Which maker EKII?

[Robert P.]

Can anyone identify this EKII's maker, please?

[Robert P.]

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[Robert P.]

OK, I've waited long enough for a response. No one wants to try to identify this cross? Well then, here's the maker mark...

[Roglebk]

Nice 'Jakob Bengel' Robert! No wonder it was not recogniced, not the easiest cross to find! Looks like the crooked one you shown us before?

[Robert P.]

Yes, Carl, I believe it's the same one.

[Douglas 5]

Maker 44 would have been my 18th guess !!

[Robert P.]

Maker 44 would have been my 18th guess !!

[Douglas 5]

Actualy the first quick guess was a S&L going by the first picture only !
Unmarked this is a quite worn S&L 2rd(3) frame die and an original 3rd core die !!! Sofar the earliest use of this core I have seen sofar !

This is one of many small makers that bought parts from S&L . Incedently the same frame type Rettenmaier L59 and many others used as well !
Exspecialy in the case of S&L supplied parts to other makers ... many unmarked crosses will be - unintentionaly - identified incorrectly . As luck would have it ... your cross here is marked . Otherwise these crosses will just naturly be identified as a S&L EK2 . This same cross unmarked in a Bengel marked bag > 50% odds >> original set or 'married set' !
The use of this peticular core for sale to other company is just speculation for now until I can do an indept study on them .
Robert - here is one of your own S&L EK2s with the same frame - but wirh an S&L 2nd core .

Douglas

[Robert P.]

Yes, this cross is a marked '16' Alols Rettenmaier.