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    WW I EK 1 with attached Spange

    Here is a nice cased WW I EK with attached Spange that has always been one of my favorites. It has a Leistungsgemeinschaft number stamped on the reverse but I cannot make it out; looks to be either L/13, L/18 or possibly L/16. The inside top of the case is stamped LDO and it still has an original 13 DM sticker on the bottom of the case. I picked this one up in Germany in the mid-1970s.

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    Front
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      #3
      Reverse; a screw back with hook on the reverse of the spange
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        #4
        inside of case
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          #5
          Homer,

          What a treat! I'd have guessed L/18 for Mayer but the Spange does not appear to match Mayer examples. I don't have my references with me, so I can't type the Spange at the moment. I'm sure someone will shortly though.

          Regards
          Mike
          Regards
          Mike

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            #6
            I'm with you Mike, I havn't got my files with me to check the spange
            but it's not an L/18 or L/13, could it be the first ever L/16 EK1 spange I've ever seen?!
            Does the cross look like an L/16?
            regards
            jon

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              #7
              any chance of a close up of that mm?
              could be a first
              regards
              jon

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                #8
                I'm back home and have just been through Gordon Williamson's book. It seems Pieter Verbruggen owns (or owned) a near identical example with a definite L/18 mark on the cross. I guess the Spange is more than likely an unmarked Mayer variant in this case then.

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                Mike
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                Mike

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                  #9
                  The eagle looks Deumer, maybe maker mark is L/11 ...

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Alikn View Post
                    The eagle looks Deumer, maybe maker mark is L/11 ...
                    Hi Alikn,

                    I did look very hard at Deumer but imo the shape of the eagle's chest is quite different upon close comparison - so is the location/size of the swas, the eagle's legs and the second number 9.

                    Regards
                    Mike
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                    Mike

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by Mike Kenny View Post
                      Hi Alikn,

                      I did look very hard at Deumer but imo the shape of the eagle's chest is quite different upon close comparison - so is the location/size of the swas, the eagle's legs and the second number 9.

                      Regards
                      Mike
                      Mike you are right, it is a little off,
                      is it just a picture or one wing longer then an other?
                      Homer can you take a close up of the eagle.
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                        #12
                        There are two pictures in Gordon's book, one page 172 and an other 465, those are pinbacks, but cross and the eagle look very similar, and funny thing is, one in section with originals and an other in repro section.
                        ... also look at the eagle on page 182 bottom........
                        Last edited by AlikN; 03-15-2007, 04:12 AM.

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                          #13
                          I found more, the same book page 175, cased screwback it's marked L/18, but the eagle is not B.H.Mayer and left wing looks shorter, it looks to me the same combo in the same case .
                          ...and it's in the section with originals..... .

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                            #14
                            That is a really nice cross and sprange!

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                              #15
                              what do you think guys? L/16?
                              http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=210145

                              regards
                              jon

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