Jewlers cased EK2 for review

[Dante Gambino]

Hey guys, Check this out if you don't mind. Piece is from a Picker in Germany. How do we tell the difference between a jewelers made cross and a standard firm?

[Dante Gambino]

case

[schönbeck]

a case that could be for anything but not an iron cross

[Dante Gambino]

a case that could be for anything but not an iron cross

So that brings me to my next question...were cases standardized even for jewelers?

[Douglas 5]

A question best put in the Case and Packet forum .

Douglas

[streptile]

How do we tell the difference between a jewelers made cross and a standard firm?

There is no difference. A few makers were primarily jewelers, most were not. So for example a 137 marked EK2 is a "jeweler-made" EK2 because JH Werner was a famous jeweler, but a Deschler is not, because Deschler made no jewelry (that I know of).

Jewelers were in the business of making awards and decorations in Germany (and France, Austria, Luxembourg, etc.) because in centuries past a jeweler's skill was required:


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[Robert P.]

What a beautiful decoration!

As usual, when Trevor speaks, it's worth listening.

Robert