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#337249 03/11/2018 02:15 PM
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Hi All,
War merit cross 1st class without swords, had it for years and bought it for a few pounds at boot sale never known what to make of it? it has no maker mark, the frosting has tarnished over the years and the swastika has always had a burnished/polished finish to it. My photos don't quite capture the depth of the stippling/dot pattern but hope they give a good idea of the look of this cross. Opinions welcome as I would like to know if it belongs with my repro collection or is it original?
Many thanks, Andy.

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More photos.

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Looks good to me.


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Going off the hardware alone have seen these referred to as unmarked Floch. (Post War).
Let's see what others feel.

--dj--Joe


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Originally Posted by derjager
Going off the hardware alone have seen these referred to as unmarked Floch. (Post War).
Let's see what others feel.

--dj--Joe

Hi, Thanks so much for your very informative reply I have looked at several articles about the Floch repros and my KVK 1ST is most definitely a Floch post war cross the pin is a particularly typical so called type B unmarked Floch item as are the hinge and catch, you were spot on! so that puts this one to rest at last and thank goodness I paid very little for it and probably what I would expect to pay for a repro of this quality it will now go into my repro collection I actually collect repros so long as they're the right price and good copies.
Regards, Andy.

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