925 "muffin crown" EK2 for opinions

[streptile]

Hello gentlemen (and Chris )

Can I please have your opinions about maker and rarity of this nice "muffin-crown" EK2 marked 935 for silver? The core is blued and magnetic.

I know Chris is a real "muffin crown" aficionado -- if a maker has been suggested for this type, I must have missed it.

Your help is appreciated

[streptile]

935 mark -- it's very crisp despite the photos.

[Montgomery Burns]

the rarity is not rare Trevor
that is only thing I know fore sure






http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ght=blued+core
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ght=blued+core
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ght=blued+core


regards kay

[streptile]

Hi Kay,

Thanks for your post. Of course I meant, is the 935 stamp on it rare?

[Montgomery Burns]

I wood be surprised if there wood be 800 in the ring .

as far as I know unmarked and SILBER is the most commonly seen .

here some more interesting links

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...light=blued+ek

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...light=blued+ek

regards kay

[streptile]

Thanks again for the links Kay.

I'm not sure I understand your note:

I wood be surprised if there wood be 800 in the ring .

The ring is marked 935, not 800...

[Montgomery Burns]

OH and Motorhead is hopefully responding on this cross ,,,

he's one off the experts in these ,,,,

he can say more about the number

regards kay

[Montgomery Burns]

I'm not sure I understand your note:



The ring is marked 935, not 800...

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I haven't seen them with the lower silver 800 mark yet ..I wood be surprised






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[kriztof]

Nice cross Trevor and you're right, I've spent many hours alone in the dark with this type of cross. That's not a story for this forum though

925 marked is very uncommon, I've only seen three like this including yours. I shouldn't say anything else because they seem to be turning up like flies to..... recently

No idea who the maker might be for these early pieces. The new thought is that they may have been produced by the HUW manufacturer and sold to other jewelers?? The one that was found with this stamp is the first one I've seen with a maker mark, but who knows for sure.

A great pickup buddy, lovely.

Chris

[streptile]

925 marked is very uncommon, I've only seen three like this including yours... A great pickup buddy, lovely.

Thanks for the info Chris.

Unfortunately this one is not mine, but a friend's. Also, I made an error in the thread title -- the cross is marked 935, not 925. I guess the others you've seen are marked the same? Or is this a real first?

[saschaw]

I see no reason to doubt these are not made by Zimmermann.

Regarding "925", I have a first class. Sterling is rather uncommon...

[kriztof]

I made an error in the thread title -- the cross is marked 935, not 925. I guess the others you've seen are marked the same? Or is this a real first?

That makes two of us I'm back home now, checked my list and it is 935.

I haven't seen them with the lower silver 800 mark yet ..I wood be surprised

I have one of the type 2 cores, EK1, on my list as being marked 800 on the pin but, again, I've only seen one.
I would think that there would be an 800 marked EK2 floating around somewhere? Isn't "Silber" lower than 800?

Chris






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[Don D.]

Backing plates have been seen at 500 but 800 or better is the general rule for Silber.

[saschaw]

Backing plates have been seen at 500 but 800 or better is the general rule for Silber.

On this type of EKs? I haven't seen either...

[kriztof]

Backing plates have been seen at 500 but 800 or better is the general rule for Silber.

Has any further info surfaced on the * mark to date, i.e. country/state/silver or not silver ?

On this type of EKs? I haven't seen either...

The EK1s of this group seem to bear most of the content marks & we've already seen Silber/935 EK2s. I would say it's only a matter of time before more turn up...hopefully