My first EK1 1914 Steinhauer & Lueck, Lüdenscheid WW2 Edition ;-)

[5tefan]

Hello,

here is something new for my EK1-DNA database

It's my first 1914 S&L! Does someone have a L/16 marked version?
Because, I have doubts that all of the LDO 1914 Variants were ever marked

[streptile]

Very nice original and textbook example of a heavily faked cross.

Yes, these exist marked L/16, and also exist unmarked. Here is a marked example:





Here is an authentic piece (left) and one of the new fakes (right). The fakes are very good, probably using a cast of an original core:

[LeeJ]

Nice Stefan I just started collecting TR made 1914 EK1s. So far I have L/11, Junker screwback, L/52, and L/54. I will post them tommorrow.

[5tefan]

Hi Trevor,

what characteristic makes your shown (right) EK1 1914 as new fake type?

[5tefan]

Nice Stefan I just started collecting TR made 1914 EK1s. So far I have L/11, Junker screwback, L/52, and L/54. I will post them tommorrow.

Hi LeeJ,

I'm looking forward to see a TR Juncker

[streptile]

Hi Stefan,

It's a common fake -- the frame is not quite right (the beads are not crisp), it is never frosted or silvered, the core details are weak, the hardware on the reverse is always wrong (although it is getting better) and the mark, which is L/16, is the wrong form.

[streptile]

Hi LeeJ,
I'm looking forward to see a TR Junker

Here is a TR-era Junker:



Georg von Bismarck

[5tefan]

Hi Stefan,

It's a common fake -- the frame is not quite right (the beads are not crisp), it is never frosted or silvered, the core details are weak, the hardware on the reverse is always wrong (although it is getting better) and the mark, which is L/16, is the wrong form.

I see what you mean.