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    Hi All! Here's one of the rarer makers - Iron Cross, 2nd Class, marked '8' from the firm of Ferdinand Hoffstatter. Would appreciate to get some opinions. Thanks.

    Posted (edited)

    Hi Tom63,

    That's a nice cross, but something about the stamped '8' is troubling me, I have a feeling that the stamp is a post-war addition. I have not seen a Hoffstatter EK2 before, but this one does not look very like the L/19 - Ferdinand Hoffstatter EK1. I think the frame on this cross looks very like the re-worked Zimmerman crosses. Can you compare your cross to this one, IMO the frames at least are identicle.

    Also, May I ask where you purchased the cross?

    Regards - Danny

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    Edited by Danny70
    Posted (edited)

    Also, May I ask where you purchased the cross?

    Regards - Danny

    My friend has bought 2 ??(mm "8") in Deutschland .Maker mark not original.

    EK ? 2

    Edited by Tom63

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