Round 3 cross

[HuD]

Hello guys, i accidentally come across this interesting cross!
Last week i was in Canada for my business and in a small antique shop i saw this R3 in a display full of every kind of stuff :-)
The core is magnetic and is moving inside the frame. I had a check on previus threads and it looks like a beveled-corner, is this correct?
Too bad somebody tried to clean it up the core from some little rust... almost ruined all the paint...
I decided to take it anyway, i was missing the R3 variant and at the end it's still a decent EK.
Cheers,
Stefano

[HuD]

the other side, it looks the numbers have an interesting design, especially number "1"

[fabri-online]

ciao Stefano
secondo me una tipica Deschler credo thick version ma basta misurarla dovrebbe essere 5 mm. La data 1813 è tipica non solo per l' 1 ma perchè non in linea, il 18 rimane più alto che il 13.

[Robert P.]

Nice find. I'll bet you were excited when you saw it. Yes, it is a beveled-edge round 3.

[HuD]

I was for sure, we were discussing about the round 3 not too long ago...
Stefano

[Robert P.]

When the paint is missing you can really see how sharply detailed the iron core is.

[HuD]

so true, even if light the paint soften all the lines like a snow effect.

[HuD]

ciao Stefano
secondo me una tipica Deschler credo thick version ma basta misurarla dovrebbe essere 5 mm. La data 1813 è tipica non solo per l' 1 ma perchè non in linea, il 18 rimane più alto che il 13.

Ciao Fabri, tutto bene?
you're right, i didn't notice before and i realized how the numbers 18 and 13 are quite out of line... interesting!
The thickness of the cross is about 4 mm, but i don't have a precise instrument to do the job... and it has the slightly rounded corners like the beleved version.
Grazie!
Stefano

[Roglebk]

Hello guys, i accidentally come across this interesting cross!
Last week i was in Canada for my business and in a small antique shop i saw this R3 in a display full of every kind of stuff :-)
The core is magnetic and is moving inside the frame. I had a check on previus threads and it looks like a beveled-corner, is this correct?
Too bad somebody tried to clean it up the core from some little rust... almost ruined all the paint...
I decided to take it anyway, i was missing the R3 variant and at the end it's still a decent EK.
Cheers,
Stefano

It sure is Stefano! Has that "been there" look. Do you mind getting close up pics on the numbers for the R3 core study?

[HuD]

My pleasure Carl, i took a couple of closer shots on the numbers, hope it's fine for the reference.
Stefano

[HuD]

the other side

[HuD]

finally a couple of more pictures with detail on the ring and on the side.

[HuD]

last one