Knights Cross Case 1939

[Harry]

David, the glow on the white card surrounding the black insert is a giveaway. On my case, nothing glows.....

[Dietrich Maerz]

The member I bought the set from was certain the cross was post-war, and he was right, but was sure the case was original. I was also certain of the originality of the case on handling it although my knowledge on RKs and cases as a relatively new collector was not much.
The cross was subsequently sold as a post-war 1939 pattern by S&L, but I kept the case!

Sure an interesting case! Maybe the original owner can drop in and tell us why he thinks the case is original.

[DavidM]

David, the glow on the white card surrounding the black insert is a giveaway. On my case, nothing glows.....

Hello

As I said earlier, I have always considered this to be a 57 case, albeit judging by the quality of it, one of the very early ones.

As yours doesn't glow at all, I'll be interested in hearing the verdict on it.

Regards
David

[Harry]

David,
Your case is still a very nice case, and of a much better quality than seen normally with early '57 crosses.

Again, I wasn't looking for opinions on whether this case is pre- or post-war, but was opening up a discussion on the possibility of pre- and post-war parts combined to make cases post-war. Afterall, we see post-war 1957 pattern awards of all sorts made with wartime parts....

[DavidM]

Hello

Thanks Harry. Have you seen the debate on the DK case? If not it's a similar thread to this, except the item is a halbetui type case for a DKiG:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=182476

In DonCs thread there is a link to earlier debate on these halbetui cases by Albert, in which there is discussion as to whether this is a 57 case using wartime parts, (that there are wartime parts used in Alberts case is clearly shown in the other thread), or if it is indeed a wartime made and issued case. Sadly no real conclusion has yet been reached, but it's interesting.

Regards
David