Hi all ;
I am taken a stab at this mysterious conglomerate of Juncker core and frame variations mainly pertaining EK2's . But parallels to EK1's would be similar .
Just in the last 2 weeks I have come in possession of an very interesting earliest Juncker EK2 , which has lead to this .
I am slow in posting this so if I could ask for patience on replies , and to wait until I have post all 25 pictures or so , which may take an hour or 2 .
Thanks .
1) Juncker is known for quality and precision workmanship , ... to which the Spanish Cross and Juncker Luftbadges will attest to , just to name some .
The company had prided itself in this and is common knowledge .
Well , even Juncker was not perfect as I have discovered , and it is this one problem I now know of now , that the company tried to keep well hidden as not to tarnish their reputation . Be that they may have picked up on this problem very quickly and or detroyed damaged stock , so the existance of these flawed pieces are very rare to find to say the least .
2) Juncker had from the start an early die problem .
To me this is the bases of the multitude of cores and frames .
3) Before going further I shall introduce my -initial run- all hand finished Juncker EK2 : It shows the different stages of early hand finishing .
Stages ; Nickel -silver frame , lose core, magnetic , silver plated and lacquered , and > Hand brush applied frosting acid and added domed paint to the swastika and date .
On this Juncker EK2 the jump ring and ribbon ring are solid nickel and not plated brass which may be a surprise to some .
The pictures.
I am taken a stab at this mysterious conglomerate of Juncker core and frame variations mainly pertaining EK2's . But parallels to EK1's would be similar .
Just in the last 2 weeks I have come in possession of an very interesting earliest Juncker EK2 , which has lead to this .
I am slow in posting this so if I could ask for patience on replies , and to wait until I have post all 25 pictures or so , which may take an hour or 2 .
Thanks .
1) Juncker is known for quality and precision workmanship , ... to which the Spanish Cross and Juncker Luftbadges will attest to , just to name some .
The company had prided itself in this and is common knowledge .
Well , even Juncker was not perfect as I have discovered , and it is this one problem I now know of now , that the company tried to keep well hidden as not to tarnish their reputation . Be that they may have picked up on this problem very quickly and or detroyed damaged stock , so the existance of these flawed pieces are very rare to find to say the least .
2) Juncker had from the start an early die problem .
To me this is the bases of the multitude of cores and frames .
3) Before going further I shall introduce my -initial run- all hand finished Juncker EK2 : It shows the different stages of early hand finishing .
Stages ; Nickel -silver frame , lose core, magnetic , silver plated and lacquered , and > Hand brush applied frosting acid and added domed paint to the swastika and date .
On this Juncker EK2 the jump ring and ribbon ring are solid nickel and not plated brass which may be a surprise to some .
The pictures.
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