St. Louis Iron Cross. Need an ID.

[Whatacoin]

Hey everyone! Just found this Iron Cross but its either there's no info or I'm not looking for the right thing. Any ID would help. Thanks!

 

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[Bryanhashemi]

looks like a veterans cross

 

[Bryanhashemi]

maybe something like this?

 

[Whatacoin]

That does look about correct but it leaves the question "Veteran of what?"

 

[mical66]

still looking into it but this is interesting . i see SUD and St Louis so i type that i and found this
Saint-Louis-du-Sud is a area in Haiti.

being in florida ( i grew up in ocala ) i know there are alot of people from Haiti and cuba

 

[Whatacoin]

still looking into it but this is interesting . i see SUD and St Louis so i type that i and found this
Saint-Louis-du-Sud is a area in Haiti.

being in florida ( i grew up in ocala ) i know there are alot of people from Haiti and cuba

Well this was found in Ocala. So you may just be right!

 

[mical66]

my eyes are so bad,, can you tell us what the 3 letters are on the cross ends ?

 

[Whatacoin]

my eyes are so bad,, can you tell us what the 3 letters are on the cross ends ?

It appears to be MDD but I'm not the best a reading that kind of font.

 

[mical66]

the top font is different then the righ tone , so i dont think they both are D's.. let me do some more searching ..lol

 

[Whatacoin]

the top font is different then the righ tone , so i dont think they both are D's.. let me do some more searching ..lol

Thank you for all your help by the way. The D does look different however I believe their just different designs of a D but I'm not sure.

 

[Bryanhashemi]

it looks kinda like mhd

 

[Whatacoin]

it looks kinda like mhd

Very possible. I can't really tell.

 

[mical66]

there was a military campaign in 1919 -1920 in Haiti but i can not find any medals that look like that... all this work and it will probably not even have to do with haiti,,,,lol

 

[Whatacoin]

there was a military campaign in 1919 -1920 in Haiti but i can not find any medals that look like that... all this work and it will probably not even have to do with haiti,,,,lol

Its such a good connection though. I'm not sure we could think of Much else.

 

[capt-zero]

Don't want to post any negative vibes here or anything, but the iron cross as a decorative pendant became very popular in the late sixties about the time "The Blue Max" movie came out. I had two or three myself. Opps, I just aged myself.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Capt-zero, I owned one of those too.

The lettering on Whatacoin's cross seems to be Gothic Old-English, and the letters appear to be MDP. Gothic Lettering

 

[Whatacoin]

Capt-zero, I owned one of those too.

The lettering on Whatacoin's cross seems to be Gothic Old-English, and the letters appear to be MDP. Gothic Lettering

Just a guess but it appears to be the font that the Germans used on currency and such in the early 20th Century, what do you think?

 

[Mackaydon]

Any letters, words or images on the reverse?
Don....

 

[Whatacoin]

Any letters, words or images on the reverse?
Don....

Nothing. Just plain.

 

[mical66]

wonder if this has anything to do with the " order of saint Louis " .
I know the medal does not look the same but the original medal from 1690's was a cross and one of the words on it is LUD .. so could be a newer nock off or copy using the same idea ?

Order of Saint Louis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


just looked up the translation of SUD from French to English,, it means south.

again I am not sure what it Is and it may have to do with St Louis MO and not Haiti,,lol

but Haiti was French controlled ..