Star Of The Grand Cross

[Santi]

as i said in my first post i never thought it was genuine but wanted to know if it was a real iron cross as it looks good right down to the 3 part construction which most fakes dont have

Yes we know, i think peter replied that question, telling that the ek on your star is a latvian fake

[Peter Wiking]

as i said in my first post i never thought it was genuine but wanted to know if it was a real iron cross as it looks good right down to the 3 part construction which most fakes dont have

Many Iron Cross 1 class fakes do have a "3 part" construction. Frame, core and reverse plate as individual parts. Do not let anyone fool you on that.

Cheers.
Peter

[WenRan]

I like it
Copy or not

[Mike P.]

Here is a pic of the real cross

Hi Steve , The one you posted doesn't match with the one we saw at West Point ...here's the thread--
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ght=west+point

[deejay]

I have a few tastes too look

[deejay]

or

[deejay]

and even a bullion version, rarest of all ...

[deejay]

Anyway, keep up the search

[atcase]

Hi Tallfruit,
the backing star appears very similar to the Imperial award the `Hamburg Cross`

Ashley

[Brandenburger]

Hi

I have a copy of both the WW1 and WW2 variety of this award (only oddity being that the WW1 is silver instead of gold). Your star has the oddity of the additional circle behind the EK 1. If anyone is interested in photos let me know and I'll happily post them. Mine came from a supplier in Poland and are of OK quality (not that they would ever fool anyboddy). They are certainly nowhere near the quality of yours, which looks to be either made for a museum or as an outright fake of one of the original copies.

BTW there is if memory serves only one genuine one (Ailsby quotes 3 but only examined 1), but I believe Souval or some such company, got commissioned to make v.v.v.good replicas post war for museums. Maybe yours was made for a museum display????? Yours is correctly named 'Rath of Munich'. Most copies use the backing from the German Eagle order (I think) as a starting point.

Tom