Opinion about this rare variation ek1

[ciritione]

Hi,

Opinion about this ek1 with non-magnetic center and with a vertical needle pin with raised barrel-hinge

thanks
fernando

[ciritione]

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[ciritione]

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[ben bijker]

Hmmm, it's a Souval cross......

There are 2 possibilities IMO:
Replaced hardware,

or: Postwar production....

Best regards,
Ben

[Friedrich]

Is it just the light or is the swaz really deformed/not very sharp around the edges? I thought that meant fake?

[ben bijker]

Is it just the light or is the swaz really deformed/not very sharp around the edges? I thought that meant fake?

May be the light + the remaining paint, but the chances that this ek is post-war is 50/50 IMO

Regards,
Ben

[Friedrich]

Ok, maybe a broken down core die also can add to it..

[grueni1208]

IMO an one piece fake from an original Souval.
The backside looks like a mould fake.

Regards

Daniel

[Don D.]

I agree and I bet it would bend very easily.

[Flemming]

IMO a really bad copy

/Flemming

[Dennis GT]

I say fake too!

Sorry, I think this is a fake too!

Dennis

[ciritione]

Many Thanks!

Really, the pictures are very bad..

they told me that "this unmarked, lightweight, one-piece construction Iron Cross, as pictured on page 151 of The Iron Cross of 1939 by Gordon Williamson".
But the picture of the front is horrible!!!

[grueni1208]

they told me that "this unmarked, lightweight, one-piece construction Iron Cross, as pictured on page 151 of The Iron Cross of 1939 by Gordon Williamson".

Souval or Orth never produced one-piece EK's.
I don't know page 151 of The Iron Cross of 1939 by Gordon Williamson, but I really believe there are many differents.

Regards

Daniel