Virtutea Aeronautica

Any thoughts on this item?? on sale on e-bay by seller ww2ro




Kevin in Deva.

Partial lists exist. I worked for a while on it, but abandoned for lack of available time. Essentially one needs to go through the Monitorul Oficial each month from 1930 to 1947. I could not find all those months in one place and abandoned the work, but maybe someone at the Air Force Museum continued. They already had a rather large list when I started.

Kev, these pictures are not by mistake that bad. This is a fake.

Thanks for the info nice seller name though ww2ro he is using, cheeky bugger,
hopefully he is not a member here.
Kevin in Deva

Kevin, here is an authentic Cross , manufactured by Lavrillier.



This post has been edited by aviatiadasenzatia on February 02, 2009 02:45 pm

Hi aviatiadasenzatia

Many thanks for that, hopefully this will warn others

to be weary about dealing with such a seller of fakes.

I did not bid on it.

Kevin in Deva

Sorry guys but ww2ro's gold cross is original.
I am the winner of the auction and I am not dissapointed with the cross I received. The pictures are really bad, it's true, but the item meets the expectations. I can see Lavrillier's signature on the reverse shield, just under the right wing. The cross is made of gilted bronze so oxidation is still possible. Too bad that the ring was "bumped".

This post has been edited by Geto-Dacul on February 03, 2009 05:12 pm

Congratulations and thanks for the info,

Looking forward to seeing some good close-up pictures of your new item

Kevin in Deva.

Hi guys ! I want to ask you about this one :





It is original or it's fake ?


I wait for an answer.
Thank you very much.


Sincerly,
Iulian.

Hi Iulian, I have no doubt that is a genuine one! At least I would buy it without hesitation.

Thanks for your answer.

But tell me if you can why the middle is black and not white or blue as usual ?


Thank you.

Iulian.

This post has been edited by PenkOne on October 11, 2013 07:19 pm

Iulian, sorry I have no explanation for that, I have seen both colors on original ones. I can only speculate that the color is different because of various jewelers. Once again, is just a supposition not a proven fact.