Ralph A Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 1/4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ralph A Posted June 13, 2005 Author Share Posted June 13, 2005 4/4. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gregory Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Hmmm.The 800 and the other illegible stamp are quite unlike anything I have ever seen on a 1914 cross.If it were a Knight's Cross, then I would probably just ignore it (because I don't know enough about them, don't have the patience to discuss them and I think they are vastly overrated), but it doesn't look right here, somehow.Did this cross just happen to have these marks or were they a selling point?/David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph A Posted June 14, 2005 Author Share Posted June 14, 2005 It was given to me. I helped a guy with an e-bay problem and he sent it to me gratis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gregory Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Blimey. Has anyone else got one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph A Posted June 14, 2005 Author Share Posted June 14, 2005 Closer look reveals a moon and crown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave B Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Closer look reveals a moon and crown.←Hmm,very unusual.Its definitely a standard KO made EK2 but I have never seen one with the silver marks(crown and moon) before or one with an 800 mark in that position.Nice cross though!! :food-smiley-004: Maybe Gordon has seen one before?Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gregory Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Ralph,You always seem to strike a very nice balance of lighting and finish. Is there a secret to cleaning an EK to turn out that nice or did it just come that way?Cheers,David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph A Posted June 14, 2005 Author Share Posted June 14, 2005 (edited) Crowns. Top = obverse. What I thought was damage or a dye flaw on the reverse crown seems only to be a gob of black paint. Perhaps, after all, this is a good KO - with some unusual silver stampings?(Finish: I suspect it was polished by the previous owner. There is not a hint of tarnish.) Edited June 14, 2005 by Ralph A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Very nice, and very unusual. I have only ever seen one other 1914 EK2 with the 800 mark on the frame but without the crown and crescent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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