Medal to the war merit cross.

[general1900]

Bought this from a local greek dealer and because i am new in the hobby i whould like to know if it is original or not.

http://s688.photobucket.com/albums/v...t=3051897d.pbw

[eraser]

Yep its good

[general1900]

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Thank you ery much for answering.

[Hartigan]

Just out of curiosity-how much did you pay for this medal? I am asking because I have the impression that dealers in Greece tent to overprice militaria

[general1900]

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Yes sure they do. I bought this one for 40E......

[bytown]

Not to rain on your parade but I can think of a couple of dealers in Europe who sell this medal for 15E.

Wayne

[general1900]

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Yes i know....when i was buying from him i didnt knew the forum nor Detlevs,Butscheks site or any other militaria site. Everything in Greece is expensive i whould be surprised if ww2 medals where not.

[Hartigan]

Not to rain on your parade but I can think of a couple of dealers in Europe who sell this medal for 15E.

Wayne

Thats what I am talking about. I do not know why they tend to sell far more expensive that the average market prices. Maybe they still have not reallized that there is this thing called "The Internet" that creates a universal market where every collector can have access to sellers from all over the globe. and this forum is a CREAT source of info about all these potential sellers!

Just my two pennies

(PS for 40 euros you could get a very nice KVK 2nd class for example....)

[paddywhack]

Yes sure they do. I bought this one for 40E......

check the estand that will give you a very good idea of what you should be paying for most stuff!

[Jonathan M]

Just out of curiosity-how much did you pay for this medal? I am asking because I have the impression that dealers in Greece tent to overprice militaria

To the tune of 240 euros for a Mothers Cross in the Athens Flea Markets

[stray_dog]

Apart from the Greek dealers not realizing that the internet is forming a price status in militaria globally, I think that another factor for the high prices over here is the fact that there are no serious militaria dealers who know their stuff. We are mostly talking about antique stores owners, who among other things have more or less militaria for sale.

They tend to think that they have pure gold in their hands, extra rare items... I had been offered a bank account booklet, an arbeitsbuch, a kvk 2nd class and a hindenburg cross without ribbon once, for 500 euro... Some of them even think that militaria and specially TR ones are the "high end, blue collar" stuff in their stores and sometimes you can even see this attitude...

Greek auction sites are another frenzy... Normally stuff bought from dealers, being sold for up to the triple prize, by "collectors"... The thing is, although there are serious collectors in Greece, there are not many well informed, fair price militaria dealers.

Cheers, Giorgos