New EK I with questions

[Matthieu]

The seller told me there was a lot of interest for this lot. He could have sold it 4 or 5 times he said. I hope this doesn't affect his prices

You are correct, Stijn. Seller told me that three people ( including myself ) had the RK in their shopping basket simultaneously ... however I was the quickest one to push the order button ... just a matter of seconds .

[DavidM]

Hello

A very nice new form Deumer EK1 and a beautiful new form RK

Regards
David

[Seewolf]

Yesterday my EK finally arrived - it has been 7 days on the road
The german postage has been faster in the past

However, it´s now here and i took new pics. It is heavily worn but i love that on this piece, the inscribe is old with patina in it - so it seems everything is ok

[LuckyLuudje]

Yesterday my EK finally arrived - it has been 7 days on the road

It would have been faster if you took a walk for these few miles
And knowing the shipping costs of the seller, also cheaper.

But it is a very nice cross, I love them worn and salty.
A very nice addition for your collection

[Mike Yokum]

That's a beautifully worn and attributed EKI Rudiger! Very NICE!

[Matthieu]

Hello Rüdiger ... what can I say ... she is surely a beauty . Strange you had to wait so long, whats up with the Postal Services these days .

Did some little research on the enscription and seems Stalino is the old name for what now is Donetsk ( Ukraine ) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk
However I can not find any reference on the Luschina part, I assume it was an old suburb of Stalino city ....

[Nigel N]

Hi Rudiger, thats a really great EK, nice without the inscription, but with it... fantastic!! There can't be many attributable 57 EK1's, so that makes it very special!! Great catch my friend!!!!beerchug.gif
And Mathijs, nice job on the research too!!! -Nigel

[Seewolf]

Did some little research on the enscription and seems Stalino is the old name for what now is Donetsk ( Ukraine ) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk
However I can not find any reference on the Luschina part, I assume it was an old suburb of Stalino city ....

Yes you´re right. Stalino is now Donetsk. I think Luschina is a very small town with only a few people living and so not to find on any map. The only ww2 wehrmacht map i found in the www had the scale 1:300000. Probably Luschina is not more existent today
At google i found a few persons with family name "Luschina". Doing research what this name means i found out that it´s a background name
The same as with my family name - in the past there has been a very small village in Eastprussia named "Lettau", sadly it does not existent anymore. The family name "Lettau" means "those who came from Lettau"

[Matthieu]

Weeeeeeh . I got my RK in the mail this morning. Will post pix later in seperate thread .

[Seewolf]

Weeeeeeh . I got my RK in the mail this morning. Will post pix later in seperate thread .

Seems we will have a knights cross week