DKiS for your review

[Kev G]

Hello,

unfortunately I've fallen in love with these ... so I kept my eyes open and found this one ... what do the experts think?

Mr. Maerz, I really would love to read your statement on this - thank you very much in advance!

[Kev G]

two more ...

[Kev G]

... and the backside.

Seems in a pretty worn condition to me, so I guess I shouldn't pay too much for it - if it is confirmed to be real.

Thanks!

[Dietrich Maerz]

From what I can see his is a nice original and early piece. Does it rattle?

Dietrich

[Ojoneso]

Hello,

i think is repainted!
Look over the date to the silverplate.
And look around the red ring .
What you can see is silver paint.

Best

[fabri-online]

original and nice but in my opinion there another thing to check: what is that thing under the swaz in post n. 1 ? I have maken a fast check of mine and I have seen nothing.

[Darrell]

Hello,

i think is repainted!
Look over the date to the silverplate.
And look around the red ring .
What you can see is silver paint.

Best

I don't think that's paint. It looks to be that old Silver Polish stuff you often find on old medals. It's a liquid and used to remove tarnish. If not all cleaned off, it turns a grayish chalky color.

[Hans Kondor]

Hello,

how can you know from a worn piece like this, that its a silver and not a gold grade?

[DKig]

From what I can see his is a nice original and early piece. Does it rattle?

Dietrich

Yes, original.
But it's hard to find that it is early piece as 6 rivets.
Because this version of the cross was awarded in 1943, 1944!!
One explanation to it is The Stock.

Canny

[Flemming]

There's a few thing that I do find odd about this one.

Is this glue, I can see at the rim of the Swaz?

I have tried to mark 2 spots here in this picture:

/Flemming

[Darrell]

Looks like it to me ....

[nick-j]

I have a dkis the same ,they are very prone to rattling (as mentioned by Dietrich) looks to me that someone has glued it to stop this?

[AndyC]

For me its a good DKiS that have been polished sometime


Andy

[DKig]

I have a dkis the same ,they are very prone to rattling (as mentioned by Dietrich) looks to me that someone has glued it to stop this?

I think it is Deschker's feature. We can also find it in the version
of marked 4 rivets DKiS. It also looks like something glued.
original cross, no re-work on that, its ok.

[Ojoneso]

Hello,

are you sure , that this is silver polish?
May be but i have never seen the same color like the silver at the Lorbeerkranz.

Best
Seb.

No worries the cross is original!
But the color looks very strange
and the thing under the swastika?