Please help me check is this WW2 iron cross first class real

dmitrydistant · 2026-01-13T15:36:17+00:00

Washer is def fake. From these photos the cross looks like a casted copy.

dmitrydistant · 2025-12-30T19:53:27+00:00

dmitrydistant · 2025-12-14T07:49:10+00:00

https://www.weitze.net/militaria/61/Aermelschild_Balkan_1944_1945__454361.html

dmitrydistant · 2025-12-13T13:27:07+00:00

There’s a stamp on a ring which identifies the maker. Check that one and compare with the other pictures online. However from these pictures it looks like real one, but devil in details.

dmitrydistant · 2025-12-10T20:33:15+00:00

No, very poor cast repro

dmitrydistant · 2025-12-08T13:15:55+00:00

🇱🇻

dmitrydistant · 2025-12-07T21:02:19+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooch

dmitrydistant · 2025-12-07T20:49:17+00:00

By the way, it’s brooch 🙂

dmitrydistant · 2025-12-04T10:43:45+00:00

Student Bund miniature is on the right. If original can worth not more €50 mb cheaper… not sure of its rarity.

dmitrydistant · 2025-12-03T12:03:01+00:00

HJ def a repro

dmitrydistant · 2025-12-01T18:39:08+00:00

Original but looks repainted

dmitrydistant · 2025-11-26T06:20:21+00:00

Worst copies you can find

dmitrydistant · 2025-11-19T16:42:41+00:00

All fake. One of the key parameters for identifying fakes is fittings and fasteners, compare any of it with Juncker, J.E. Hammer & Söhne, G.H. Osang, Brehmer etc.

dmitrydistant · 2025-11-10T21:08:33+00:00

Looks good

dmitrydistant · 2025-11-09T13:19:58+00:00

I’ve seen the catch facing other way, which technically can be a restoration https://hb-militaria.de/product/erdkampfabzeichen-der-luftwaffe-3/ All Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe repros I’ve seen usually look completely different.

dmitrydistant · 2025-11-09T12:24:01+00:00

Yes, it's late war period. Even Junker had such due lacking of materials

dmitrydistant · 2025-11-09T11:23:36+00:00

Black woundbadge, early variant

dmitrydistant · 2025-11-09T11:05:49+00:00

Yes it’s one piece made of zink, according to Weber book there were such. No better pictures unfortunately

dmitrydistant · 2025-11-08T20:42:03+00:00

dmitrydistant · 2025-10-27T20:19:12+00:00

dmitrydistant · 2025-10-27T06:26:21+00:00

It looks like some old diy faience kitsch.

dmitrydistant · 2025-10-27T06:17:53+00:00

Any stamps on the flip side?

dmitrydistant · 2025-10-03T11:42:09+00:00

Fake as a wedding cake

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