EK1 screw back semi relic opinions?

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[Dansson]

That is a huge hoard, my biggest concern with W&H is that they did not have liscence to make EK1 from the PKZ, which was mandatory.

[pavels_2005]

Hi Dansson,

I dont think the rules of PKZ were so strict in the last years of war. Especially in Gablonz area. The licences and the rules were active at the beginning when the structure and position of Germany was strong. In the last years of war the German army was happy to get regular supplies of material ( including awards etc.) and didnt care too much from which sources.

For example a Gablonz company Adolf Scholze did produce ( in years 1944-45) U boat clasps for Schwerin Berlin including Schwerin markings. They also produced SWBs marked with PKZ umber 100 for Wachtler and Lange Mitweida. How could this be possible if they should strictly follow PKZ rules?

Another example is a Gablonz company Rudolf Geisler – a producer of EK2. As you can see he had a direct orders from PKZ , but you will never find his name as an official producer of EK2s. He was also a supplier of EK2s for Walter u. Henlein, as you can see in the price list that he prepared for Walter u. Henlein. In Gablonz the production situation was quite complicated, many companies cooperated together. Shared the technologies, built a conglomerates etc. So I think to respect any strict rules from PKZ was impossible in this area. (see the Geisler documents below)

Thatsway I think that such unknown examples of EK1s could easily come from Gablonz area at the end of war.

Best regards
Pavel

[Douglas 5]

Nice pictures there Pavel ... amazing ,

Douglas