Love Triangles

[Guest Rick Research]

Ha, that ought to confuse the google spiders! After thirty years of what I can only describe as star-crossed hard luck and probably bad karma from a previous existence, FINALLY at long long last, today I got my very first ORIGINAL 1914 EK2 on an Austrian style 40mm wide ribbon trifold.

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Every other one I ever tried for back in the Good Old Days, whether from Manion in printed catalog without illustration days, or perfectly credible mail order (when that was it, except for shows) one I ever got... when prices were such that a LOOSE ribbonless EK2 didn't cost enough difference to bother returning... always had crappy new too small "replacement" ribbons.

So there is much relief and happiness here to get a GOOD one at last! This has been a "hole" in my collection bothering me for far too long!

[joe campbell]

and rick, it was worth the wait!!

you have a fine ribbon AND cross.

i always enjoy seeing the handstitching on

the reverse of the ribbon.

the cross is in beautiful shape as well.

are the ring or eye marked?

nice addition to the family!

joe

[W McSwiggan]

Rick,

Good for you!

Now you can sleep!

Very nice.

wem

[Guest Rick Research]

It looks like F W or P W, with the bottom on the inner side of the ring. ?

Two tries... normal scan and lightened a bit:

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[Gerd Becker]

Man, if i would have known that earlier. I had a beautiful trifold-EK 2 not long ago, which i sold to an EK-collector.

But you have one now, thats important. And a nice one

[Christian L]

nice one - really!!!!!!!!!!

if you don't mind, i'd add what i bought a month ago (didn't needed 30 years - but i'm still very happy to have it) also on the correct mounted ribbon - with the wide white lines

front:

[Christian L]

reverse:

[Guest Rick Research]

Ooooo

This Austrian Gendarmerie Meister in 1932 is the ONLY person

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I have ever seen wearing THAT one!

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