Weird EK1

[jani_tiainen]

Dear Friends,

I will show you one totally bizarre EK1 I have. I have theories of why it looks like that, but will be happy to hear yours too.

1. First of all, the core is in wrong position, 90 degrees to the right (Or If you think from the reverse point of view, there is vertical pin.

But that is not the weirdest part...

[jani_tiainen]

2). There are signs that show this cross has been disassembled and later put together again.

3.) The core is magnetic

4.) The year 1939 is not made by stamping the iron core with press, it has been hand finished quite rudely.

[jani_tiainen]

and for sure repainted

Why has someone made Frankenstein EK1 out of original EK1?

Frames looks like they have been underground and heavily polished. Could this be extreme restoration of ground dug cross ? But why screw removed?

Regards,
Jani

[boch_62]

Wow swaz and date are hand-chiseled (gouged) in the metal - true handicraft
Such a thing I have not seen yet.

Regards
Jarek

[ERIC LIN]

sorry

All wrong materials for what I can see.......

[Douglas 5]

Now that is certainly different .

Douglas

[AndyC]

To me it looks like a EK1 that was denazified and then nazified again


Andy

[Douglas 5]

De-Nazified ... hmm --> possible .... core replaced or reworked -- too badly corroded core I think ... that is probably what led up to 'working' on this EK .
See .. the date should not have been touched at all if the Swas was removed ??? Is this a salvaged original core or a new core all together ?
The new core= new Swas may have been pounded in a pre-made form and attached - the picture shows some kind of base .
The 1939 date was most likely to difficult to do ... so add a metal weld blob that was ground/carved out to re-maked a 1939 date and core painted ?
Why the spot on the back .... The pin seams original and not replaced . Unless a maker mark was removed( very remote) : - guessing a lump/bump was smoothed/ground off ...
... this could have come from pounding the Swas in the original core 'down' in the frame would have left a bulge on the back plate !
As you say the frame has been apart - yes a restoration attempt to 'renew' the core - done by an amature . A lot of work went into this for sure !
I do not see this cross ever having a screw post . With out having it hand to examine the sides hard to say if the front and back are from the same cross or from different crosses ??
Now the core not placed correctly : mistake or intentional ...- who knows ??

Douglas

[sanya13]

to me it seems as if the year number
been hammered

[jani_tiainen]

Thanks for your input.

I personally believe someone has handmade the total core. Why did he do so? is the another question.

I will try to see If I can tell the original maker from the frames.

I dont understand the filled hole on the reverse unless there was a screw. No professional gold smith has touched the core The dark metal, that fills the screw hole is tin...

I have seen some very bizarre creations eq. completely hand made Finnish WW2 campaign crosses. I guess some veterans in that case were "Do it your self men"

Jani