Iron Cross 1st Class

[15parabattalion]

I dont like the back of this one, it looks rough and the pin looks way too new looking?







Is it a babe or a beast?

Cheers mike

[Matthieu]

Its a .......... beast . Nothing good on this one .

[Adrian]

A beast! A real ugly one at that!
It looks like it's made from a soft metal, everything is wrong with it....except the shape!

[ben bijker]

Yep, bad one.

What's the mark?
Is it " SBW" ??

Best regards,
Ben

[PzBtl423]

oh, a nice one!
and verry rare!

[Flemming]

My eyes

That is one ugly EK

/Flemming

[baldy1939]

, man that cross sure is UGLY

[Steinar]

lolol this cross really is something, what a creativity

just gotta love the fakers that can produce beasts like this

[grueni1208]

Yep, bad one.

What's the mark?
Is it " SBW" ??

Best regards,
Ben

It should be "BSW"

- Brüder Schneider Wien

Some of our polish neighbors have problems to use the right order

Regards

Daniel

[Steve Campbell]

This one is really bad. I think the mark they are trying to reproduce is seen, in a somewhat similar form on combat awards, but not the Iron Cross. I wish all fakes were this easy to spot.

[Robert P.]

I give them an 'F' for effort.

Robert

[Flemming]

I wish all fakes were this easy to spot.

Yeah, indeed. Then collectin would be so much more safe

/Flemming

[ben bijker]

It should be "BSW"

- Brüder Schneider Wien

Some of our polish neighbors have problems to use the right order

Regards

Daniel

Nope.
A few years back I bought some stuff off eBay.
The seller was Sean Barry Weske.
The items I bought were original, but he had boxes full of copies as well.
He wrote that he made these as movie-props, and marked them SBW for fun.
That expalins the flimsy look, they were never produced to deceive anyone, and weren't meant to be sold either.

They still appear now and then, but they are easy to spot.

It is possible though taht these movie props are being faked now because some people think that SBW was a genuine maker.
Best regards,
Ben

[Douglas 5]

Flimsy look is the right description Ben !!!
Here is probably another movie prop buddy it belongs with that Adrian once posted .

Douglas

[Adrian]

Flimsy look is the right description Ben !!!
Here is probably another movie prop buddy it belongs with that Adrian once posted .

Douglas

I'd forgotten about that one Douglas!