Hi gentlemen,
I only had two dark and blurry pictures when I purchased this, so was a gamble.
Now - holding in had - it looks like the gamble paid off
I now have what seems to be a custom made conversion of a wartime Zimmermann (20) DKiG to a screw-back 1957 DKiG.
It seems to have the "9" flaw in the date as well as the 11 o'clock star-burst flaw, similar rivets, etc.
On the back, the hinge & catch have been ground away and a screw has been inserted.
Front side, underneath the EK, you can still the the holes drilled which once accommodated the swastika.
On the back, the owner drilled three additional holes ... one with the screw wire and two to rivet in the EK.
Too bad the owner ground very rudely on the backside and most likely heavily polished the badge, as the copper colour is peaking through.
Never mind all that, its - IMO - a more then unique DKiG which fits well into my collection
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Feel free to comment and discuss
Grtz
Mathijs
I only had two dark and blurry pictures when I purchased this, so was a gamble.
Now - holding in had - it looks like the gamble paid off
I now have what seems to be a custom made conversion of a wartime Zimmermann (20) DKiG to a screw-back 1957 DKiG.
It seems to have the "9" flaw in the date as well as the 11 o'clock star-burst flaw, similar rivets, etc.
On the back, the hinge & catch have been ground away and a screw has been inserted.
Front side, underneath the EK, you can still the the holes drilled which once accommodated the swastika.
On the back, the owner drilled three additional holes ... one with the screw wire and two to rivet in the EK.
Too bad the owner ground very rudely on the backside and most likely heavily polished the badge, as the copper colour is peaking through.
Never mind all that, its - IMO - a more then unique DKiG which fits well into my collection
.Feel free to comment and discuss
Grtz
Mathijs
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so I only have a moment and will comment more later this evening when I've had a better opportunity to look the cross over thoroughly, but I did want to say CONGRATULATIONS on a beautiful and unique cross! Your "gamble" certainly paid off in a BIG way!
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