EK2 with maker 1

[Germania63]

Hi everybody,

i like to be here on this great forum ..
i'm a a collector of WO2 German military, specialy EK1 and 2

i bought early this week a EK2 with maker 1 and would like you're opinions
How do i post pictures of it ?

Thanks and Regards,

Johan

[donlon]

You could pay a small amount (25 $ a year) and become a Association Member, that gives you among other things, the ability to upload pictures to WAF server.

Or you can upload your pictures to picture sharings services like http://photobucket.com/ and link to them in your post.

Looking forward to see your Deschler EK

Welcome to WAF

[EK-collector]

Welcome to the forum, You can upload them for example to imghack and then copy link and past it between [img] [/img]

[Woolgar]

Welcome Johan

Looking forward to seeing your items !

Nick

[Douglas 5]

Welcome to the forum .

Douglas

[Germania63]

Pictures of my EK2 maker 1

Thx to all for you're Welcome message ..

Link to my pictures of EK2 - maker 1 :

http://s1194.photobucket.com/albums/...h%20maker%201/

Opinions please ?

greetings,

Johan

[ben bijker]

Hello Johan,

welcome to the forum.

I have bad news : the ek you show is not a Deschler.
I think it's an S&L, with a later added mark.

deschler ek2 look like this one:
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=464456

[Germania63]

Hello Ben,

Thanks for your opinion ... Great EK2 you have !
What do U mean with S&L ? Is this a Wartime EK2 or .. ?

Regards,

Johan

[ben bijker]

Hi Johan,

S&L = Steinhauer und Lueck, a wartimemaker of ek's and other medals/badges.

The Deschler will be in my collection soon, just bought it.

I am not good on ek 2, maybe one of the other members can tell you more about your ek

[Danny70]

Hi Johan,

Ben is correct, your cross is unfortunately not a Deschler.
Can you take some straight on photographs of both sides - it would help to identify it.
My initial thoughts based on the 1813 date make me think it's a Katz & Deyhle '60', but the features on the obverse make me unsure.

Regards - Danny

[streptile]

My initial thoughts based on the 1813 date make me think it's a Katz & Deyhle '60'.

We sure have seen a lot of those lately, haven't we?

[Germania63]

New pictures ..

Thanks to all for you're opinions ..
ya, i've seen it also .. it's not a Deschler ..
What i like to known in the first place, is this a wartime EK2 or a later one ?

I putt some new pictures on my album :

http://s1194.photobucket.com/albums/...h%20maker%201/

Regards,

Johan

[Snni]

Hi,
I think it is a wartime cross. As the other guys allready said, the makermark are bad!
Be very carefull in the start, untill you get some more experience. Buy your crosses from respected dealers or at the Estand on this forum.

Also be carefull with collecting EK's.. Its very very addictive. First you buy 1, then 5, then 20,30,40 and so on

[Danny70]

Hi Johan,

Unfortunately, I'm not very optimistic about this being a wartime cross. IMO, it looks like a fake that is discussed here:
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=446186

I may be wrong, but the K&D style reverse date combined with the obverse being very different from that of known K&D's make me very suspicious.
I hope I am wrong.

Regards - Danny

[Germania63]

Hi Danny, Sonny, Ben,

i think you've have all right .. the mm is bad and not a wartime cross.

Because i buy it as an original i try to send it back to the seller.

Thanks to all for the help on the determination of my EK2.

i've said it today to a friend, .. in the future i buy from the Estand or respected dealers.

I have more crosses for severall years in my collection, four EK2 and one EK1 mm L/13 .. i hope they are original ..

should i post them here or make a new Topic ?

Regards - Johan