help with EK1 & EK2

[rhj]

Sirs:
Would you please give your opinions on these two EKs?
EK1- L/17 mfg. Herman Werstein?
EK2- [27] mfg. Anton Schenkl's Nach f. Wien?
orig/repros?
thankyou.
rhj

[rhj]

EK1 reverse

EKI reverse pic

[rhj]

Ek2

Ek2 opinions please

[Adrian]

EK1 - fake.
EK2 - from the photo it appears to be a good 'un but lets have some better pics please!

[adlerfan53]

Agreed. The EK1 looks no good. Sorry

[Steve Campbell]

The EK1 is not good. The date is a dead giveaway. Look at how thin the numbers are. The hardware is not good either. You have something like a 57 style catch and a strange pin. Overall a bad fake. The EK2 looks ok from the pictures. 27 is a fairly common maker so maybe there is hope for it.

[grueni1208]

EK I is a well known "rounded 3" fake, which is very often to find with mark L/17 or 117.

Regards

Grueni

[Adrian]

Here's a link to a recent thread which features another of this type of EK1:
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=290675
and here is a link to a really old thread discussing the same:
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...icholas+morigi

[derrydingle]

EK2 looks ok but the EK1 is a fake for sure

[Steinar]

any chance of a better picture of that ek2? its probably a good cros thought

the ek1 is trash