Golden RK of the KVK - any chance this is real?

[BrianH]

I have been offered this cross for sale. It appears to be a Knight's Cross of the War merit Cross in gold w/o swords. I know these are very rare so of course I am skeptical. It doesn't look like an obvious fake to me so I thought I'd post it here for evaluation. Granted, I do not have extensive knowledge of the die characteristics of these so I may be missing something obvious. I do not know if it has any proof marks or maker marks on the edge of the cross. I may be able to find that out in the next few days. All I have are these pics and I know they aren't the best but I'd like your input please.

When i did some research via past forum postings for this award, it seems that nearly all of those posts showed "smooth" arms that connect the cross to the suspension ring on the RK of the KVK w/o swords. However, when I look on pg 47 of Forman's 2nd edition, the cross there has the "ribbed" arms like this example. What's the difference? Any insights/evaluation would be appreciated.

Thanks,
BrianH

[BrianH]

A few close-ups

[BrianH]

one last close-up

[Darrell]

Sorry. Not even close.

[Hank C.]

Are these the seller's photos? Just the title of the thread makes me think "no way".

Hank

[all1knew]

Hello there,

This is not an authentic one.

William Kramer

[Ludwig]

[BrianH]

Well, it sounds like we have concensus that this cross is no good. Yes, these are the seller's photos. Thanks for weighing in and making sure I didn't waste my money. Any chance one of you guys could PM me to point out the flaws with this cross? I'd like to learn how to tell the good from the bad and I have little to no experience with the RK of the KVK (obviously).

Thanks,
Brian

[Ludwig]

Private seller or a dealer?