EK1 for opinions

[ckkyt003]

Hello Gents
May I have your opinions on this EK1 please?
Thanks

[gregM]

Can you post a straight on shot of the back?

[Mike Kenny]

It appears to be a genuine cross. Imo it's been thoroughly cleaned though and from the reverse pic provided I would suggest the entire hardware system has been replaced.

Regards
Mike

[kriztof]

I agree with Mike, a good cross post 1918 with replaced hardware, normally marked 800.

[Don D.]

I've seen several of these with the first type reverse hardware on ebay.de over the last several months and that scares me.

[streptile]

Chris,

The cross you post has the nice AWS "Wideframe" frame and is, I believe, a Godet. I think this because the hardware is also used by Godet, and because the '800' stamp (as far as I can see) is one seen on Godets as well -- both EK1 Reduktions and full sized. Also, surprisingly, Godet used that core (see HERE). I am sort of looking for a cross identical to yours for my collection.

[kriztof]

That's scary Trevor, more swapping going on than in the 70s

The cores do match for sure, What are your thoughts?

These 800 types as they're loosely called, come in about 5 variations that I've seen, this one, incused stamp, 800 on the pin, the backplate & above the hinge and an incused 800 SB.

This hobby just keeps getting better by the day, never mind the cost

Chris

[morel5000]

Hi All,

I tend to agree with Don here (I remember being surprised to see this repair at ebay a few times, and discarding the auction for myself). Is this kind of repair documented or seen before or just something which currently pops up? With "documented" I mean the repairs with a nice soldered plate (real jeweler repair work), instead of a big (very round) drop of solder like this one.

Example of a nice soldered plate is seen in post #7 here:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...=period+repair

Best regards,
Michel

P.S.

Cross itself looks good, that's what scares me...

[gregM]

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[morel5000]