I need your help on this one. A reputable dealer I know says it came from a coin dealer who has had it since the 1960's. It is unmarked except for "800" which is incused relief. To me it looks like it may be a wartime piece. If it is, my best guess would be a Godet RK, which if I'm not mistaken shares the same die characteristics as Zimmerman RK's. If it is authentic and has a "thumbs up" from this forum I would like to purchase it but I have a small window of opportunity to do so. So please lend your valued expertise to this thread. Regards, RC
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Close the window!
It's a Souval and surely not war time.
DaveRegards,
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Bad one. These comes with L12 markings to.
Peter WikingComment
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100% post war SouvalComment
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There is a private auction L/12 on eBay right now. Probably from another reputable dealer.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=36047Alitur vitium vivitque tegendoComment
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Very similar to the L/12 that Dietrich posted...Regards,
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Thanks guys, I am still a newbie to be sure.Comment
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Try this! Similar? Really thick ring and the flanges...again?
DaveLast edited by Dave Kane; 12-17-2006, 02:01 PM.Regards,
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Yes, that frame seems to have some of the same characteristics as the one I posted except for the K&Q style eye. The core looks similar also. Is this one a "souval" as well? Do you know any history on the souval fakes, when where,etc?Comment
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I remember the Souvals being for sale in the 70's as "RKs by a Third Reich period manufacturer on original dies".
Tough since they didn't make RKs, but, they were a 3rd Reich badge manufacturer, so the rhetoric was close but no cigar.
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Fakes
The earliest list of fakes sold as fakes was from 1948 or 1949!!! So when someone comes up to you and tells you "I´ve had it since 50 years back!", just tell him to come back when he has something that he´s had for 60 years!
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That is ugly! 
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I have a Knights Cross on eBay
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