Schinkel B, a love story

[Roglebk]

Been tempting and alluring me for a very long time but today it arrived. Has a magnetic and silver plated core that does not hold the paint very well. It completes my 'Round 3' EKII collection and almost the collection of EKII variants. Only one left is the 'one piece' Schinkel and that is only a couple of days away.

[streptile]

She's a beaut all right!

[Roglebk]

reverse is nice too

[Douglas 5]

Very nice Carl :.... I see you found one ... not that easy to get . Count yourself lucky to get a 2nd variant type . Is that one silver plated ? Somewhat looks like it .

Douglas

[Biro]

Well done - a very tough cross to find.

[Alex Bolotnikov]

Great find

[Roglebk]

Thanks Guys!

Very nice Carl :.... I see you found one ... not that easy to get . Count yourself lucky to get a 2nd variant type . Is that one silver plated ? Somewhat looks like it .

Douglas

Douglas> yes, core is magnetic and silver plated. What is a "2nd variant type"? Are there 2 types of Schinkel B?

[grueni1208]

Regards

Daniel

[StefanK.]

For how much €/$ do they go these days?

Stefan

[Biro]

It depends on whether the dealer knows he has a rare one or not...

I had two and have since sold one. The first was when I ABSOLUTELY had to have one and I paid a ludicrous €900 .... the second I got from an unsuspecting dealer (Winkler) for €325.

From someone who knew what they had, I'd be surprised if you got one for under €500 - probably higher...

[Roglebk]

I paid 650E, bought it from a guy here on WAF (thanks Alex!). Found one at a German dealer not long ago for 250 but was a bit late Not many years ago all the R3's, Schinkel & Übergrösse went for the same price as a Standard one, Internet really educated us all

[Marc Garlasco]

Very nice, very hard to find! Mine, on the right:

[mametz]

Well done, i have been looking for one for some time. Rarely see them
offered, hope to find one that has gone unrecognized, you never know.
Regards
Mametz

[streptile]

I had two and have since sold one.

Go on, show us the other one.

[DaveNZ]

These are very unique looking EK's



Is there any story behind the reason that these crosses are quite a different design from other EKs, ie the straight 'arms' on the cross?

a very desirable cross imo

funny thing is that if i came across one of these crosses years ago before i knew what i know now, I probably would have thought it fake as it is such a deviation from the usual ek design.