Is my Iron Cross 1st Class L/15 real?

[ben bijker]

Slight correction: Rudolf Wächtler & Lange stamped L 55 (w/o the "/") and it was maybe incorrect but legitimate.

You can also find L54 , L-54, and L58...

[Olivier W]

A few weeks ago I told a dealer about these L15 marked EK1 and KVK1 that L15 ≠ L/15 and that or it concerns a Friedrich Orth EK1 or worse a Floch fake. I even asked him if the KVK1 was L15 or L/15 as it cannot be seen on the picture.

He is still selling them as a Schickle EK1 and KVK1 ... (and in the past I already had to return a few items after forum scrutiny), so I deleted him from my list of dealers.

Could we know this militaria dealer name ?
Thank you, it would help us avoid him too.

[Rich G]

The history of the whole "L15 vs L/15" saga has been laid out in several B&D Publications, starting with The Iron Cross 1. Class in 2010.

There are obvious fakes (Floch) and then the are L15 crosses of the exact same quality, construction and finish of original '15' marked crosses.


Two different things so what was the consensus on those L15 crosses identical to the original '15' marked crosses?
Rich