I almost forgot, many thanks to Tom Hansen and Bob Hritz for making it possible to get these interesting test results
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Attached are photos of the speckeled cross that was tested.
Bob HritzIn the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.
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VersoIn the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.
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HallmarkIn the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.
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The corpus delecti speckled date!
Bob HritzIn the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.
Duct tape can't fix stupid, but it can muffle the sound.Comment
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Hi Bob,
For information purposes here was one I used to own. It would be interesting to compare all these in one thread if others have pics.
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Hhmmm, no smoking gun. No shocking revelation. Bummer.pseudo-expertComment
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Hi here is the pin on my dotted DK,it is the full 20. I think the were trying to piece the awards with what ever thy had left.I have always thought these were very late war crosses, I got mine from the vets family along with two cloth DK's and they were all mint. The other badges they had were also mint (they would not sell every thing
) My thought was he got them from a warehouse or LOD shop.
David R.
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Bob,
I suggest an FTIR. I can check with the institute I once used to check a 65 RK. It tells you if there are any postwar compounds in the paint. So we would only be able to check paint. It is a noninvasive procedure that removes a few microns of paint. It is pretty solid stuff, but if they went to the trouble of using period paint on a good fake, well, that means they are damn good.
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Interesting that there is no Pb in the Dots red paint nor the Zimmermann's.Mihi libertas necessest!Comment
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HelloOriginally posted by tyanacek View Post
Previous SEM testing on Junckers, Deschler, Godet, Klein and Zimmerman DKs found no lead, (pb), in the paint of any of them - although it is found in the enamel used on the swastikas. Therefore that is consistent with earlier SEM test findings for the different makers.
That said, I was always of the understanding the red bands underneath the wreath are also enamel. Is this wrong ? So where then would the paint be on a DK ?
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