EKI Variant

[ZacharyB]

Greetings gents,

I am having a frustrating morning and hope someone here might help. I picked up this cross recently. No doubts about authenticity but it was only after I took a second look that I noticed the ususual arrangement for the pin and clasp on the reverse. I know that I have seen this variation before, but cannot for the life of my identify it. I've spent the last few hours searching both the Forum and Google trying to turn up a picture of another one or some information, but none of my searches has yielded anything. I don't think this is particularly rare, but I just can't find the right combination of words to describe this variation, so I turn to the general public for some help...please.

Kind Regards,

Z

[rbminis]

These are period repairs for the hardware.
Ralph.

[ZacharyB]

These are period repairs for the hardware.
Ralph.

Ralph,

Thank you for the swift reply. Do you know if this was a commonly seen method of repair? I've got quite a few EKIs in my collection with period repairs to pin, catch, or both and none of them approach this type of precision. And I really could have sworn that I'd seen this configuration on Imperial crosses before, so to my mind I was thinking it was a known (just not to me at the moment) variation such as the pillowback, various screwback, vampire side pin, or any number of other non-standard designs.

Thank you,

Z

[Green]

Jewelers also used repair sets

[ZacharyB]

Jewelers also used repair sets

Thank you. That makes sense. Would that likely be what this is? A pre-fabricated repair kit that a jeweler would have on hand to fix a damaged EKI?

Thanks Guys,

Z

[gregM]

I know that there are several examples of these out there and that the possibility of these being
a optional mounting and not just a repair has been brought up before. I looked back 10 years
and only found these examples. (it's truely amazing how many threads no longer have pictures
in them--what a waste )

Here is another one that is similar --(notice that both of these have the very same "800" stamp.

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...light=repaired

and

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...light=repaired

somewhat similar--

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...light=repaired

[dmytro]

Repairs may have been done this way but I think a specific manufacturer or jeweller actually used the method as part of the manufacturing process see the attached, the cased on is mine, mint condition, why repair it? the second, taken from a dealers site years ago, the third borrowed from GMIC (hope they don't mind)
each one of these examples appear to gave identical cores and hardware on the back

If it is a repair, the gmic one wasn't a very good repair?
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[ZacharyB]

I don't have the cross in hand at the moment. It was bought at a bargain and with pictures just sharp enough to feel good about authenticity. When it arrives, I'll take better pics of the obverse and be interested in comparing the details with some of these others.

Regards,

Z

[ZacharyB]

This EKI arrived today. Here are some additional pictures. Turns out it is in better shape when seen in hand than the sellers pictures presented. That's a nice surprise, usually it's the other way around.

Here's an obverse shot and a couple of reverse images. I'm really on the fence about this one. Depending on how you look at it, I can say this one is probably a repaired hinge and catch but on the other hand, some aspects of it make me think this is an original production job.

It is certainly interesting nonetheless.

Keep Well,

Z

[VtwinVince]

Looks like AWS reverse hardware to me.

[dmytro]

Hi. based on the front image, I would say that its pretty much the same as the mint cased one and others I posted, the reverse may well have been repaired after the original was damaged, judging by the different pin and hallmarks

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[ZacharyB]

Since these images kindly posted by dmytro are from a third-party photo hosting service, I decided to save the images and post them directly to this thread for their comparative value.

Thank you sir for taking the time to put together these collections of images.

Kind Regards,

Z

[dmytro]

If they prove useful, no problem
Alex K