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    #1

    My 1939 Japanese made EK1

    I thought I would share this with the forum.

    This Japanese made EK appears to be made of solid silver. It is made in one piece unlike German manufactured Iron Crosses.




    Reverse



    Note the marking on the pin. I have had some trouble translating this.

    Several Japanese friends have seen this EK and they said the marking was an "old" charachter not in common use today.

    What is the current market value of such a cross?


    Thanks for looking.



    Diane


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    #2
    A very nice and interesting piece indeed! Looks like the cross got nice details as well!

    Personally I have not seen a medal like this before, so I can't help you when it comes to determing a value, but thank you for sharing

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      #3
      Hi Diane,
      VERY interesting cross. Any chance of larger pics?

      best,
      Hank
      Unless it was nighttime, or the weather was bad, and you were running out of gas - then it was a sweaty nightmare, like a monkey f*ing a skunk.
      ~ Dan Hampton, Viper Pilot

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        #4
        Larger Pics

        Hi Hank,

        I'll try to post a large image but it may take awhile as I have to dig this one out of my safe deposit box.

        Diane
        Last edited by Diane; 09-19-2006, 12:20 PM. Reason: Spelling error

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          #5
          Post it in the Japanese forum, I'm sure someone there can give you a good translation.

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            #6
            A better image of the marking(s)

            I already posted this in the Japanese forum.




            Hopefully someone there can identify the marking(s).

            Thanks for your help.


            Diane

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              #7
              For those of you that may wish to follow this thread further...

              http://www.wehrmacht-awards.net/foru...d.php?t=178531

              Eric

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                #8
                The meaning of the markings on the reverse of the EK

                Hi folks!

                We discussed this in depth on the Japanese forum but I though I would post this here for those that may not have followed the other thread.

                A Japanses friend sent me this this morning. He thinks the Kanji is a manufacturers marking.

                -----------------------------
                Thank you for very exciting mail.

                I saw the forum and my personal opinion, Mr.Eric's "rotated 90 degrees clockwise, mirror image" seems correct.

                I searched old KANJI DICTIONARY and found it attached as
                "tsutsumi.jpg".

                As you know, Japanese kanji has two readings.

                The one is TOU as Eric said and the other one is TSUTSUMI.

                The meaning of this kanji is bank or dike not China.

                The kanji of Chine (it reads as TOU and the other one is KARA) is attached "kara.jpg".

                I think the KANJI of TSUTSUMI is the name of manufacturer.

                Tsutsumi-san is very populer name in Japan but the kanji is simplified as "new_tsutsumi.jpg".

                Not Simple? But its simple for Japanese.
                ---------------------------

                So now we know what the maker marking is!

                A big thanks to everyone that contributed to this thread.
                Last edited by Diane; 09-27-2006, 02:11 PM. Reason: Spelling error

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                  #9
                  Hi Diane,

                  "appears to be made of solid silver"

                  Well you can go to a jeweller, without damaging your cross he can etch (not sure how it is called in english) it to be sure it is solid silver and what the silver alloy is.

                  Nice looking cross.

                  yours

                  Eric-Jan Bakker

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                    #10
                    Silver content

                    Hi,

                    I used to deal in antique Jewelry. It has the weight and feel of a solid chunck of silver with an age old patina. It could be heavy silver plate but without going to a Jeweler I cannot confirm this.

                    Perhaps I could call around and see if I can get some one to examine it but would have to be sure to use only the right Jeweler as I wouldn't want to offend anyone. Some people are so sensitive these days.

                    Thanks for all your help.

                    Diane

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