Post war marks on pre May '45 EK2s.

[George Stimson]

Reverse.

[Gabor Tischler]

hi George,

I post you mine EK2 Juncker pics, but I can not to show you more pics from the Flock"49", because the seller's quickly deleted from the web site.

regards Gabor

[Gabor Tischler]

...and mine Juncker reverse......

[Douglas 5]

Well .... Adrian's 5 and George's 5 are different . The end of the 5 mainly . One is a straight line and the other has an open ball at the end . Never seen the one Adrian put up but the other 5 type I have seen a few of . The type as George posted can be found with a 'straight back' on the 5 and with a 'slanted' back .

Douglas

[Douglas 5]

The brass ring lightly slanted backs on the 5s( on KvK 2nd class with and without swords) and the same straight back 5 on the EK2 ring .

Douglas

[Gabor Tischler]

very good Douglas

I found these pics from an EK2 mm"5" in the last year on the same militaria website. The pics not too good, but not too bad. Please look at these pics......

regards Gabor

[Gabor Tischler]

...the frontside.....

[Gabor Tischler]

...and the reverse....

[Gabor Tischler]

what's yours opinions who was this cross real marker's?

regards Gabor

[Douglas 5]

Now just a guess .... that 5 that runs with the ring might be a bit larger (longer ) than 5s that are stamped crossways ??? If you turn that one 90 degrees it would print fully on the ring .
Just from appearance I like Adrians 'full body' 5 a lot better .... if it is war time or not - who knows ?

Douglas

[Douglas 5]

Who made the cross ...... lets take the one George posted . A S&L made cross or a from S&L components assembled cross by someone else , regardless of a confirmed or not confirmed maker mark ...... still a S&L cross .

Douglas

[streptile]

Honestly, I'm not entirely sure why the '5' mark has to be postwar. As Douglas said, so many little makers sourced parts from S&L and stamped them themselves. Why couldn't this be one?

[Gabor Tischler]

Honestly, I'm not entirely sure why the '5' mark has to be postwar. As Douglas said, so many little makers sourced parts from S&L and stamped them themselves. Why couldn't this be one?

hi Trevor,

my opinion that the used orig. marker signs in the rings are always same, not always are other types. I show you an orig "5".

At least I do not think that would be too much variation from these numbers.

regards Gabor

[Adrian]

Thank you to all for the contributions so far, it's turning into a useful learning tool.
It seems to be only Wernstein and Juncker crosses so far, are there more out there?
Interesting to see the Ost medal's incused mark. Can anyone post any other examples of the maker mark '5'?
Just for the record I'll post the rest of the cross I opened the thread with.....

[Adrian]

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