EKII maker question...

[Robert P.]

Does anyone know this EKII's maker, please? It's new to me, yet I have an incomplete set of EK's to compare with...

Robert

[Robert P.]

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[StefanK.]

If it was stamped, it would be a 23.

Stefan

[grueni1208]

If it was stamped, it would be a 23.

Stefan

I agree

Regards

Grueni

[Robert P.]

Thank you both very much. I must have overlooked the '23' in my collection. I've placed them side by side to get a good look at one another, and find the cores to be slightly different, maybe an earlier '23' than mine. The ring is larger, and the date is a little different, the '3' dipping below the two 9's. A varaint? I don't know.

Robert

[grueni1208]

here is my 23

[Robert P.]

and another...

I'm wondering if anyone else has this '23' variant with the dipping '3'...?

Robert

[Robert P.]

Here's aphoto of the date on the original cross at the beginning of this thread. Not to be in disagreement with everyone who has offered help with this, but I believe we're looking at something different than a '23' EKII. I'm looking around at every piece I have again trying to locate a piece with a date like this. Possibly a Juncker, I don't know. But I've seen this date before. Look at the top of the '1', and the dipping '3'..very curious who this EKII maker is...?

Robert

[Steinar]

you people got some ace ek collections

[Adrian]

Here's a couple of pics of my '23' for comparison.

[Adrian]

and the back...

[Robert P.]

I'll get this cross in a few days, and really be able to study it side-by-side with my other '23's.

Adrian, your crosses' frame looks rotated 90 degrees to the left of my last posted cross, just like the original I started the thread with.

This core still really has me confused. I can't find a match to it anywhere in my collection. I'll dig into the EKII pics list that Rick S started and see if I can find it there. It may well be a variant.

Robert

[grueni1208]

I believe that the maker 23 used zwo different cores.
The core from your posted EK II used elements from Meybauer in his number design (especially skew 3). The distinctive frame is the same on both core-variants.

Regards

Grueni

[Robert P.]

I believe that the maker 23 used zwo different cores.
The core from your posted EK II used elements from Meybauer in his number design (especially skew 3). The distinctive frame is the same on both core-variants.

Regards

Grueni

Yes Grueni,

I have an L/13 (also having multiple core designs) EKII that has an identical core as another '23' EKII I possess, but is still not the same as the core in the cross I started this thread with. The L/13 I speak of has the very high relief dates and well bevel-sided swastika. This is why I think it may be a '23' variant. Without the cross in hand this photo is all I have to offer at this time.

Thank you
Robert

[Robert P.]

For those interested, here is an L/13 EKII (on L) compared to a '23' EKII (on R), both using the same core...

Of note, the glossy paint on the Meybauer, the flat black paint on the '23'...

Robert