War Merit Cross w/o swords, real or fake?

[JesseT]

What do you think, real or fake?
Jumper ring broke off...

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[RKC]

War Merit Cross

JesseT:

Nothing to worry about....Your KvKII is an original!

The 'beads' or 'nipples', whatever you want to name them are perfectly okay & reach right up to the inner-arm edges. Swastika is nicely formed & does stand high enough from the surface. The thickness of the 'ring mount' that has broken-off from the cross is the right thickness & the color showing in the photo of the old 'soldered' break looks fine as well.

Ron

[JesseT]

Thanks for your response. What do you think is the best way to get this fixed? Should I take it to a Jeweler?

[RKC]

Jeweler or not?

JesseT:

How important is that cross to you? It is just a low-cost 'Merit' award & looks like it was made from 'ZINC' which is a standard low-expense metal used by a few countries at that time. You can either pick another one up of better material or hold onto that one.

What's a jeweler going to cost you? You've got to be looking at $25.00 at minimum [for the Jeweler's time] to file that area down, heat-up his torch & re-attach the mount.

What about going to Canadian Tire, check-out their "Adhesives" Section & look at the 'Crazy Glue' & 'Contact Cement'. What are they selling these at? Either one would bond the pieces back together & most likely hold pretty well. That's if you wanted to 'KEEP' the Cross just because it was "one of your early pieces in your collection".

If you're just starting-out & want a nice 'Cross' award just give me your mailing address & I'll mail you a very nice 'War Merit Cross II Class with Swords' at NO cost to you. We'll just call it a 'friendly introduction into the hobby from a fellow collector'.

PM me or e-mail me if you want to do that.

Best of luck to you!

Ron

[Tony T-S]

I agree, there are much nicer examples around than this. That's a very generous offer too RKC. Excellent stuff.

[Flemming]

I would keep this WMC/wo swords, and would not try to reattatch the ring.
A MM WMC is not that commen.

/Flemming

[petopoint]

Two-Fer

Very Admirable of Ron. See that, you not only have an original KVKII W/O Swords but soon you'll have two. By the way Ron, I have a 25 Year NSDAP Award with a Broken ring. Any of those with an attached ring lying around?

[RKC]

Petopoint:

Sorry, I haven't had any of those kicking-around since 1982, I wasn't much of a 'Party' animal at the time!

Tony:

Thanks for the pat on the back!

Ron

[JesseT]

A very generous offer, Thanks so much