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Have a read of this thread: https://gmic.co.uk/topic/17469-not-magnetic-eks/

Chris, I will have to have another look now as I swore I could not see anything although I might be deceived. Thank you for your response!

Hi All, Just going through my collection and doing some cataloguing. I am wondering who manufactured this crude (in my opinion) EK2 1914? I’m a bit out of practice on identifying iron cross cores

Chris - I have heard opposing views on this Kriegsmarine explanation.

Yes they look like the other examples that I have seen, and actually they do appear in Maerz.

Chris, Even mineral oil? Have you tried this before?

Jason, thank you for your comment about the stamp I didn’t know that! Yes it has that beautiful blue finish.

Yes that’s right

Some beauties there. Is that an 1870 core? Would I be able to see some closer photographs of it? I am eager to know whether they rust through completely over the years

Sorry for the delayed reply - yes I agree that the cross is a CF Zimmermann example. I was told by the vendor that it was a Godet cross but this is incorrect. The core is text book Zimmermann of course

There are several examples of British soldiers being awarded the Iron Cross. Many of these soldiers appear to be medical staff situated in Sudwest Afrika. There is an Iron Cross/Military Cross group in a friend’s collection to a medical officer who fought in the Herero Wars on the German side and then in World War One on the British side. It is a very special group!

Hi all, I am going through my collection and cataloguing my medals. I am up to the cataloguing of my Iron Cross collection and came across this EKII 1914 which I thought was of extra-special quality. The ring is stamped ‘M’ and as far as I know, this is not attributed to a known manufacturer. I thought that the detailing on the cross was very nice! Perhaps it is just me, but I certainly have less high-quality examples in my collection.

Totally fine AWS

Looks fantastic! What did you fix the Iron Cross to the backing material with?

The one on the right looks gently vaulted is that correct?

I love the felt on the bottom cross! Just need to be careful that it does not affect the metal abutting it. I have always been careful with material around medals

It looks painted - from my understanding the easiest manner in which to determine originality in an 1870 cross is to look at the core

I was always under the impression that there was no manner by which to separate the individual manufacturers. How does one ascertain that this is ‘Godet’ vs any other factory?

What do you mean by ‘re-worked’? The 1870 on the core looks a little thick in the digits for my liking. The frame is clearly a 1914 frame to me. Did MFH make these in the 20th Century?

There is one on eBay marked Gesch similar to this - I wonder if this was a batch made in the 1980s?

Very nice example, you have done well. Out of curiosity is the inside of the case mobile/removable?

Two lovely EKIIs in cases on this thread

The first cross on this thread is probably one of the better made conversions that I have seen.

The EKI is actually rather nice!

That last cross is superb and the group is fantastic!