Spanish Cross in Bronze by B N & L

[Steve B]

Acquired this Spanish Cross a number of years ago. Interested in opinions.
Thanks.
Steve

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The badge is a dark bronze in color that did not show in the pictures.
Thanks,
Steve

[jacques]

Hi,

This cross is a copy IMO. It comes with several other MM. Look at the eagle, they have a very particular design, far from the known originals.
jacques

[Steve B]

Spanish Cross

Thanks, I'll check out the eagle head with my reference books.
Steve

[Steve B]

Eage head

I checked my reference and the head comapred with those examples. Is there someone who can compare this head with a known original?
Thanks,
Steve

[mmiller]

Hello Steve and Jacques!

I seem to recall a discussion several years back about B&NL Spanish Crosses. What I remember, and I may well be very wrong, was that B&NL did not make Spanish Crosses.

I am going to check the W-A Spanish Cross Badge article right now.

Mark

Here are some old threads I found, that may be of interest...

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...+spanish+cross

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...+spanish+cross

[Frank Heukemes]

Hi Steve,

There is always much discussion and contradiction around those, but at the end of the day it can be said that 99% of all experienced collectors (and even dealers) do not regard these as original items. The killer (for me) is that these crosses can be found with several maker marks.

[Steve B]

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Frank:
Thanks. I bought this at auction. I have asked Jamie Cross about these Spanish Crosses with this maker mark and he is one of the 1% of the dealers who think that these were made by BL&N.
Steve

[Don D.]

Jamie Cross is not the yardstick to be rating items by. He has his share of dubious badges on his site.
JMHO
Don

Frank:
Thanks. I bought this at auction. I have asked Jamie Cross about these Spanish Crosses with this maker mark and he is one of the 1% of the dealers who think that these were made by BL&N.
Steve