War merit cross terrible finish opinion

[ADOLPH]

Hi everybody,

I know it´s a common medal, and I have a lot of them in my collection. I´ve seen them many times, but I´ve never noticed before, if I remember, to have seen such a terrible finish in a III Reich medal, no matter the importance of the award.

Take a look at the back, the sword edge and the grips, yes, both of them. There´s a piece of uncut metal attached to the grips.

Is this medal an unfinished one, or a late war example, or even a fake? I don´t really know what to think. Never seen such a bad quality in these medals.

Anyone else has any idea about this piece?

Thanks in advance,
Adolph.

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[ADOLPH]

Closer views of the deformed edge and the grips.

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[ben bijker]

Hi adolph,

Cross itself is authentic IMO.
Never really studied them, but details are very crisp.
This looks like sloppy hand-finishing, probably done on monday morning

Best regards,
Ben

[ADOLPH]

Thanks Ben,

I´ve been looking for this cross around and I still haven´t found such a bad finish. I guess as you said it was "probably done on monday morning", very early.

Regards,
Adolph.

[Frank K]

Yeah, looks like some sabotage to the war effort

Is there any makermark on the cross?

[ADOLPH]

No maker mark at all.
How, do you really think someone is going to leave their name there? What a reputation for the maker

I think maybe it was made the last day of the war, in the last minute!!!

Regards,
Adolph.