Strange Maker Mark on EK2 1939!

[5tefan]

This is my catch from Rennerod. I was late, but I could find some interessting EK2 ;-)

Never ever seen this maker mark on a EK2 1939!

From what maker is this "R"?

[Tom B]

More photos would help. The "R" looks post war IMO Tom

[Volksgrenadier 44]

I must say my first reaction Just from general experience was Postwar like Tom BUT im no expert so wait for the lads with better knowledge.

All the best,


Ross

[ben bijker]

It's the R from Rennerod!!!


I really don't have a clue, not something I have seen before..
Can you shown us the rest of the cross??

[5tefan]

Maybe the Imperial EK2 collectors could help here?

[ben bijker]

Have you posted it there as well Stefan?

They usually don't look over here, so it might take a while before you get a reply...

[5tefan]

Have you posted it there as well Stefan?

They usually don't look over here, so it might take a while before you get a reply...

Hi Ben, thanks for the hint. I post it there too:
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=700339

[Gew44]

Sorry Stefan but I think me too this mm is not the factory mark.

Somebody added a mm for add value, not all the strange marking are a new discovery or mistery, ever IMHO.

I post my EKII marked "2" & "800".... but is not a silver Juncker.

[5tefan]

Sorry Stefan but I think me too this mm is not the factory mark.

Somebody added a mm for add value, not all the strange marking are a new discovery or mistery, ever IMHO.

I post my EKII marked "2" & "800".... but is not a silver Juncker.

I agree, your EK2 has nothing to do with Juncker.

[5tefan]

Usual I don’t want to show the cross until I got an answer to the maker mark.
For me it is more important to check the authenticity of the maker mark from the jeweler Alfred Rösner from Dresden and the maker mark design should be from the time periode after July 1941.
So I hope to see a similar maker mark like on this Otto Schickle EK2! I saw one similar maker mark on a KVK2 ring and this is why I’m thinking that this maker mark is war time.
But the confidence level of something never seen before is not easy to reach like this L/56 marked EK1.
That someone build a maker mark from Rösner late design to add on a ring to increase the value, is not my feeling.
I think the rest of the production from Otto Schickle was distributed to Maker or Jeweler with the licence to sell WW2 Awards and remarked by them, because of if someone will order furthermore from the firm Schickle, makes itself liable to penalty.

[5tefan]

And at least the EK2 marked with "R"

[ben bijker]

If the mark is legit it could be an explanation.
But over the years a lot of awards had some weird mark added to increase the value...

Hard to say if it's good or not...

[Gew44]

Dear Stefan,
yours is a plausible and intelligent answer.

But, always IMHO, we are always dealing with hypotheses, at least until they appear in other crosses marked so, then I think we really talk about marking uncommon.

I don't think that are made only one and nothing else, surely your EKII is very beautiful and I like it, regardless of the brand.

Hello and thanks for sharing