I thought that the brass cores were early war and the stamped metal cores late war... so what gives with this one? I don't doubt its originality, but is the stamped brass core an anomaly?...
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I've looked and looked at this cross over the last few days and still come back to the same question. One can see that the core (the swastika in particular) was hollow, not solid. It was stamped hollow. At least it looks that way to me. My question is - were some cores solid by some makers while others were 'hollow' stamped? Am I asking that right? Was the swastika and date(s) solid on some maker's cores?
Robert
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Interesting W&K EK1 you have there Ausgang . As Ben mentioned brass cores were used through the war and mid to late made crosses supposed to be LDO pieces only . At the start many used non-iron cores like W&L did . Before the 'L/' marking was mandatory there was no way to determine if a cross was issued or bought ??
Looking at yours I see a first type core which would indicate an early cross . The hollow core would mean it was a core for the EK1 only . W&L produced a few different non-magnetic core combinations . ... like solid copper Ni plated and painted ... brass plated and painted and plain brass painted . Plated brass and only painted brass cores exist with the 1st and 2nd core dies and 1st and 2nd frame dies . The use of brass cores had stretch over years to create this many variations .
Regardless of the combination I was wondering what frame type that one has and if the frame has any traces of lacquer on it ? Types shown below .
Douglas
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