EK 1914 1914 ek2 'L W'

[Eric Stahlhut]

obverse

[Eric Stahlhut]

reverse

[Eric Stahlhut]

mark

[Eric Stahlhut]

p.s. there is a possibility this could be marked ' I W '...

[avadski]

Nice one. How much does it weight? The frame looks like an aluminum 3rd reich era piece on the other hand the core seems to be 'heavy' WW1 iron.

[joe campbell]

Nice one. How much does it weight? The frame looks like an aluminum 3rd reich era piece on the other hand the core seems to be 'heavy' WW1 iron.

nice imperial cross.

the MM is LW. IW is not one i've ever seen.

joe

[Kriztofer]

Beautiful, minty EK2 you have there Eric. It is LW, look at the space between the top of the L & the top of the W, to accommodate horizontal part of L.

On IW marked crosses this space is very small between the two letters. I would also say that it isn't a TR era piece due to the MM. I believe most TR replacements pieces, in schinkel form, were unmarked or had a number.

I've darkened the contrast of your photo a little and you can see the L better and paired it with an IW MM (Iohann Wagner) for comparison

Chris

[frontkampfer]

:jumping:

Hello gents !!

That's right for me it's a LW mark !

Here's one of mine !

[Steve campbell]

Looks like LW to me, a known mark. This is not a TR era piece. I believe the frame has been cleaned or polished, giving it the look of the TR era "new silver" frame.