Any hope for this EK2?

[Hank C.]

Greetings all, latest EK to arrive. I don't hold out much hope for it; it too closely resembles an EK 1 that I have that is a repro.
The ribbon looks pretty good. Workmanship is so-so. The dates - front and back - seem somewhat uneven, and along with the swastika, they're all very low in height. It is definite 3 piece construction. No background or history on it. Came with some good documents (that are posted in the proper forum).
Anyhow, it's posted for opinions and possibly fake reference files. Any replies welcome!

[Hank C.]

Here's the reverse....

[GELIS44]

!!!

I really don't like the looks of this one. The "3" on the back is badly misshapen and the beading arms have no curve to them. Just my thoughts.

Nate

[wjborgmann]

Ek2

Not much hope for this one. Look at the poor centering of the Swastika.

[schönbeck]

will not commet the cross, but on many crosses the core is loose and will move a little while touching it, this can make the swaz or numbers to look uncenterd, so that s no obvious nono

[Peter Wiking]

In my opinion a reproduction of the Schinkel "b" type.

Cheers.
Peter