EK1 double screwback

[Mike TM]

Hello, what do you think in this piece?
Can be good?

Thanks in advanced
Mike

[kaiserwilhelm2]

Not an expert but overall shape and the many 800 stamps make me doubtful but let us see what others say.

[Alex K]

I believe this is an original cross.

Regards, Alex

[Jesse]

From the front it looks good, though I have never seen hardware marked like that. I think its a good one.

[rbminis]

If I'm not mistaken, gregM has one of these.
Ralph.

[Miro O]

I don´t see multiple markings as a red flag. Mainly when all stamps are identical.
Meybauer cruciform EK1 also has separate silver mark for each of its 3 parts, and even with different content marks.

For me good cross, but if good enough for the price it has reached on ebay, it´s another question.

[gregM]

I would really like to see this one in hand or at leat see pictures of
the back with the nuts removed.

It's hard to tell from the pictures but to me, the back of the cross looks
pretty beat up. Maybe it's just the way the patina has been cleaned
off but to me it looks dented. Another thing that gives me some doubt
is the nuts. While I have never seen nuts exactly like these before, I have
seen nuts with two dumps on them on Russian awards. These two things
make me wonder if this might be a Ek2 that has been Frankensteined.

[gregM]

Ralph was correct, I do have a couple double screwpost crosees.
One is a AWS and the other is a blued core B.H.Mayer.

[Eric Gaumann]

I have seen nuts with two bumps on them on Russian awards.

Not uncommon at all on Soviet and Imperial Russian awards, but they don't look like this example. Looks custom made, to me.
Example: typical Soviet order screwplate.