ek spange combo for reveiw

[cobra-2001]

I believe the spange on the ek1 is the one they say is made by schmidthaussler or other wise said unknow maker. The iron cross on this one is a original CD cross. The bottom has the wave under the letters. Thank you in advance Cliff

[cobra-2001]

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[cobra-2001]

ek

Hi I see 77 people looked at it and nobody replied ?

[rbminis]

The spange appears to be an original Eugen Schmidhäußler. Can't help with the EK I though.
Ralph.

[Patrick W]

Tough item to judge as rare and exotic bit both parts are good and the setup is convincing so my guess would be original. Have a look in the Niemann guide there are a number of versions pictured

[cobra-2001]

Hi Ralph and Patrick thank you both for your comments. I will check that out Patrick .

[Jean-Claude]

No expert and very hard to judge these but I likeit. The components look original, the hardware and assembly look credible and I particularly like the fact that Schmidthaussler and CD are both Pfzorheim manufacturers

Regards

JC

[cobra-2001]

Ek

Hi JC thank you . I learn a lot from the post of a spange 1st class just like this one and you had pointed out other threads again thank you Cliff

[tinmantis]

I totally agree with JC
obviously hard to be 100% on these, but I like what I see
regards
jon

[BlaineLeamon87]

Does anyone know who the maker of the EK1 is? As in what does CD stand for or is this another unknown maker?

Blaine

[streptile]

Carl Dilenius.

[all1knew]

Hello all,

In my opinion, the combination is postwar assembled. The finish is not typical for a ES Spange and it's almost like the piece was stripped and then re-patinaed. Both the Spange and the EK are unquestionably authentic but who knows when it was soldered together. One must approach these with caution.

William Kramer

[all1knew]

Here's a piece I got out of the woodwork some time back. You can see the highlights have tarnished over the years much different than the pebbled areas. You can also see on the reverse remnants of the original finish on both the cross and spange itself. The piece that starts this thread is void of these traits.

William Kramer

[andrewb]

Wow, now that's one hell of a set up William. Very nice.

Regards,
AB.

[cobra-2001]

Here's a piece I got out of the woodwork some time back. You can see the highlights have tarnished over the years much different than the pebbled areas. You can also see on the reverse remnants of the original finish on both the cross and spange itself. The piece that starts this thread is void of these traits.

William Kramer

The finish on mind is the same on the back on both pieces . If one was worn from early war I would expect to see it well worn not a lot of finish left on it . I would expect they would have cleaned it often due to the weather out side .I have to say the two look very sloppy put togather on the front or maybe a close up would show better of the front where they go togather. It looks like the solder is coming out the front. I will say the finish looks to be the same on both the cross and the spange. The shell screw backs I was told these were found on a lot of post war souval pieces.Cliff