Opinions on a ribbon bar EK spange?

[landsknechte]

Any thoughts on this spange?

[Dez H]

Doesn’t look good to me, poor details, could well have been cast from an original and it has not been finished off very well. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o></o>

[landsknechte]

Doesn’t look good to me, poor details, could well have been cast from an original and it has not been finished off very well.

After having posted that question, I went back and looked through some of the seller's previous auctions. They were using the same pic for multiple versions of items that were supposedly authentic vet bring-backs.. Not a good sign.

Thanks,
--Chris

[Dez H]

Have a look at the device gallery in Rick's excellent ribbon bar article:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/ribbons/index.htm

Can we see the rest of the ribbon bar?

[Rick Research]

That's a perfectly good looking plated "zinky" sort of base metal Spange. The base metal is what's made the finish so icky looking. It isn't wear, it's age and finish "evaporation."

I have to agree-- using one picture as "representing" multiple items is NOT a good sign.

THIS Spange is fine... but then what are you ACTUALLY bidding on?

[landsknechte]

Have a look at the device gallery in Rick's excellent ribbon bar article:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/ribbons/index.htm

Can we see the rest of the ribbon bar?

Certainly...



Interestingly enough, this auction got pulled. (As did everything else the seller was selling, only some of which was Third Reich related.)

--Chris

[Dez H]

I think the ribbon bar is original but the spange bar has been added later.

[stogieman]

Hey Dez....

.... I see nothing wrong with the spange. Later, zinc style, with usually poor detail and silver frost. I've had about 60 of these and this one fits the criteria. Not even close in quality and detail to the early, buntmetal, or German Silver ones, but I think it's legit. Now, chances are its added on after the fact?? Always a possibility. I would have expected to see a KVK2wX in that group....

[Adrian Stevenson]

Here is one of my bars with an EKII device.

Cheers, Ade.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Reverse.

[George Stimson]

That's a real beauty, Ade!

Here's another example.