Who's the maker of this EKI?

[ynot]

Hello all,

Do any of you know who the maker of this EKI could be?

Thanks

Tony

[ynot]

Obverse

[Laurence Strong]

The ribbing on the side makes me think Souval, but I could be wrong?

[Mike Kenny]

Hi,

Why Souval?? It doesn't have the beading characteristics of Souval wartime crosses on the outer corners.

I'd suggest it's an unmarked Deumer. Tony, if you could show an image of the catch in profile (you can get a half-decent scan of this if you tilt the cross), that would help.

Regards
Mike K

[Laurence Strong]

Why would it be "war time" I was just going by the flat ribs! Trying to learn

[Mike Kenny]

Hi,

Laurence, this 57er appears to be a high quality early example and my assumption is that it would have been produced from wartime dies, if not actually using left-over wartime components (except the core obviously). Wartime Souval crosses do not feature this beading pattern to the best of my knowledge. The beading on Tony's example, including the die flaws on the 9 o'clock arm, appear to match marked L/11 crosses.

Regards
Mike K

[Laurence Strong]

Hi Mike Thanks for the Info

[meriksson]

I do think this is a Steinhauer/Lyck look at the left rim and you will see the typical S/L die flaws.

Mikael

[ynot]

Thanks very much for the replies guys.

Here are some pictures of the catch and the rib flaw on the left arm. Are you still there Mike, I think it's early evening in Oz at the moment?

Is the flaw to the rib the one you meant Mikael?

I have a Luftwaffe award in the qualification badges section which no one seems interested in so I'd be grateful if any of you can help me out on that one too.

Tony

[ynot]

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[ynot]

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[Mike Kenny]

Hi Tony,

I should have specified a shot of the catch profile taken from the bottom but I can see enough to say that imo the catch has the classic Deumer semi-circular profile (ie not flatwire and not round-wire but flat on the inside and rounded on the outside). The beading and flaws on the 9 o'clock arm still appear to match my wartime Deumer EK1.

Regards
Mike K

[Peter Wiking]

That is a Deumer. A Deumer has more straight arm than a S&L. To me the coils ((((( match the ones in a wartime Deumer. The needle and catch is Deumer.

Cheers.
Peter

[ynot]

Thanks very much to all of you.

Tony