Honor cross and a pin, opinions please.

[Ran]

Hi,

Just got these two ugly things but I had to buy something not expensive
since I'm just begining and don't want to make painful mistakes at start.

Honour Cross :

[Ran]

back :

[Ran]

With ribbon :

[Ran]

Ribbon end :

[Ran]

NSFK pin :

[Don D.]

The cross is an original. These are fairly common awards.
Just a collecting note: buy the best quality pieces you can unless it is attributed to an individual or has a history of some sort. Doing that up front will eliminate the need to upgrade later and save you money.
Don

[Ran]

Back :

[Ran]

Last one : both together.


When I opened the bag to take them out the back side of the pin just
dettach from the NSFK, it was glued in a bad way.

[Ran]

Thank you Don.


Yes I intend to buy only medals in good condition ( unless they are very
rare ). This is just "practice money", I all the time want to buy but hold
myself till I get all the books I ordered and continue following what everybody
say here.

There are some "families" that I know I really want for now : the mother
crosses family and firefighters medals too.

Ran

Edit : I also want the "Order of the White Falcony" but it's too expensive
now. I didn't find ANY detail about it in the web, hopefuly it will be
mentioned in one of the books.

[all1knew]

NSFK pin

Hello,

A dab of JB weld after being mixed good should do the trick for your pin. Here is an example of a cross I had to fix after buying it in a seperated condition. Hope this helps:

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=59991

Thanks.

William Kramer

[Ran]

Thanks all1know, I don't know what is JB ( I do know what is J&B though )

I don't think I want to mess with it for now, it don't show in the picture but
the glue ( or whatever ) that was on it before is really not nice, I don't want
to add more to it. I will probably sell it or give it as a present ( only to a
collector ) after I get better items.

[don]

I think the honor cross is a good area to start your collection. Try for the other two. You will find this cross on many medal bars.Good luck
don

[Ran]

Hi Don,


What are the other two ? I know about another one without swords for
non-combatant but not about another.

Thanks,

Ran

[Don D.]

There is also a black one without swords for widows and parents of soldiers killed.
Don

[don]

Ran
I just posted this basic info on another site http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=62087
Still a good starter badge.Many of us have this one in our collection
I got another medal bar with one comming in the mail,will post.
One might try to get the documents also.One that is cased is well
over a $100 dollars now.Have fun
don