ebay iron cross

[Joey Charles]

Hi everybody Spot the deliberate mistake on this one ebay item 2239645618.regards Joey.

[Peter Wiking]

The horizontal needle ?

Cheers.
Peter Wiking

[Hank C.]

July?

I'm thinking July spelled with a "y" instead of the typical German "i". Or maybe it was engraved by whoever obtained it!

Hank

[gaz]

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 pulled

[Joey Charles]

Iron Cross

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.

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 pulled

[Brian R]

This EK certainly wasn't engraved by a German. Not only is the "y" in July incorrect, the day should come before the month.

Brian

[Dietrich Maerz]

... and there's no "th" in German. Correct spelling is 15. Juli.

Dietrich

[gaz]

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.

[gaz]

pic of obverse

[Joey Charles]

Iron Cross

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 shut

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 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.

[gaz]

thanks joey

its ok i did have my eye on the cross before you mentioned it in this thread so dont feel to bad about it

regards gaz

[Joey Charles]

Iron cross

Hi Gaz I wont,nice cross for your collection.Regards Joey

thanks joey

its ok i did have my eye on the cross before you mentioned it in this thread so dont feel to bad about it

regards gaz