Hello, I bought this EK1 awhile back and wanted some opinions.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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original cross with a broken catch. From my phone it looks like a W &L -
Hey Boomtown, you have an Iron Cross with a brass core instead of iron. These are unusual as most have iron cores; not RARE for this manufacturer, just UNUSUAL..
Back in 1813, the Iron Cross iron cores were originally made from the melted down cannons of the enemyComment
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Hí doomtown
This the cross a Rudolf Wächtler & Lange this the manufacturer made 3 kind of inner core type
The brass ,zinc and iron , the brass the rarer the three among
because those made earlierComment
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Sanya : That is not completely correct for the W&L cores . Cores made in zink , brass , iron and also the rare solid copper core with Ni plated surface .
Hard to detect and easy to miss - I have only seen this copper core together with W&L first frame .
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Hí Douglas
Thanks the to corrections
,you have such actual type pictures ?Originally posted by Douglas 5 View PostComment
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Yes Sanya ... I do . I would not make such bold statement if I did not have one . Just lucky I guess finding one as the core was covered/plated .
Took a long time to decide to take a sharp knife and to find a less noticeable spot to perform the surgery !
I scraped through the Ni-plating on one edge on the Swastika . The incision can only be see at a very steep side view angle .
Once the copper goes dark you will not know it is there .
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Hí Douglas ,thanks for sharing this the pictures
I yet not saw such type agoComment
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