Whats It For ?

[sturgis]

Found this in flea market this morning for £5.
Any ideas what medal its for ??
Marked on the back either L/53 or L/55. Hymann / Whacter & Lange.
Richard

[sturgis]

inside

[sturgis]

back

[Allan P.]

Richard,

Is it blue or black?

If black, looks like a case for an EK11.

If blue, could be a faithful service cross case.

Whatever, although the case looks a bit beat up, well woth £5.00 mate

Allan

[sturgis]

Its dark blue.
If it were a faithful service cross, where would the ribbon be stored ??
I have a faithfull service in the long red cardboard box (25 year) why would this box be different ?
Rich

[Allan P.]

Don't forget this was a case used for a private purchase, replacement award.

Not unusual to find no space to store the ribbon, just like the EK11 case.

Allan

[sturgis]

Haved looked at the Honour cross and these are supposed to be 38mm accross.
Whatever was in this box fitted tightly in the recess and this measures 40mm.
Rich

[tgn]

I have one just like this. I call it a Faithful Service Cross box...Tom

[MH184]

Six of one half a dozen of the other, more frequently encountered with an EK certainly but not incorrect for the Faithful Sevice Cross either. More by luck than judgement I reckon* (*unofunded personal opinion)

Being as the case is one in the same and the dark blue to black outer covering is encountered with attributed EK's to a maker mark on the case I wouldn't seperate the two colours as distinct cases for seperate awards, to fine line and unfounded as some books call these cases black for a start !

If they were such made to differentiate by intention, I'd say they'd perhaps have changed the base colour, not the outer covering in this instance for such a case. Who knows probably an 18 or 25 armed forces and police could have also been bought in these.......I haven't measured them. We may never know many things.

No I seriously think the case is apt for both regardless of slight colour variation.

Just my thoughts.


You got this for a fiver, wow, you'd pay more for a fake sold as a fake !!