What is this??? EK2

[Thomas E Hansen]

Hey you all.

What is this?? I mean, is it a ordinary cross or Schinkel "B" and who is the maker?

Any comments are welcome.

Regards Thomas.

[Thomas E Hansen]

Hey you all.

What is this?? I mean, is it a ordinary cross or Schinkel "B" and who is the maker?

Any comments are welcome.

Regards Thomas.

Back.

[fabri-online]

Hello Thomas
really very nice and interesting EKII. In my opinion it 's not a Schinkel "B" but a standard EKII, I let the experts say what is the manufacturar because I don't know...

[CMSgt]

Ek

HI Thomas,

A Schinkel-B is a Schinkel with a round 3, so this is not one of them as Fabri said. Jim

[Robert P.]

I'm going to jump in here and ride this thread out. I too haven't a clue as to which maker made this cross, and don't have it in my files. So, here is where I might learn.

[tinmantis]

love it
I have one
I used to have 3!
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...=straight+arms

it's my favorite, and out of over 100 EK2s I've sold off from my own collection in recent years, this is the only one I kept (unmarked)
regards
jon

[streptile]

Whoa! Isn't this a match to a mystery I posted a few months ago?

[streptile]

...this one:











HERE

Has been driving me crazy.

Yay! Another one.

[Robert P.]

Yes, I knew I saw this cross before somewhere. Neither marked. Figures.

[streptile]

Oh, I am happy to see another one. Damn, it's got a better patina

As I wrote in my other thread:

I happen to love the design of the cross: the dates and especially the frames -- very little curvature to the arms. This one is also nice in-hand.

This is still my favorite design other than Schinkels and R-3s, so I know what you mean, Jon.

Now, let's figure out the maker please.

[Thomas E Hansen]

Oh, I am happy to see another one. Damn, it's got a better patina

As I wrote in my other thread:



This is still my favorite design other than Schinkels and R-3s, so I know what you mean, Jon.

Now, let's figure out the maker please.

What is the conclussion???

[fabri-online]

What is the conclussion???

Unfortunately at today it 's unknown.. anyone has little idea of the manufacturer ?

[streptile]

Interesting that these two have paint loss to the same corner of the swastika... I would love to discover the maker, but so far no one knows. Did you read the thread I linked to? A lot of thinking, not much deciding, unfortunately.

[streptile]

Bumping this up. Any help is very appreciated on this most mysterious of EK2s

[streptile]

love it
I have one
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...=straight+arms
jon

Hi Jon,

By the way, the cross you link to above (and shown here below) does have straight arms like the thread-starter and mine shown above, but it's not the same maker, or at least not the same core, in my opinion. I think yours is probably an UM Otto Schickle judging by the date, especially the '3':


Photo credit tinmantis

The maker of the cross in question here is still unattributed ().