Only a KVK First Class? Or more ....

[sunkist]

Is this makermarked? haha

[Valter Gorenc]

These little swords above the cross look like royal yugoslav lapel badge for reserve officers school. Were they found with the cross?

[keifer kahn]

I cant tell if the cross is real(pics wont enlarge) but ive dug several zink items that while in reasonably poor condition certainly havent turned to dust.
Corroded ,yes but still retain their integrity and it all depends on the soil,moisture,acidity,sand content etc.Both German and Poland soils are good at preserving items.

Check out the buckle forum and the thread"SS officer buckle ,real or fake"(started by Cossak1648) and check out the ground dug original buckle.This is a zinker and and is original.Yes,its corroded with lots of zinkpest but its hardly a crumbling pile of dust.
Its identical to mine that i dug in poland in the late 90,s.

[Hoschito]

Hello!

This cross is definitly an original!

Cause I´m the lucky guy, who found it!

best regards
hoschito

[rove]

hello hoschito

i know its an original
but you can forget the discussion in here

greetings

you ve got pm

[Don D.]

Are you sure it is zink? The locations where the reverse set ups are don't have base plates like you usually find on zink badges/awards.

[rove]

no, zinc was only my opinion

but i failed, its tombak (buntmetall)

[Don D.]

That is what I thought. Throws a whole different light on it then, doesn't it? Can you post better pics without a flash?

[rove]

i would like to own it
maybe gerald make better pics and send it

but here is a zinc dogtag found some weeks ago

condition after 60 year in ground
should not disturb the discussion but shown alternatives

here

[rove]

backside

here