Bundesrepublik 1957 S&L EK1

[U Boot Kapitan]

Hello All,

Any opinions of date of manufacture of this EK1. It has an iron core.

Regards,

Jay

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[Alex K]

I would say late 70's early 80's. Early versions aka 50/60's tended to have pin and clasp arrangements similar to original wartime versions made from left over stock, later versions introduced the pin and clasp arrangement as yours

regards

Alex

Heres my version for comparison. mine seems to have a longer pin.?

[DavidM]

Hello

A good quality new form EK, dating from the mid to late 1960's. Good find.

Edited June 1, 2009 by DavidM

[U Boot Kapitan]

Cheers Alex and David

Alex... does the example you show have an iron core?

Regards,

Jay

[Alex K]

Cheers Alex and David

Alex... does the example you show have an iron core?

Regards,

Jay

Hi Jay, more than happy to concur with the comments made. I'm no expert so it could be an earlier 1960's version, the pin seems slightly shorter however than I would have expected IMHO for an early version although, not the same as those made as a collector's version. in the 80's/90's, which look like they fell out of a Christmas Cracker

To answer your question, mine is as magnetic as they come.

regards

Alex K?

[U Boot Kapitan]

Cheers Alex,

Thanks for the replies.

You are quite right about the pin... it has been slightly shortened/sharpened at some time in its past. You can just see the marks on the photo of the clip I posted. This was one of the first things I noticed about this cross

Regards,

Jay