Need help identifying

[Tomfranssen]

Hi,

Can anyone tell me about this item. I would like to know if it's real and where it comes from. I just picked it up from a market in Ukraine, Lviv.

I read about the year's that this is from a soldier that served in WWI aswell as WWII, is this true?

[AUSGANG]

Sorry, judging from the screw disk and to the best of my knowledge that is a fake... At least the disk is for sure...

[Hank C.]

Technically, it's "real" in the sense that it exists and you can see/touch/feel it.

BUT - as for original, no. It appears to be a 1-piece casting. It is modeled after a World War 1 EK1 & the repetition bar (spange) of World War 2. It is NOT manufactured during the WW2 period.

The whole thing is worth about 1-2 euros as a paperweight, nothing more.

best
Hank

[Tony T-S]

Looks like someone has been trying out their stamp collection on the disk.

[lordpage]

Technically, it's "real" in the sense that it exists and you can see/touch/feel it.

BUT - as for original, no. It appears to be a 1-piece casting. It is modeled after a World War 1 EK1 & the repetition bar (spange) of World War 2. It is NOT manufactured during the WW2 period.

The whole thing is worth about 1-2 euros as a paperweight, nothing more.

best
Hank

I really like that answer Hank,a genuine mistake I think.

Jon

[Robert P.]

I really like that answer Hank,a genuine mistake I think.

Jon

Ditto,

The spange (badge above the cross) shares no characteristics with an original period spange. Hank is absolutely correct in saying it is a 'copy' of an original, and unfortunately a poor one at that. The same with the Iron Cross.

Robert

[Ludwig]

Not good at all! IMO.

[sanya13]

excuse me,but this is very ugly copy