Here's the story: I bought a guy's collection from his widow. He collected anything in the way of military medals from WW II, American, British, German, etc. A lot of his German stuff was fake ("He paid some very high prices for those to (name deleted) Auction House in England so I know they're real"). One frame was labeled "Iron Cross 1939" and had all the levels of EK except diamond awards up to and including the Grand Cross. A quick look at the GC and one of the RK's showed that they were Rudolph Souval pieces so I assumed all the RK's were RS maker. Oaks and Oaks and Swords obvious non TR pieces as well. When I opened the frame to remove the various awards I noted that one of the RK's was much heavier than the others and as I looked more closely the core was definately different than the typical RK pieces. So my question is whether there is a rose among the thorns or just a different kind of thorn. I would feel pretty stupid if I sold off something good as a fake so I am asking expert opinion on this one cross to ease my mind. I know the pics aren't the best but I think the characteristics are clear enough to be able to say yea or ney. The cross wieghed in at 29 grams without the loop. The frame is also a bit different shape than the RS frame. First pic is of the RS cross (left) and the cross in question (right). If better pics are needed I can try again but right now I am very frustrated with my photographic abilities. As always, I appreciate the time those of you who look at this thread take to evaluate the cross. This forum is beyond value when it comes to things like this.
Mike
Mike
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