Hi everybody Spot the deliberate mistake on this one ebay item 2239645618.regards Joey.
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July?
I'm thinking July spelled with a "y" instead of the typical German "i". Or maybe it was engraved by whoever obtained it!
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better pic
i e mailed him for better pic does the cross look ok i wasnt sure but engraving looks a bit suspect. it comes up as invalid item so it must have been pulledAttached FilesLast edited by gaz; 04-21-2004, 11:44 AM.
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Hi Gaz The cross looks ok but the engraving has got to be wrong because the germans spell JULY as JULI unless this was awarded to a member of the british free corps that wasnt around untill the end of 44 .Regards Joey.Originally posted by gazi e mailed him for better pic does the cross look ok i wasnt sure but engraving looks a bit suspect. it comes up as invalid item so it must have been pulled
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i think we are looking at this from the wrong point of view just my theory but
the name LACEY not the most obvious german surname
the town AUGUSTA a town on the east coast of sicily
the date JULY 15th 1943 a few days after the allied invasion of sicily
could it be that this engraving was not meant to decieve im sure that they would have maybe picked a more germanic surname and at least got the date somthing like as the engraving work is not that of an amateur. i think it could be an allied soldiers souvenir that he had engraved as a momento or that his colleages gave it to him as a gift. i know that anybody can engrave anything at anytime and i guess that it couldnt be proven but thats my theory. in fact i convinced myself that much and as the cross seemed to be right enough a S&L marked 4 on the pin i e mailed the guy and bought it for the sum of £50 it is worth that just to go into my collection as a curiousity.Last edited by gaz; 04-24-2004, 01:18 PM.
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Hi Gaz I had the same thoughts about the cross being right but did not think about what you are saying,you could be right.Good buy for £50.Regards Joey. PS wish Id kept my big mouth shutOriginally posted by gazi think we are looking at this from the wrong point of view just my theory but
the name LACEY not the most obvious german surname
the town AUGUSTA a town on the east coast of sicily
the date JULY 17th 1943 about a week after the allied invasion of sicily
could it be that this engraving was not meant to decieve im sure that they would have maybe picked a more germanic surname and at least got the date somthing like as the engraving work is not that of an amateur. i think it could be an allied soldiers souvenir that he had engraved as a momento or that his colleages gave it to him as a gift. i know that anybody can engrave anything at anytime and i guess that it couldnt be proven but thats my theory. in fact i convinced myself that much and as the cross seemed to be right enough a paul meybuer marked 7 on the pin i e mailed the guy and bought it for the sum of £50 it is worth that just to go into my collection as a curiousity.
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