1813 iron core

[mp409mm]

I saw this 1813 iron core with the eyelet included in the casting, is this normal casting of the 1800s ?

Alf

[morel5000]

Is it magnetic? looks blackened brass.

[mp409mm]

Is it magnetic? looks blackened brass.

I do not know, it is not mine saw it at a dealer site.

[streptile]

I've seen them before.

I believe they were made as souvenir pieces from ironworks. Iron was imbued with a somewhat mystical quality in Prussian national mythology, the Iron Cross more than anything else.



I would consider it a patriotic souvenir, probably something you could buy in the giftshop or perhaps something on display in the factory visitors' center.

[mp409mm]

" I've seen them before.

I believe they were made as souvenir pieces from ironworks. Iron was imbued with a somewhat mystical quality in Prussian national mythology, the Iron Cross more than anything else."

Thank You streptile.
Alf

[Elmar Lang]

The piece is for sale in the web-shop of Andreas Thies and it's clearly described as made of bronze:

"Eisenkern zum Eisernen Kreuz 2. Klasse, 1813.
Bronze geschwärzt, mit abgestuftem Rand und angegossener Öse."

E.L.

[kaiserwilhelm2]

The piece is for sale in the web-shop of Andreas Thies and it's clearly described as made of bronze:

"Eisenkern zum Eisernen Kreuz 2. Klasse, 1813.
Bronze geschwärzt, mit abgestuftem Rand und angegossener Öse."

E.L.

Souvenir pieces of an Iron works made of bronze - that sounds odd.

[mp409mm]

Souvenir pieces of an Iron works made of bronze - that sounds odd.

And IMO they are very good copies, remove the eyelet and you have a good 1813 core, notice the slanting 8 very similar to early stepped cores of the 1813.
Alf