Early Ek2(?) dissected

[grueni1208]

IMO a 57 EK II by Souval.

Regards

Daniel

[bratwurstdimsum]

Thank you, do you reckon its an early one?

[Nigel N]

i think it looks a lot better in your new photo's, certainly looks earlier than i thought! is there any burnishing on the frame, or remains of any?? if Daniels theory, about crosses with the high "3" in "1813" being Souvals is correct, then it is an early piece! the core looks well detailed too with a neat paint job, unlike the later pieces!! -Nigel

[Mike Yokum]

I know this is "out there" but I wonder of these pieces started their lives together. The core is early. The strike is too good and the paint too neat to be late. However, the frames do not appear to be burnished, so they may be later produced.

Just another theory to throw out there.

[bratwurstdimsum]

Interesting, under a jeweller's glass I see 2 distinct die flaws on the ek2 "shiny" frame and 1 one the tarnished frame. Not a huge ek2 collector, does that appear normal to you guys? I'll try and supply a photo in the next couple of days.

[streptile]

I always thought the the dates were crooked in some crosses due to the cores being slightly off-kilter in the frames. It's interesting to see this one with the "1813" stamped slightly crooked on the core. (This one seems crooked to me even with the raised "Souval" 3)



For one thing, this explains why we often see crosses with a perfectly straight "1939" but a crooked "1813".

[old siagon]

Thank you,

I just love the exploded views!
Vince

[Roglebk]

Very nice pics! Can't say anything about the cross but i'll link to the core and frame posts in the EKpedia.