My very small collection of EK I and KVK I

[Karl S]

When it comes to collecting 57 awards, I´m mostly interested in medal and ribbon bars. (Some of you might have seen my thread about this collection).

But I also have a few other 57er items and today I started to rearange on my shelves a bit. I decided to take some photos of my few 1 class crosses and show them here.

First out is my EKs

[Karl S]

vaulted cross

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Better pics!

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Next EK

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backside

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I know many people doesn´t like the next cross, but I find it attractive.

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non solid block

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And my KVK I with swords

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And the last one....an uppdated wartime deumer KVK I without swords.

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[LuckyLuudje]

I know many people doesn´t like the next cross.

You are right about that.
But the rest makes it up more than enough!

Nice and early EK1's
And the KvK1....first one I have ever seen with a round needle
The Deumer KvK1 without swords is the 2nd I have seen sofar

[Nigel N]

Great pieces Karl!!!
A couple of lovely early EK1's
The EK1/spange combo is, as you know, later,but i have one myself, and was surprised how good the quality was, so you are not alone in liking that one!!
The KVK with swords is a rare early variant, with the thin needle pin that S&L used on war/wound and qualification badges, like Luud, its the first time i've seen this style of hardware on a KVK1!!
And the Deumer KVK 1 is very nice too!!
So.....a TOP collection of crosses!!!!!!!
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[Karl S]

Thanks for your positive input guys!

And yes, I have always understood that the KVK with round needle is uncommon, but for some reason I have never showed it until now.

Actually, it was a Detlev friday find a few years ago.