Iron Crosses:

[Raiseth]

I have four II Class and what I hope is an original I Class. Were these all magnetic? The 1st class has 800 stamping on the pin and appears to be German silver (low quality) it is also magnetic. There is a 'blob' type marking also on the pin but is unreadable. If anyone has any links to Iron Cross information it would be helpful. I use them as paper weights on my desk and I would like to have a small collection of them. Thanks.
Bill (No snow yet but I will keep you posted)
Maryland

 

[Tony without Kaiser]

Were these all magnetic?

No. Some were made of brass, some of copper. Bill, there is a TON of good threads on EK on the Wehrmacht-Awards Forum.

http://www.wehrmacht-awards.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=9

Here is my list of EK1 makers:

http://www.kaisersbunker.com/stuff/1914_EK1_makers.htm

And my list of EK2 makers:

http://www.kaisersbunker.com/stuff/1914_EK2_makers.htm

And some of my EKs. I still have a very nice cased EK2 for sale. It's in the "For Sale" section in the Forum.