K&q Kc

[lee-clark]

Has anybody made tests on the cases that these awards come in? Surely after 60+ years there would be some kind of deterioration of the materials used and some kind of wear to the outside of the case!
Just a honest question
Lee

[Ludwig]

Once again: that´s a very nice cross!

And Paratrooper – spit it out! Let´s hear your story!

[TRAVLRSEASIA]

Kitler's photo is a Killer

Pieter;

That photo of Kitler is simply Hilarious! A classic!

[ChrisJ]

K&Q's

I'll add my comments for what they are worth....

I too spent many years in the 1970's looking for a KC...it took me 4 years to get my first one. How things have changed.

(Took me another 18 months to find my first DKiG)

I also collect antique porcelain....particularly Royal Worcester pieces by John Stinton (the elder)....practically impossible to find 25 years ago, now they are several pieces on e-bay (for goodness sake) each year !

What's changed then ?.....no secret there, the internet !

There is a minute progression of die characteristics of K&Q crosses.

No K&Q's at Castle K ?....maybe not, but I have had two cased RK to KVK (without swords) in mint condition from a liberated Naval stores in Bremerhaven in 1945 (would you believe)...what were they doing there one asks ?...there is more to these issues than we can imagine after a period of 62 years. There is lots of photographic evidence of K&Q's being worn, so doesnt their lack of being in castle K tell us something ?.(think about it).

Dies used after 1945 ?.....benchmark a 1945 awarded K&Q and everything else with less distinct flaws is pre 1945. (Simple aint it)

Good collecting all !
Chris

[milsurp]

No it doesn't tell me anything. Chris what are you eluding to...? and where might I find an inventory list of Klessheim?

There is lots of photographic evidence of K&Q's being worn, so doesnt their lack of being in castle K tell us something ?.(think about it).
Chris

[Ludwig]

As I am a little bit interested in Knight´s Crosses, I take this thread to the top, by asking: any new stories to share?

[chrisje110]

Any info of the '''suposed sale'' of the dies at the K&Q factory in the 1980s ?