Interesting eBAY RK

[Untersharfuhrer]

This is probably a scam, but it's at least an interesting "presentation" by the seller. Still.....it's intriguing: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

[Brien]

I asked for photo's. Haven't received anything yet...I'll let you know what I find out.


Pretty up front about the starting price though, 10,000 to start! Must be some Grandfather!

Brien

[John Ammons]

brien, i asked for some extra pics too... and asked him who his grandfather was. no response as of this writing.

[Brien]

It'll be fun just getting the info.


Even more fun it it's legit.

Even MORE fun to see who is the first to place a bid! Real or not!

[Brien]

I got an E-Mail from the seller, he sent some good black and white family photos, but the ones of the cross are the same as on the Add, just enlarged. I can't see a thing! Well here is the description"Hei and thanks for your mail
my grandpa was in poland and russia war and he becames
the german ritterkreuz in june 1943 in a russia war.all dokuments and medals is in this auktion,when you win this auktion by ebay i give a lot of more dokuments and letters when you paying.the dokoments say it does my grandfather this becomes for the best in russia war and here is the ritterkreuz for Albert Ahrens from deutsches reich signature Generalfeldmarschall and i have a lot off other dokuments from the 2 world war.the name from my grandfather is
Albert Ahrens and he was (Leutnant) Panzerjäger = (Tankhunter in Englisch)
and he was 1943 in german television deutsche wochenschau he stands in a lot of story books
when you have more questions send me a mail thanks and sorry my englisch is not good i hope you understand me regards"

So there's where we are now and....the plot thickens....maybe we could get detlev to go knock on his door.

Brien

[Luft62]

My feeling is that this one is legit. The name checks out and the docs seem to match. I suspect that better pics would indicate a good RK.

At least it's got a high starting bid this time... how long did the last genuine RK on ebay last after it was posted here?

[Harry]

Is Albert Ahrens still alive?

[stdub]

From the photos on Ebay, for me the RK looks like a 1957er version.

Best wishes
Joerg

[Luft62]

I think Joerg is 100% correct - the RK would appear to be a 57 type.

[Harry]

I think Joerg is 100% correct - the RK would appear to be a 57 type.

........and look at the length of the ribbon suspension loop........

[Harry]

here is a pic the seller e-mailed me, among others. The frame is 800 L/12 marked!

[Lisa Thompson]

pics i got..

[Lisa Thompson]

another..

[Lisa Thompson]

and another.. cropped and upped resolution a bit

[Lisa Thompson]

Looks like Harry and I had the same idea..

I can read at least one of the documents in the pic he sent us.. yep.. Albert Ahrens.