Unusual 1914 EK2 marking....

[Mike Kenny]

...anybody want to hazard a guess from these "composite" scans as to what this marking might be? The mark was rotated and scanned 4 separate times, as I know scanner lighting can sometimes play tricks on details.

Depending upon how I look at it, I can see an anchor, a person walking, an animal walking or some sort of monogram (with ?crown above and "circle" below)

Regards
Mike

[Mike Kenny]

Same pic, but reduced in size to reduce the fuzziness.

Regards
Mike

[Adrian]

I can see an oakleaf........

[Tiger 1]

It is the mark of Zorro!



Sorry about that. My going to the SOS goofyness is coming thru.

Tony

[Ammersee]

It looks like a capital "F" with a crown above it. Friedrich? What is it stamped on? Ammersee

[Adrian]

Here it is in black and white if it helps any....

[Adrian]

Here is the best view (IMO). I might be wrong but I think it should go this way up looking at the furl at the top in this view.
Now I can see a tall ship, a bishops mitre, a plant in a pot.....

[Mike Kenny]

Hmmm....seems I'm going to have to start thinking of this a "the clown" marking

Here's another pic - a bit clearer with a digicam.

Starting to look like a jester riding an anchor???

Regards
Mike

[Mike Kenny]

Same pic, but rotated 90 deg. This orientation, and the one above, would imo be the two possibly correct orientations.

Regards
Mike

PS: It was purchased as a "lion" marking.

[gregM]

I went through my partial list of German silver hallmarks and could
not match it.