cheap original, but hey sillyer things have been know to happen

[Don D.]

Can you enlarge the photos of the shop windows so we can see the awards?

[laxymil]

Hi,

medal bar maker is from my city. I have found old picture of his shop, Ring 55.


greetings
Tomasz

Great Photo

[Miro O]

if it is one piece it is cast from one of the generic cores found in Godet and Meybauer.
To me that would be a tell tale of a fake. Maybe the mount is real and a fake cross was added?

Kind regards,
Michel

This is what I also think. Look at the frame edges, mainly between 9 and 12 o´clock arm. The misaligment of frame halves can be clearly seen. Original one piece cross can´t have misaligned edges, there is no reason for it. But this feature can be often seen on cast fakes made from misaligned original 3-piece crosses.

Plus, surface of the core is terribly executed, something you don´t see on any of accepted one-piecers. The leadish colour of the frame is also story telling.

I know particularly this type of "spangenblech" (metal body of the bar). There should be a hook under the ribbons. Very easy to mount and dismount, as well as to put the ribbon halves over the ring.

[tompress]

Can you enlarge the photos of the shop windows so we can see the awards?

Sorry, no higher resolution of this picture available (I have taken it form a website about local history). But I made two close-ups.

I have seen more medal bars with this name, Max Reich have also produced Silesian Eagles 1st and 2nd class, and some sport/events tinnies.

This house was destroyed during the siege of Breslau in 1945, but reconstructed in late 40s. There is a Spanish Restaurant now

Greetings
Tomasz

[tompress]

PS. Maker Stempel-Reich had the RZM code M9/122