EK 1914 1914 Ek2 Case

[Christian J]

I've got two questions for you.

First: Is this case pre-45? (thinking that the GERMANY marking with D.R.G.M seems like a strange combination, don't know what the ROFRI might stand for)

Second if there still is hope: Is the inlay original to the case?

Pretty high quality to the piece, made of some kind of bakelite. It came with a nice FR marked piece.

[Glenn R]

From the photographs the insert looks to be original to the case and of a period type pattern. I wouldn't like to comment on the age of the case though, not seen one before.

Cheers,

Glenn.

[Tony]

Could ROFRI be Robert Friedrichs GmbH? The company was established in 1930. http://www.rofri.de/Firmenprofil/firmenprofil.html

Tony

[Riley1965]

It's good to see the ribbon retainers in good shape.

Doc

[TerryG]

Very nice and unusual. I like it a lot.

[joe campbell]

why not Deutschland rather than Germany?

at any rate, a beautiful case!

joe

[PKeating]

I've seen cases like this, but just three in more than thirty years. The "Germany" thing isn't a problem as this jeweller was probably internationally-minded. I don't think there's a problem with this case. In fact, it's gorgeous. Find a nice EK2 for it.

PK

[militaria0815]

I've seen cases like this, but just three in more than thirty years. The "Germany" thing isn't a problem as this jeweller was probably internationally-minded. I don't think there's a problem with this case. In fact, it's gorgeous. Find a nice EK2 for it.

PK

You will never find "Deutschland" on any items. It had to be "Germany", and so it is still today. It means "Made in ...".

[Christian J]

Thanks everybody.

Here it is with the cross that it came with.

(Btw Mr. Keating, when is that book of yours gonna be published?)

[DavidM]

Hello

A beautiful case. I like it.