RK Ribbon...Opinions???

[Karsten S]

I did manage to find Matthieu a cool tee on ebay.de (if he doesn't have one)!

Funny t-shirt

[Matthieu]

I'm out on this one as well .....

[Steve 5]

I'm out on this one as well .....

Same here.......I sent a question to him, he will not sell to the U.K. and it looks like German buyers only !

Its probably for the best as it seems there are red flags on this too perfect a find !
Prost ! Steve.

[Nigel N]

Just been having another look at the markings on the inside of the roll......
Any thoughts, on font style, wording, position, etc.
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[Tom B]

Just been having another look at the markings on the inside of the roll......
Any thoughts, on font style, wording, position, etc.
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It looks like if "Ritterkreuz" had not been chopped it may have been the correct width ? who knows.... Tom

[jonathancol]

That's a thought. Maybe they cut down the spool and loaded it up to sell on ebay.

[Tony T-S]

The piece of ribbon that I received with the fake BO is definitely the same width as this ribbon. Nothing like the quality of the 40mm that came with the S&L RK. I'll take a shot of it to compare this this lot. Does the spool look as though its been cut down? That would not be easy to cut cleanly.

[Tony T-S]

Here is my piece of ribbon. It turns out that its a mm wider than the ebay ribbon coming in at 39mm.

[Karsten S]

It looks like if "Ritterkreuz" had not been chopped it may have been the correct width ? who knows.... Tom

What do you mean Tom ? that the ribbon would have been wider, if they did not chop the carton tube where they did with this?

KR

Karsten

[Unfront]

What do you mean Tom ? that the ribbon would have been wider, if they did not chop the carton tube where they did with this?

KR

Karsten

I can assure you that is not the case... as in it could not have been chopped down. If someone did that, then the ribbon would just fall apart.

[Karsten S]

I can assure you that is not the case... as in it could not have been chopped down. If someone did that, then the ribbon would just fall apart.

Exactly, or a very strange wide roll to a narrow band.

K

[Nigel N]

Hi Guys!
I thought Tom meant that the actual cardboard roll was maybe originally wider, and it had been cut down, and then the later, narrower ribbon had been wound around it???
Don't know if that's whats happened, but its one possibility??????
-Nigel

[Karsten S]

Hi Guys!
I thought Tom meant that the actual cardboard roll was maybe originally wider, and it had been cut down, and then the later, narrower ribbon had been wound around it???
Don't know if that's whats happened, but its one possibility??????
-Nigel

Hi Nigel,

Let´s hope that That would indeed also be strange, but I think we all agree that the odds are really not in favor for this role.

I would however not be surprised if it sold. You only need one to like it, and have the money to pay.

KR

Karsten

[Nigel N]

Yes, I agree Karsten, I think there are problems with this ribbon roll, don't know if the roll is original with a later ribbon added, or if the whole thing is wrong??
Its strange, but I don't think we've ever seen a roll of 57 period ribbon??
You would think that some would be out there??
-Nigel

[Tony T-S]

I'm looking at the picture on this page and am suspicious of the saw marks running across the roll from the top of the shot to the bottom. Looking again at the word Ritterkreuz and even the date they look rather hand written. The other stamp seems to be ok, but is off centre, closer to the sawn off end. I really trust this at all.