What do i do ?

[Mark Holmes]

\ok heres the crack . Firstly i am not in any way trying to discredit anyone but recently i purchased an EKII with packet and ribbon from the estand
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=173004
In the messages after i had agreed to buy it turned out that the packet was a fake , ok im fine with that as i am in a quest to find as many maker marked crosses as possible. I took the cross regardless and today i got my new lamp out to inspect the makers mark and to my surprise it is 333 . I was baffled as i never imagined they went that high so i went looking and to my surprise the only thread with any mention of it says all 333`s are fakes .Can this be correct . Now im thinking the ribbon is not correct either .

What do i do guys . I dont want to upset anyone but a 333 doesnt fit into my big picture.

[Peter Wiking]

The 333 marked crosses are fakes. No such maker.

Peter

[Don D.]

Return it. Use this thread as a reference.

[hagwalther]

Keep it but ask for a 99% refund.

Regards ...

[Mark Holmes]

I have written to the seller and am waiting his reply.

[Mark Holmes]

Am happy to say the sller has offered me a full refund . Thanks for the help guys .

[Sal Williams]

Thats a pretty good lookin fake! Does anyone have better pics of one of these 333's? How were they determined fakes? Wrong materials? The faker is known?

Best, Sal

[Don D.]

no such maker number.

[schinkel2]

Anyone got a pic of the MM?

Dan

[Peter Wiking]

Here you go. These 333 fakes can be found with a 666 marking as well

Peter

[Sal Williams]

Thanks Peter can you show some close pics of the cross?

[Mark Holmes]

Here you go. These 333 fakes can be found with a 666 marking as well

Peter

That is actually quite a good pic , the ribbing on the top of the 12 oclock arm on mine smooth like its been polished out. I am trying to get pics of my camera to show you mine .

[Peter Wiking]

Here is one more. The frames of these 333/666 fakes tend to be rather dirty with dings and small flaws here and there.

Peter

[Mark Holmes]

At least this fault is consistant. Peters example

[Mark Holmes]

My example , same fault , swastika not finished properly.