cased 26 EK!...different....

[Mike Pinkus]

has a block hinge and a flat sheet catch...case is marked for pforzheim...all the pics i see of 26 marked crosses ar ethe "horde" stash...is this an earlier one?
thanks
mike

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[Darrell]

Hi Mike. Very interesting case

The cross is accepted as an original variation. Although not a type normally found (i.e. like the Horde Type) original none-the-less

[Mike Pinkus]

thanks Darrell...good to know...the case is quite interesting to me as well...figured you cross guys could get a buzz off it...if anybody needs to have it drop me a line...always interested in trades
mike

[Darrell]

thanks Darrell...good to know...the case is quite interesting to me as well...figured you cross guys could get a buzz off it...if anybody needs to have it drop me a line...always interested in trades
mike

Mike, got any more pics of the case? I'd love you to post it in the Packet's Forum to see Marcus and Allan drool over this one

[Dave-B]

That's a generic Mayer award case,check Gordon Williamson's The Iron Cross of 1939 book page 119.

Dave

[Darrell]

That's a generic Mayer award case,check Gordon Williamson's The Iron Cross of 1939 book page 119.

Dave

You are correct Dave. Good Eye Still these must be fairly rare, you don't see many of them at all.

[SLIM]

FANTASTIC case , check out one of my 26 pieces at the back !!!


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[Hank C.]

I had a gold wound badge in a case like this. Nice cross.

Hank

[Dave-B]

Does the base insert come out Mike?...would be interesting to see if it has a KB number or not.

Dave

[Mike Pinkus]

i lifted the base out a bit...i see a 2078 number imprinted in there...this is on the case itself...not the padding...on the back of the padding is a 621KB number

[MH184]

The case form is more or less a common sorts, '26' marked crosses are known to come in several types of case, theres alot of hype about these mint hoard ones so everyone associates these croses with that other form of case.

What makes the case nice is that you seldom encounter the stamp of the maker name on the outer covering, this one being a proper stamp forming a incuse impression rather than some ink or paint type on the liner or outer covering.

You find them but among the numerous and plentiful supply of EK cases at this moment in time, it's a trait not so commonly seen.

[Paratrooper]

Hi,

thanx mike for showing this "26" EK 1. I searched for good pics of this variantion with this "needlesystem".
Very interesting. Congrads

Regards
Andreas