ORIGINAL: abufletcher

Camdyson, here's the version of the early Patee cross I ended up using. It seemed the best match for the documentation I had. I've seen photos of the EIII with the "later style" German cross -- but I think these were the ones operated by naval units. The thin arm and thin "foot" ones that are used on a lot of model eindeckers, for example the BUSA kit decals, don't look like anything I've ever seen in any period photo.

I printed this out on thick photo paper, then transfered it to thin cardboard, traced it onto the white background in pencil and then handpainted the crosses. From what I understand the most authentic way of doing it would be to paint the cross and then fill in the area around it with white.