Iron Cross 2nd Class Round 3- Opinions

[IAN CALDERWOOD]

Hi Guys Was Looking At Some Of My Crosses And Noticed That I Had A Round 3. Measure 44 X 44. Multi Piece Magnetic, Swastika Appears To Be 10 X10 Mm And Well Below The Hight Of The Beading. Whats Peoples Aponion On This Before I Put Up For Sale. And What Price Would Be Fair. Thanks Ian

[Peter Wiking]

The cross is original. They go for roughly around 250 Euro in that condition.

Cheers.
Peter Wiking

[Heer Flak]

It's a good cross. I paid $280 for mine.

[Sonderkommando]

Ian mentions that the swaz is well below the height of the beading, is this common with the round three EKs?


Regards,
Brett

[Dez H]

Brett I own two round 3's and on the first one the swastika sits just above the beading and is the most commonly encountered piece that I have seen. My other piece the swastika sits about half the height of the swastika. I have never seen a round 3 with a swaz that low before, still looks a good piece to me.

[IAN CALDERWOOD]

e-k2 round 3

Thanks Guys I Will List It In The E-section Later Today Or Tomorrow. Thanks Ian

[Sonderkommando]

Thanks Dez,

I have had one round three and the swaz on that one sat about even with the beading.

Cheers,
Brett

[ustufvorwaerts]

Hi everybody,

could we please have more details on the EK with the round 3.
Is this an early version, certain producer, etc. ???
I found one in my collection - I´ll try to make some pics this weekend.
The swastika has about half the height of the beading.

Thanks in advance,

ustufvorwaerts

[Dez H]

From the round 3’s I have seen I would say they were produced by several firms and I guess they were designed by someone who had a aesthetic eye for the formation of the numerals, making them all uniform and a cleaner looking design.

I have never seen a round 3 maker marked.<O</O

[Biro]

Another slightly grey area of collecting...

Gordon W's book talks of examining a number of pieces and finding .."identical die characteristics suggesting that this variant is the work of one single firm.."

but in this thread ' Curved' 3 EKII there is reference to "the most commonly encountered Round 3 type" - so things have obviously moved on a bit since the book....

Frustratingly, the most important part of the 'curved 3' thread above, is the link Gordon posts to another discussion whereby it appears Boerger & Co. Berlin are VERY strong contenders to have made at least one of the variations.. A real treat for EK fans....

but of course, the vital accompanying image is now missing...

These are still the most informative threads I have found on the Round 3, but it dosen't exactly speed things up when you can't include '3' in your search criteria.....

Marshall