Odd Ek2?

[Ralph A]

What do you guys think of this EK2? The mark on the ring appears to be "RK"...

[Ralph A]

I mean "RC". It came stapled, yes stapled, to the item below. Zebaoth is hebrew for "armies" or "hosts of armies".

(Sunday school of the Evangelical Association)

What is it?

[Ralph A]

I'll leave it to you to look up the Bible quote, and ponder the meaning. (Ps 46:8)

[Eric Stahlhut]

Great!

Awesome piece! Nice tab. Is it still stapled to the card? I sure hope so! grrr!


Here are my two guesses:


Rosenthal & Cie. , Berlin

Paulmann & Crone, Lüdenscheid

[Ralph A]

No worries.

Still stapled. Actually, the EK2, above, is stapled to ANOTHER card, like this one, with a pic of Crown Prince Rupprecht.

There was a Hindenburg Cross stapled to the one shown above (makes sense), but it's a modern staple (soft aluminum).

It was poorly stapled, only one prong making it through the card , the other prong being bent. It slipped free without damage to the card, but can be slipped back into it's "hole" if desired.

Mike Dunn brought these back from Germany and I ended up with them.

What were they for?

[Ralph A]

Here's Mike's pic (permission to use it taken for granted)

[Frank Heukemes]

Dear Ralph,

-might the hallmark eventually be KO instead of RC? To me, it looks like it. Thus it would be one of the more known maker marks for 1914 EKs.

-regarding "Zebaoth" and the paper items:
"der Herr, Gott Zebaoth" (the Lord, god Zebaoth) is an expression often heard in German church. Although, as you noticed, these papers seem to be of evangelical origin, this expression also exists in the catholic community of Germany. There even is a church song that contains the above mentioned line. Just an expression like "god the almighty".
To me, these papers seem to have been distributed at a sunday school service for Xmas, just a comemmorative thing. No direct connection to the awards. Somebody just stapled the awards onto them.
Left text says "We Germans fear god but nothing else in the world".

Cheers, Frank H.

[Ralph A]

"KO" it is. RC, KC... the eyes are going fast! Next, bifocals.

"E-I-E-I-O", as they say on Old MacDonald's farm.

Thanks, Frank!

[JensF.]

Yes, this is a "KO" cross from Königliches Münzamt, Abteilung Orden, Stuttgart.

Look at the attachment of the ring. It is soldered on a small bulge of the frame. Most of the "KO" crosses have this attachment.

[Doug See]

Very nice grouping. If it all came from one estate, there must be some real memories associated with these pieces. The card dates from 1914 (first Christmas of the war), the EK is an issue piece (probably wartime), and the Hindenburg Cross would be from the '30's.
Thank you for taking time to post it.