S&L EK1

[dphillipsd]

Hi Guys,

Whats your opinion of this S&L EK1?
http://www.german-historica.de/cgi-l...0_1_0663&ln=en

[Dez H]

Looks fine to me, only difference I can spot is that the maker's mark on mine is sitting on its side, the number 4 is pointing towards the right. However the maker's mark on the piece you show is the more commonly encountered style.


Steinhauer & Luck pieces don't seem to be in high demand from collectors, as with the RK, S&L did churn out pieces post war. How you spot the differences I do not know.

[Frank Heukemes]

The ones with the maker's mark sitting on its side, with the number 4 pointing towards the right are the postwar churned out ones.

Just kidding.

I think this is an over exaggerated myth. Right after the war, Germany drowned in original EKs which almost nobody really wanted to keep.
It always gives me a chuckle when I hear that "Germany produced their Nazi badges after the war to meet the huge GI market". Germany had and has enough things that make GI eyes glow and which are good for trading against chocolate or cigarettes. No need to produce Nazi EK1s when a cuckoo clock will do.

[Dez H]

G’day Frank<O</O

In the past we have talked about Souval churning out RK’s and other badges during the late 40’s, why would they do this if these “nazi badges” were a dime a dozen so to speak? We have also talked about S&L producing RK’s and DKiG’s post-war, so you are saying they wouldn’t have churned out the lower end items due to their abundance? <O</O

I would love to hear stories from yourself or other German friends here who have “on the ground” info. <O</O

[Gerd Becker]

Hi all,

i agree with Frank. My mom and my aunt once told me, EKs and badges laid on the streets and noone was interested in them. Obviously not even to trade against cigarettes. I am quite sure, the most soldier were interested in more valuable things.

Btw, i will visit Steinhauer & Lück in the next days. Although i don´t think, they will admit it, i will ask them.

best,
Gerd

[Frank Heukemes]

Dear Dez,

I would love to hear stories from yourself or other German friends here who have “on the ground” info.

That would be the wrong way around. First, me and other German friends would like to hear "on the ground" info why it is presumed that S&L produced 1939 with swaz EK1s after the war, when a period cross cost a beer. Just assuming it makes no sense to me since original EK1s were there in abundance at ridiculous prices.
Even 60 years later they are still here in relative abundance, it is just the prices that went up.

So why does S&L not churn them out NOW when it REALLY would pay?

All these stories make no real sense to me, not from a logical point of view and not even from a commercial point of view. If one is looking at a EK1 from S&L and it looks period WWII, then it probably looks that way because it is pre 1945.