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    "123" Iron Cross, 2nd Class


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    My dear Bill,

    Thank you very much. I just remembered that I had seen these pictures, on a website whose bookmark I seem to have lost. Very kind of you to post them for me. I must add one of these to my modest collection.

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    I think that this one is EK-2"113" . EK-2"123" looks differently

    Best regards!

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    Hello

    I disagree. This is a '123'. All other considerations aside, if you take the photo of the ring stamp and turn into a negative, (it helps make it easier to see the stamping), the mark is that of '123'.

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    Hello

    Nice EK. :beer: I still believe that Bill's is a '123'. The makers mark is an incuse stamp, as it is on yours and all the other '123's that I have seen, although they are on the '113's as well. From what I can make out in the photos the date numerals on Bill's and yours look the same. To properly compare closer in shots of yours would be needed to compare the beading etc.

    For comparison, here is my EK2 marked '113'.

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    Hello!

    I possibly in mistake, but look also : Gordon Williamson. The Iron Cross of 1939, Page 80

    Regards!

    Igor

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    Hello

    As I mentioned in my last post, the one in Gordons book also has the incuse marking and the slight narrowing of the stamp towards the '1'. this feature is exhibited on both yours and Bills.

    By the way, I forgot to say, welcome to the forum. :cheers:

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    Hello

    I did wonder about the roundness on the outer arms. Either I've been staring at the computer for to long or it's getting late, but my '113', your '123' and Bill's are all begining to look the same now. :speechless1:

    I'll come back to these tomorrow and do a close compare. Then I'll either be eating humble pie as I'm wrong or patting myself on the back for being right. Either way I'm enjoying the discussion. :beer:

    Speak to you later, it being Friday night I'm off to sample some refreshments. :cheers:

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    Hi All...

    Quite an interesting discussion going on here, so I have decided to throw in a 'cat among the pigeons'!...

    As previously discussed with Bill elsewhere, I purchased a very salty EKII recently (advertised as a '123'). It has a

    stamped maker mark as shown below, while it does look like 123, It is not incused relief, and does not match '125'

    or '128' stamps either. Can anyone shed any light on this one... it has been annoying me since I received it!

    Regards - Danny

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