What is this EK?
The numbers 9 and, 4 and crown look like nothing I've seen before on my original and fake picture galleries. Wondering if this is a fake or a private purchase, or Third Reich construction. Cross measures 41x41 exactly (had to use a tape, though, as my steel rule is misplaced). The black appears to be a thick smooth coating, almost impeccably done. Frame to the obverse appears to be solid silver. Three part construction, non-magnetic.
Although it's not clear from the photos, there is a dimple on the top arm, where a ring would go. Spot on in the centre. The case interior, other than the black Base, appears almost identical construction to the interior of a '39 case I have. Button has a brass ring around it, and where the back of the Base is splitting, there appears to be dried animal glue.
The numbers 9 and, 4 and crown look like nothing I've seen before on my original and fake picture galleries. Wondering if this is a fake or a private purchase, or Third Reich construction. Cross measures 41x41 exactly (had to use a tape, though, as my steel rule is misplaced). The black appears to be a thick smooth coating, almost impeccably done. Frame to the obverse appears to be solid silver. Three part construction, non-magnetic.
Although it's not clear from the photos, there is a dimple on the top arm, where a ring would go. Spot on in the centre. The case interior, other than the black Base, appears almost identical construction to the interior of a '39 case I have. Button has a brass ring around it, and where the back of the Base is splitting, there appears to be dried animal glue.
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