i will spend some time to take better pics of the core sometime today. as you can tell, it's rather difficult to for me capture the core due to the graininess of the surface. plus, i'm rather inept with my ancient camera.
micha: the 1914, w, and crown on my example seem to be more pronounced than your specimen.
that's a nice ek2! and the watch fob thing is sorta interesting in the sense that the crown is nearly rubbed out--from someone's thumb? or perhaps it's merely the effects of corrosion
perhaps an insignia for a decomissioning team working with the 'allies'?? i dunno, germans had to scrap a lot of weaponry, including heavy artillery, during the postwar years
is it possible to zoom in and get a larger, clearer view of the device?
the awards i mentioned have the date '1923' on the grenade, and these pics are dated 1919, so the chances that the two may be related are kinda iffy--unless these are precursors to the official, later days or something
oh, and i just noticed one more thing: the inside of the disc ALSO has vestiges of the original protective laquer... just like a mint screwback k.m.s.t. example in my collection
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