Are any of these EK 1's and 2's rare or worth having

[90th Light]

A friend and long time collector of German WWI and WWII material wants to know if any these EK's in his collection of Iron Crosses are particularly rare, unusual or interesting.

It has not been a special area of interest for him, more a matter of picking up what came along and looked interesting over the years. The great majority of the Iron Crosses on the list would have been brought back to NZ as war souvenirs by Kiwi soldiers in the two World Wars.

My friend has asked me to find out on his behalf if any of the following Iron Crosses might be rare in terms of their markings or are they simply run of the mill types. I am going to ask him for photos. However, he can only photograph them one at a time. Which ones should he post images of first ?

Many thanks in advance for any help or advise. I know he will appreciate it, Chris


Cased EK1;
1914 'KO'
1939 '4'
1939 '6'

EK1 without case;
1914 '800' (vaulted)
1914 'G'
1939 'L/50'
1939 unmarked
1939 '1'
1939 '65'

EKII 1914 w/ribbon
'SW'
'KM800'
'no marking'
'800 KAG'
'W III' or 'III M'
'KO'
'W ///' (illegible)
'H'

EKII 1914 with non-combatant ribbon
'unmarked'

EKII 1914 with parade mounted ribbon, pin back;
(no marker visible)

EKII 1939 with award envelope and ribbon;
'4' envelope stamped 'Steinhauer and Luck'
'65' in unmarked small envelope
'1' envelope stamped 'Deschler & Sohn'

EKII 1939 with ribbon
'3'
'4'
'5'
'unmarked'

EKII 1939 Spange, with blue envelope, no maker name, but
reverse of Spange stamped 'L/12'

[GRB]

Chris,
The 1914 EK1 without a case marked 'G' might be quite rare if it is an earlier sandcasted(cast iron core) EK1. Still quite a nice piece even if it is the later 'Stamped Steel core'. Pictures will help.

[boch_62]

There was no original war-time EK2-1939 cross signed "5"

Regards
Jarek

[ZacharyB]

Any original Iron Cross is worth having. But no, aside from possibly the G marked EKI, there is nothing on the list that is unusually valuable, rare, or a scarce variant. I tried to send you a PM with some more information, but your box is full.

Regards,

Z

[Don D.]

They are all worth having.