Originally posted by Alikn
Alikn,
Never say never. I have a 1914 EKI that is stamped 800 and there is not much silver on it save what plating is left. The whole cross is made from a magnetic metal. All of it, the core, the frame, the pin and catch is all magnetic and it is marked 800. Being magnetic it is definately made from a ferrous metal such as iron for the core and most likely a mild sheet steel for the frame. The magnet doesn't lie. By the way this cross is three piece constuction and not a single strike.
Rules are not hard fast. The rules were and are today still being bent either intentionally or unintentionally in any manufacturing field. As I mentioned previously the LDO was charged with overseeing a problem that existed with material substitution. Otherwise why the stern edict in 1941 to forbid any other materials than iron and silver or neusilber in the construction of EK/KCs? It must have been a persistant problem to draw that kind of an official rebuke.
Just some thoughts.
Tony
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