Variant maker marks.

[Adrian]

Does any EK2 collector know of any other maker/s (other than Beck, Hassinger & Co - '123') that stamped their EK2s with more than one style of maker mark?
I'm talking specifically about PKZ numbers, not LDO marks.
IF you have any, please post them.

[grueni1208]

There are two types of maker mark's by these maker.

Regards

Daniel

[Robert P.]

S&l...

[Robert P.]

Deschler...

I'm not certain these are all different. Some could have been struck off center. But, I believe there at least two different stamps for the EKII's.

[George Stimson]

Not to get too crazy, but I consider the positioning of the marks relative to the rings to be variations as well.

[Adrian]

Not to get too crazy, but I consider the positioning of the marks relative to the rings to be variations as well.

Daniel, Robert,
Thank you for your input - I had no idea about the S&L mark!

George,
Thats just being pedantic .......... or too damn efficient!

[Douglas 5]

Well Adrian ... surprized there has been only 2 members replying to this .
I started some time back on the same idea . Did S&L and a few others and stopped . (Did include the L marks too ) . You will find that all large companies will show 2 or more mm variations . As with S&L and others probably mm ... the more different awards with rings or pins a company made ... more variations are probable . More than one maker marking die was in use at any given time - most likely . I would even guess .... just to speed things up ... one would borough a mm die from another work station .
Robert did show one comparison I did on the S&L EK2 ring maker mark . This maker put out such volume of awards - going through a few marking dies - that variations were soon found . I have a seperate grouping for pin marking dies S&L used and I may not have them all yet . As an interesting foot note ... S&L has the smallest maker marking die I have found so far , .. and it is on the pin of their black Wound Badge . Now that is small !
Here are the other S&L mark dies I have found sofar .

Douglas

[Adrian]

Wow. That's a great reference Douglas! Thank you for sharing that one.
Can you post a link to the other thread please? I've tried a search but don't seem to be able to find it.......

[Douglas 5]

There is no thread ...... ?
WB : Badge5050

Douglas

[Robert P.]

That's one small maker mark!

[Adrian]

There is no thread ...... ?

Sorry Douglas, my mistake I thought you meant you had started a thread before on the same subject.
That wound badge mark is amazingly small!

[Douglas 5]

Yes one small mark .... only ever seen 2 . I think it counts as the smallest one used . And nicely centered ... guess a guide of some kind used ?.. or one steady hand .

Douglas