Engraved Schinkel EK1 for review.

[Jelle M.]

Hello guys,

what do you think of this cross?
Engraving looks period to me, i think it has a matching patina.
Looking forward hearing some comments.

Greetings

[Jelle M.]

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[Tom B]

Not "My" money

IMO I'd never spend my money on this one

[Jelle M.]

Me neither, especially when the seller asks 1700$ lol
But i'm just curious about the cross.

[Mike TM]

I would pass on this one.

regards
Mike

[streptile]

Cross is a modern fake so I don't have much hope the engraving is period.

[steiner68]

IMO I'd never spend my money on this one

+1

[tinmantis]

Cross is a modern fake so I don't have much hope the engraving is period.

[ejwahl1]

Cross is a modern fake so I don't have much hope the engraving is period.

Trevor,

In the collecting community we call it "Reverse Transposition"


Ed

[WEISNER]

I have seen these fakes at gun shows here and nearly bought one when I first started collecting crosses, I just got a bad feeling looking at the date and passed on it thankfully.

this one being all engraved is quite fancy though with a somewhat convincing patina LOL!

Kevin

[320]

A schinkelform (?) fake with engraving and dated 1941 ? ? ?
At least, this one is not too dangerous.

320

[Hank C.]

What the hell is the motif supposed to be anyways??? I didn't like the cross even before seeing the reverse, and that just sealed my suspicion.

Hank

[Jelle M.]

This is text that comes with the ad:

INTERESTING LUFTWAFFE ENGRAVED IRON CROSS FIRST CLASS, SCHINKEL TYPE WITH IRON CENTER , NO MAKERS MARK . ENGRAVED WITH THE EARLY FLIER'S INSIGNIA FOR MOTORIZED AIRCRAFT AND 1941 DATE.