round 3 - what about this one?

[KarsaiBalazs]

Hello gents,

What's your opinion about this round 3 EK2? I have to admit, I've never seen any in my own hands, so I have no idea about the originality. Looks good anyway...
If it's original - what's a reasonable price for it?

Thank you!
Balázs

[CMSgt]

R3

Looks good, is the 1813 slanted (1 higher than 3) looks that way in the photo. Jim

[Adrian]

It's an original example.
Price varies depending where you look, I just had a quick look through some dealers sites and have seen them range from 195€ up to 395€ yet on estand they tend to go between the 200-250€ range which is the sort of figure I would be comfortable with.

[KarsaiBalazs]

Jim - Thanks! All I've seen is this photo you see, I wish I've had it in my hand... So I don't know, the '1' does look to be taller

Adrian - Thanks! For now the Hungarian currency has terrible days so the price would be about 260 euros. Hmm

Have you got any idea about the maker? Is this the so called thick variant?
Cheers,
Balázs

[Adrian]

My first thought was it looks like the thick variant and comparing to mine it does look that way, I've posted mine below for comparison....

[Adrian]

Reverse....

[KarsaiBalazs]

Thank you Adrian! Your cross does look identical! Is the maker of these thick round 3 EKs known?

Cheers,
Balázs

[Douglas 5]

Hi - Adrian and Balazs :
Either one of you have a weight of your cross ?
A maker of these thick crosses as far as I know , has not been determined .

Douglas

[KarsaiBalazs]

Hi Douglas,

Unfortunately my precise jeweller balance does not work, so I can use only the kitchen balance But it's about 23 gramms, quite heavy even by holding it in your hand!

Cheers,
Balázs

[Roglebk]

My round 3 thick on the scale

[ApathyL]

Balazs!, I like this EK too, its a keeper in my opinion.

Szep darab!


Les.

[Douglas 5]

Interesting weight - very light ??? Mine is just just under 26 grams . What are the mesurments on yours ? This makes me think something else too , I will look at after work today !

Douglas

[Roglebk]

Douglas> Was surprised it weighed less than the R3 Deschler and exactly the same as the Übergrösse i have, would have thought the Über to weigh more. 26 g, coin silver frames? Balázs cross is a match to mine, but i've seen thick ones that have different frames in your thread:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=327702

R3 thick: 44.25 X 44.55 (49.40 incl. jumpring) x 5.10 mm

[Adrian]

Hi - Adrian and Balazs :
Either one of you have a weight of your cross ?
A maker of these thick crosses as far as I know , has not been determined .

Douglas

Hi Douglas,
My cross weighs in at 23.5g.
The width is 44.24.
The height not including the hump is 44.36.
The height including the hump is 45.84
The thickness across the middle is 5.13. The outer edges have varying measurements between 5.47 and 5.03.

[Douglas 5]

No pictures yet , just arrived ; Round 3 EK2 :
Mine is : tall 44.50 mm ... no hump , with hump ; 45.86 mm !
wide : 44.71 mm and 5.19 mm thick .

Douglas