Cool Find at a Antique Store yesterday

boyx30 · Post by **boyx30** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 11:56 am

I took the day off from work yesterday, it was my Birthday (i'm 22 for the second time) and my wife and I hit this little antique store and I found an original WWII German Medal with the weathered ribbon still attached. It is a brass colored round medallion about the size of a silver dollar and on it's face is a iron cross with a swastika in the center. It stated on the back side:

"FUR KRIEGS-VERDIAN"..I'm guessing the translation is "Earned in combat or Earned in war"

luftpanzer · Post by **luftpanzer** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:25 pm

Sounds like the war merrit cross. what colors are the ribbon. and dose it have the crossed swords or not. And what did you pay?

boyx30 · Post by **boyx30** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:21 pm

The ribbon is really faded I'll have to check the colors when I get home and let you know....but the medal does not have swords at all. The cross in the center is of a different nature that the typicall iron cross..it has split points at the end of the cross arms almost Blue Max style then a tiny swatika in the center...1939 is also on the back? I paid $40.00 for it

luftpanzer · Post by **luftpanzer** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:29 pm

You have a War Merrit Cross 2nd class and $40.00 is about the going price for one. Its about the same as our Army Achievment medal.
Nice find.

boyx30 · Post by **boyx30** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:34 pm

Cool thanks for the information...!

Now I'd really like to find some Luftwaffe wings!

luftpanzer · Post by **luftpanzer** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 2:15 pm

where are you located? There is some military shows coming up where you might find some Luftwafle wings. If you are looking for pilot wings be prepared to pay some big bucks.

boyx30 · Post by **boyx30** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:32 pm

I'm in Northern California, San Jose (Silicon Valley) to be exact. You said BIG BUCKS?......ouch!

Website · Post by **Teamski** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:47 pm

Actually, it's the War Merit Medal, not the cross. Here is one on E-Bay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/GERMAN-WAR-MERIT-ME ... dZViewItem

They go for about $15-$20.

-Ski

boyx30 · Post by **boyx30** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 4:10 pm

Gee thanks Teamski could you not have let me go on believing I got a good deal?..remember ignorance is bliss, My wife tells me she's Carmen Electra and as long as I don't check those facts...well she is darn it!

just joking thanks for the information guys I appreciate it.

luftpanzer · Post by **luftpanzer** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:48 pm

Remember thats his starting bid on ebay. I have a table at local military shows and they are around $40.00, you may find some for $35.00 So you payed average price. Also that is a war merrit cross. They noly differance between that and mine is the one you have is stamped on a disk where mine is an actual cross. There are 3 classes, the one you have being the lowest. then there is the actual cross being 2nd class and then the cross with crossed swords being 1st class. Original Lugtwafle pilots wings are going to cost you around $500.00 and up. I cant afford those. I have all the cheap ones. My favorite in my collection is the Silver Panzer Assault badge. My 2nd is the Iron Cross 1st Clss. my 3rd is the winter medal or as comonly called the eastern front medal or meat medal.