I share Ron's view. I have had many dotted-type Gemran Crosses in Gold, that were otherwise identical in construction quality, to the plain-dated counterpart. Their existance pre-dates the "WAF Discovery" by decades. Further, I know for certain that Jason Burmeister has acquired dotted-type German Cross in Golds from the various Schloss Klessheim hoards he has purchased. As he so aptly reasoned over on WAF, if they were fake, or were the product of some conspiracy, then some clever individual would have to had traveled the country, and sprinkled these pieces in among the many hoards Jason has had a part in surfacing.


Craig Gottlieb
Founder, German Daggers Dot Com
www.cgmauctions.com