2 x German Social Welfare Cross Third Class

[torstenbel]

Hi Guys, as far as I am concerned both crosses that I have got here are good, but I would really appreciate your opinions and comments please.... Thank you very much in advance for all your opinions. Please feel free to ask me for more photos or other info....Cheers, Torsten.

[torstenbel]

om58 - close up eagle

Hi Guys, as far as I am concerned both crosses that I have got here are good, but I would really appreciate your opinions and comments please.... Thank you very much in advance for all your opinions. Please feel free to ask me for more photos or other info....Cheers, Torsten.

[torstenbel]

om58 - reverse

Hi Guys, as far as I am concerned both crosses that I have got here are good, but I would really appreciate your opinions and comments please.... Thank you very much in advance for all your opinions. Please feel free to ask me for more photos or other info....Cheers, Torsten.

[torstenbel]

om59 - obverse with band

Hi Guys, as far as I am concerned both crosses that I have got here are good, but I would really appreciate your opinions and comments please.... Thank you very much in advance for all your opinions. Please feel free to ask me for more photos or other info....Cheers, Torsten.

[torstenbel]

om59 - cross

Hi Guys, as far as I am concerned both crosses that I have got here are good, but I would really appreciate your opinions and comments please.... Thank you very much in advance for all your opinions. Please feel free to ask me for more photos or other info....Cheers, Torsten.

[torstenbel]

om59 - eagle at angle

Hi Guys, as far as I am concerned both crosses that I have got here are good, but I would really appreciate your opinions and comments please.... Thank you very much in advance for all your opinions. Please feel free to ask me for more photos or other info....Cheers, Torsten.

[torstenbel]

om59 - reverse

Hi Guys, as far as I am concerned both crosses that I have got here are good, but I would really appreciate your opinions and comments please.... Thank you very much in advance for all your opinions. Please feel free to ask me for more photos or other info....Cheers, Torsten.

[mrg]

Hi Torsten the first award i would say. As you would expect to see, the second has me a little suspicious, very thin swaz, eagles feet seem poorly defined (unless of course its the pics) and the markings on the eagle. Why dont you try posting pics in the politics award forum. You may get a better resonse. Do hope im wrong on the second but it seems a close call. All the best

[torstenbel]

Hi Torsten the first award i would say. As you would expect to see, the second has me a little suspicious, very thin swaz, eagles feet seem poorly defined (unless of course its the pics) and the markings on the eagle. Why dont you try posting pics in the politics award forum. You may get a better resonse. Do hope im wrong on the second but it seems a close call. All the best

You are right, the swastika on the second one is a little thinner...but it appears to be of better quality and craftmanship than the first one and so, I would hope that it is still a good one??...I am very certain about the first one being a good one, as it 100% matches other reference examples I have seen...does anyone know if there were variations between different makers of these crosses? Cheers, Torsten.

[mrg]

Hi Torsten that can sometimes be a bad sign for these awards. Fakes that i have seen have a more plastic looking white enamel surface and the black is much brighter and more intense. As for variations Im not sure. Maybe someone else can help. I have not encountered any. Allthe best

[torstenbel]

Hi Torsten that can sometimes be a bad sign for these awards. Fakes that i have seen have a more plastic looking white enamel surface and the black is much brighter and more intense. As for variations Im not sure. Maybe someone else can help. I have not encountered any. Allthe best

Hiya, actually the white enamel looks identical on both crosses I have got...I have got them in front of me right now and if I was only to look at the white enamel, I would not be able to tell which one is which... the beak on the second eagle is more pronounced than on the first one, the feet are as detailed on both, if not than they are a little more detailed on the second one, the legs on the second one are longer than on the first one and so on...I could still list more small differences between the two....whatever they are, they certainly do not come from the same maker...but, if the second one does turn out to be a fake, than it would be an extremely close call I would say.... Cheers, Torsten.