Good afternoon gents,
I received this pic today and in looking at his cross closely I realized his Jump Ring is not the standard style that we see accompanying crosses from the known makers.
A friend and fellow WAF member told me he has a wartime pic of his RK winner wearing a similar, but wider style of single-strand ring.
The Oberfeldwebel in this pic is Alfred Tykiel and his RK was awarded on 6 Aug 41, so reasonably early relatively speaking.
Can any of you shed light on this strange ring and why some guys went with a non-standard one when what they were presented would have been just fine? Also, can anybody pin down with a reasonable degree of certainty who the maker of his cross could be? It smells a little like a Juncker to me.
Thanks in advance for your comments and have a great weekend!
vr
Bob
I received this pic today and in looking at his cross closely I realized his Jump Ring is not the standard style that we see accompanying crosses from the known makers.
A friend and fellow WAF member told me he has a wartime pic of his RK winner wearing a similar, but wider style of single-strand ring.
The Oberfeldwebel in this pic is Alfred Tykiel and his RK was awarded on 6 Aug 41, so reasonably early relatively speaking.
Can any of you shed light on this strange ring and why some guys went with a non-standard one when what they were presented would have been just fine? Also, can anybody pin down with a reasonable degree of certainty who the maker of his cross could be? It smells a little like a Juncker to me.
Thanks in advance for your comments and have a great weekend!
vr
Bob
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