S&L Die Flaw Article - Association Area

[freemason]

S/L die flaws........Do they apply to EK I's ?

Dietrich et al:

Gentlemen,

I wish that my scanner worked ...........But I have an early(?) unmarked EK I from Detlev in minty condition, and I noticed the same type of die flaws on the 12 o'clock arm. Is this just a result of a die being overused (ergo - not early?), and how could I tell if it was a S/L ?

Again, I'll have to try to rescucitate my scanner.

Cheers

Bill

[freemason]

Unmarked S/L EK I ?

Let's see if my new scanner works........

Cheers

Bill

[freemason]

Arrrrrgh......

.Let's try that again ......

[Dietrich Maerz]

Hi Bill,

actually my article about the Knights Cross has nothing to do with EK1's or EK2's.

However, die flaws on all kinds of medals are very common.

Dietrich

[freemason]

Ek I

Hi Dietrich,

Thanks..I just wondered.......

Since I have you handy, when is your book due out, may I ask ?

Cheers

Bill

[Douglas 5]

Great work Dietrich,
Very interesting, S&L ...
Douglas

[andrewb]

Thanks Dietrich.
Thats brillant. Great pics.
Now thats a very good reason to fork out a lousy $25.
Regards,
Andrewb.

[Robert P.]

Your 'ben theory' is a revelation. It's so simple, and makes so much sense. Thank you for your hundreds of hours or tedious work. As far as I am concerned you have championed the longtime mystery of the S&L's.

Thank you for going over and above, I just wanted to give respects where respects were due.
Robert

[janjan]

Hi Ditrich

You have to got a medal for yor research very good

[chris clark]

is it correct you only had 25 samples out of 1000's made to make this asumption on the s&l rk . post war and period . that is the word going around so just wanted to check. hope you dont mind the question

24hrs and no responce?

please clarify

[chris clark]

would of been nice to have responce to above question as thought that was what forums were about

some might say i am out spoken but at the end of the day a question asked should be replied too so other members know

we await

i think it would be important to put the rumers to rest as one i do not sit happy on them at this time

[Dietrich Maerz]

Hi Chris,

I'm sorry but I didn't see the question. Normally - before you beat on me in a thread I didn't see - send me a PM.

It is true that at the time of the article I had about 20-25 crosses to look at. It is not true that there are 1000, don't know who came up with that number and I don't know what is meant with that number.

By now (about 2 years later) a lot more crosses have been looked at by me and a lot of other people. Each and every time the findings were confirmed. If you think you have to look at all possible crosses to make a determination about the die, you are wrong.

I also would like to kindly remind you that I don not postulate what is post war and what is not. I only state how you can distinguish an A-Type from a B-Type.

If you (or anybody else) is happey with a 935 or unmarked B-Type, maybe even with a non-magnetic core, I have no problem with that. However, if asked, I will voice my opinion.

And I'm verys sorry that you don not sit happy on rumors I was not even aware that they exist. As I said, a PM is a lot faster...

[chris clark]

Dietrich many thanks for your reply. it was just that the rumer was going around and i only thought best to let everyone know so that the rumer can stop as we all know rumers can grow into something that is not entirly the case.

many thanks again

[Dietrich Maerz]

If the rumour is that I had only about 25 crosses out of 1000's looked at during the time of the article, I will say the rumour is absolutely true.

But whoever came up with the idea that this fact could be a damaging rumour to the conclusions of the article has clue about the subject. I still would like to see the man (or women) who has seen all Juncker to be finally able to say: "Yes, one die".

Important to realize is this: the content of the article has been confirmed in all aspects since it's publication.

[Dave Kane]

First thing I look at and I see "Special Section" and "Members Only". Smells like the stink of elitism to me. A "forum" by it's very nature should be open to all. I'm going to send an email to germanmilitariacollectibles.com and ask them NOT to put this type of thing on their new forum. Haven't looked at in a few days. Hope I'm not too late!!!

.............considering the work that went in to this effort by many, many collectors chasing the truth and willing to share their items, knowledge and experience I think that a 'FK off' to you is reasonable

Please, take your 5 posts and scurry back to your hole where-in you may bury your head, brain and logic!

And by the way...there's a bargain on a popular dealer's site.