EK1 vaulted, maker?

[Fahnenjunker]

I've had this vaulted, unmarked EK1 for some time now. It has an iron core and a silvered alpaca (I think) frame. the corners are rounded as are the edges of the frame. Under the hinge is a elongated plate which is difficult to see but it is there. Does anyone know the maker of this cross? Thanks in advance!

<a href="https://ibb.co/hDnbJU"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/gfB3yU/eg.jpg" alt="eg" border="0"></a>
<a href="https://ibb.co/mAaP59"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/do3oXp/eg1.jpg" alt="eg1" border="0"></a>

[gregM]

M. Hanson
You can compare it against others here--------
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=279627

[Fahnenjunker]

Thanks Greg! Are these rare crosses?

[gregM]

I'm not sure if I would call them rare but they are not very common.

[Miro O]

I would call them rare without any problem.
A cross, that costs in screwback version over 800 € is hard to call common.
Of course, pinbacks are not valued as much, but it is more question of popularity of Hansen screwbacks, than of their appearance.
Can I ask, what is it on the pin in the middle? It looks like marking or something like that. It would be first Hansen pinback that I have seen marked.

[Fahnenjunker]

It are not markings, but scratches from pliers or something like that. The piece is void of any markings.

[Dansson]

That's a nice cross.

[morel5000]

Nothing inside the pin?

[Fahnenjunker]

Nope, nothing there.