L/54 in very good condition

[Frank Heukemes]

This one just in. Marked L/54 under the catch. Very nice condition, frosted back.

Cheers, Frank H.

[Frank Heukemes]

reverse

[Frank Heukemes]

mark

[Yuri D.]

Awesome cross. I'm still in my badge phase. But one day, I will have more EKs.

Yuri

[Dez H]

Very nice EK you have there Frank, isn’t it amazing to find these pieces in such mint condition after a world war and 60 years on.


Regards

Dez

[Blitz]

That is truly beautifull indeed, Frank
Someone is always lucky enough to find an EK in such a good condition...

[Frank Heukemes]

Thanks for your kind words! It was abit of a gamble, I bought this in an online auction for only 120 Euros. The pics were awfully blurry and tiny. Just enough to see that this COULD be right! And it was!

Cheers, Frank H.

[Calvin Hall]

Hello folks,

It appears that there is a reproduction EK1 on the market that features the curved L/54 in incused relief. Gordon Williamson recently posted this website that lists this reproduction.

http://www.ordenskunde.at/reich.html

A thread over at the germandaggers.com site has some additional info on the L/54 EK1...

L/54 thread

Frank, for what its worth, the mark on your EK1 looks different from the repro mark to me.

Calvin

[Frank Heukemes]

Dear Calvin,

No problem there. I already had this Austrian website´s pics in my files and compared the mark. No match.

It is also soothing that the EK L/54 fakes use a pin that raises an instant fake alert. This style pin is used on a variety of new EK fakes, including an L/19 marked example among many others.

The hinge/pin/catch of my EK however is textbook L/54. Not everything that is near mint should automatically be under suspicion of being fake. But thanks for pointing that GD discussion out, I had missed out on it.

Cheers, Frank H.

[Calvin Hall]

Hello Frank,

No suspision on your L/54 EK1 from me. I like it!

Can you again post some photos of the questionable L/19 EK1? I checked the older thread on the subject, and the photos you posted are gone.

Thanks,

Calvin

[Frank Heukemes]

Here are a couple of FAKES that use the same pin. One of them is the FAKE L/54 that can be seen if one follows the link you provided above.

Here is one marked 2 (btw, if you haven´t checked out that website mentioned on that shot here, do so! Excellent reference site for FAKES sold as the real thing):

FAKE marked 2:

[Frank Heukemes]

The next FAKE is marked 107:

[Frank Heukemes]

Here is a FAKE with that pin which is marked L/12. CORRECTION: NOT L/12, but /12!

[Frank Heukemes]

Here is the FAKE with that pin marked L/19.

[Frank Heukemes]

Here is a FAKE marked L52: