IC 1st class mm 3

[5tefan]

What is your opinion to this IC 1st class ?

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[schönbeck]

original! Deumer.

[Robert P.]

That's a great looking Deumer, perfect core.

Robert

[fugpaw]

This is a stupid/lazy question - do most Deumer mm3 EK 1's have a soft maker mark?

The reason I ask is that I have a couple of L/11 marked Deumers and the mark is very strong and clear on these.

Mike

[Robert P.]

I've seen them both ways, Mike.

Robert

[fugpaw]

I've seen them both ways, Mike.

Robert

Robert, that was sort of the answer I was expecting; I assume that as time went on the dies became worn and the mm's deteriorated accordingly - this is definitely obvious in other makers of all awards. That said, can we assume that soft maker marks are of late war produced items? I guess that's open to debate.

Mike

[Robert P.]

Mike,

Browsing back in our archived threads you will come across examples of soft and hard strikes of the Deumer maker mark, both '3' and 'L/11'. I'm still looking for a nice '3' to 'complete' my Deumer collection, if that's possible.

Yes, I've wondered if Juncker went to their 'SW68' stamp because the old layed-back 'L' stamp went bad, or lost. ???

Robert

[fugpaw]

Here's a couple of my L/11 mm's for comparison.

Mike

[fugpaw]

And the final one.

Mike