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This one dropped in yesterday-Maker marked Fr.W. The W. is stamped in a box,but standing at the head when you look at the Fr.! There are many different variations of this maker-or could all these Fr markings be different makers? Well,I haven't seen a "Fr.W." stamped EK2 before,but I know there are EK1 with this stamp...... Micha

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Here are more pics of the ribbon-if you need scans in a higher resolution-no problem! Micha

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I think the majority of the EK collectors are hunting the '39 stuff....OK-here I'm posting a nice screwback Ek,maker marked L/57.Nothing spectacular,but not so easy to find..... Micha Obverse

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At the moment I'm not in the mood to post some '39 EKs(yes,I've got a few...) So here is my only 1870 EK at a non combatant ribbon. The EK shows some age and is far away from beeing minty My plan for next year....to get some more 1870ies.Hope you like it......

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After Joe's great "Viktoria" EK,these two little EKs are more common....but I think they are also from the 20ies! After a look at the cores it seems to be this two EKs where made by the same maker-The one with the "sunburst" screw exist also in a '39 variation.....the core without the blob,but the same tool markings at the frame like the "Deumer" without the blob........But my one is the 2nd frame...no "flaws" Anyway-here are the pics.... Micha

I think we should concentrate more on the frames-The "square" marked EKs and the "CD 800" are nearly,if not totally similar-but right now we are unable to trace that markings to a maker...so maybe we should have a closer look at the frames.So who's collecting 1914 EKs made in the '39 timeframe? I must pass-I never was interested in these..... Micha

That's a really high quality section! Amazig collection.......congratulations! Micha

Well done,Bill-I can't say anything about the bag because I don't collect them,but that S&L is a beauty! I would really like to add something new to my collection......the marked is dryed out at the moment! Micha

Joe, I've asked a fellow collector about this one-he said it's shurly an original(no modern reproduction).The timeframe could be from 1918-1945.The kind of screw that was used here indicates it somewhere in the 20ies(just my own opinion).The crown looks very"flat" to me(another point that would speak for mid 20ies piece)-is the core magnetic? I would suggest it's non magnetic....But back to the maker-I've done a research in my own EK archive-Johannes Wagner? We've got several "Wagner" markings on 1914 EKs-Two variations of WS stamped pieces(totally different),S-W,JWS....a lot of different Wagner stamps on the 2nd class EKs-to make along story short-no matching core(from what I can see on your pics...) but why would have "Wagner" used a new type of core? The crown looks like the "Meybauer"style,but the numbers doesn't match(remember the nearly closed 4 from PM and G marked EKs)Maybe we could find out more when we have a closer look at the frame-but therefore we need bigger and better pics-the last ones are a little bright! Uh...hard work for me to write in english -sorry for my bad grammar.......I apologise! Micha

Hmmm-the core of my "square" marked pinback doesn't match......my CD 800 marked EK doesn't match,too! The trace is lost again ...... Micha

I don't know it's the right place to post,but have a look at this page-Lots of information about the Saxon orders,medals,cases ect.......but it's all in german! Micha http://www.sachsens-orden.de.vu/

Tony, there are more than 70 variations ! They're endless-I've got more than 100 of them......and there is just a handfull of makers without variations!Good hunting Micha

Joe, that's a real beauty!Have you got it from evilbay.de? Anyway-I like it-could you post a bigger shot of the obverse? I ask because the "square" marked EKs are close to/identical the "CD 800"iron crosses.So if the screw would be the original to your EK......that could help to identify this maker! Regards Micha