battered EKI

[DaveM]

Hi guys,
I've had this battered EKI sitting on my workbench for a few years now...
the horizontal arms are bent back slightly, and some of the ribbing on the front has been flattened

[DaveM]

reverse

here is the reverse

[Jim Baker]

What's the question?

You want to get rid of it??

[George Stimson]

It looks like a good "L/13."

[Lasse L]

Dosent look to batterd to me, i would love to have a pice like that in my collection.

[Dietrich Maerz]

A very nice cross, especially with the L/13. Most of the Meybauers I've seen are either unmarked or with "7". Very nice!


Dietrich

[George Stimson]

"7" vs. "L/13"

Here's one marked with both!

[George Stimson]

Another view (faint "7").

[Tom Yanacek]

Hello Dave,

Nice looking EKI. It obviously looks like someone vaulted that one by hand. I wonder how/why the top arm's beading got flattened/ground down? Maybe that top arm was clamped in a vise while it was being vaulted.
Best regards! Tom

[DaveM]

Hello Dave,

Nice looking EKI. It obviously looks like someone vaulted that one by hand. I wonder how/why the top arm's beading got flattened/ground down? Maybe that top arm was clamped in a vise while it was being vaulted.
Best regards! Tom

Hi Tom,
yes it is stange that the beading/ribbing is crushed flat... a vice was my thoughts as well
Dave

[Tom Yanacek]

Just had another thought on this. Vaulting that cross would have caused the corners of the beaded rim, around the swastika, to lift up away from the core. The person doing the vaulting then tried to get the beaded rim to sit back down on the core, causing the damage to the beaded rim. Should have been left alone, but then again, this could have even been done by the original recipient of the award.