Not seen this on an EK1 before

[Glenn R]

Maker mark K in a circle which I believe is Klein, known for the oaks swords and diamonds. Your thoughts Gentlemen....

[Glenn R]

Reverse

[Glenn R]

Makers mark and 835 silver mark.

[Adam H]

Glenn,

I don't ever remember seeing this style or mark either. Very interesting. The pin and clasp setup is quite distinctive. The core details look quite low in the photo, is this the case? Rather a matte finish to the core as well.

It's a very attractive cross, I'm sure you're rather fond of it!

And a happy belated birthday by the way!

Cheers,

Adam

[gregM]

Thats one I have not seen before

[Glenn R]

Adam, cheers for the birthday wishes mate. The core details are quite low on this. Does anyone know of other awards made by Klein?

[jeep256]

mark

Hello,

this is a juweller made EK 1 in silver. The small mark is the master mark of this jeweller and there are a few of them known on EK's.

Kind regards from Germany

Walter

[Raym']

That pin and hinge would suggest what? - late 1930s?

[stogieman]

Never seen....

... that clutzy looking of a catch on any WW1 EK1. The core detail looks very low and indistinct, the paint doesn't look quite right either.
The hinge and pin do look like other examples I have seen that were made in WW2 though.

[MH184]

It looks more like a WW2 early period Schinkelform pin, hinge and catch ?

Kr

Marcus

[Chris Boonzaier]

I have seen a number of EKs with these extra low details, that is not off putting.

At a wild guess I would say inter war

... that clutzy looking of a catch on any WW1 EK1. The core detail looks very low and indistinct, the paint doesn't look quite right either.
The hinge and pin do look like other examples I have seen that were made in WW2 though.

[Rich G]

There's just something about it that I can't warm to it. That huge catch just doesn't say 'master jeweller' to me and the toning on the back looks artificial.

There are fake Oakleaves, swords & diamonds on Ebay that have the Klein mark so it can be found on bad items.

Just my gut feeling on it.

Rich

[George Stimson]

I also don't like the catch.

[Chris Boonzaier]

I think you guys may be jumping in to soon here.

sILVER pATINA CAN LOOK REALLY FUNNY; ESPECIALLY IF IT HAS BEEN RECENTLY CLEANED AND DARKENED; THEN LOST SOMEBECAUSE OF HANDLING:

iNTER WAR ekS MAY HAVE VERRY STARANGE HOOKS; CATCHES, SCREWS AND ATTACHMENT SYSTEMS:

i WOULD LIKE TO SEE REALLY GOOD SCANS: THE THINGS POINTED OUT MAY BE A LITTLE STRANGE; BUT NOT ENOUGH TO BASE AN OPINION ON:

tOM YOUNG; IF YOU ARE OUT THERE: DO YOU HAVE AN ALREADY SCANNED LOW RELIEF CROSS TO SHOWß

[Chris Boonzaier]

Oooops... sorry, was looking at the keyboardnot the screen...