DavidM Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 (edited) Hello I've just received this 1914 EK1 screwback. Three piece construction, magnetic cored. It is slightly vaulted and measures 43.42 high x 43.35mm wide. Sorry the photos aren't the best, but the daylight here in the UK isn't brillant at present. As usual, any comments or observations welcomed. Thanks. Edited October 17, 2009 by DavidM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted October 17, 2009 Author Share Posted October 17, 2009 Rear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted October 17, 2009 Author Share Posted October 17, 2009 Rear of EK without screwback device Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted October 17, 2009 Author Share Posted October 17, 2009 'Inside' view of clamshell screwback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted October 17, 2009 Author Share Posted October 17, 2009 Front view of EK without screwback attached Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted October 17, 2009 Author Share Posted October 17, 2009 Side view of EK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKeating Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Seems to be a fairly classic 3rd Reich era example - someone else here will probably be able to tell us who made it - that could have been lightly vaulted by its owner. I have had real vaulted 1914 EK1 with LDO hallmarks and they are as vaulted as their 1914-1920 counterparts. It is a nice cross and a very good catch as screwback WW1 EK1 from the WW2 era are not so common. PK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriztofer Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Hi David Nice cross, looks good to me. There has been some debate over the clamshell plates with no one really knowing which is genuine and which is a copy but, IMHO I believe yours to be the real deal. The one factor that the majority, if not all, of the original types seem to share is the small "tit" on the reverse and the sharp/defined edge on the inside circumference. Yours has it all. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted October 17, 2009 Author Share Posted October 17, 2009 (edited) Hello Many thanks for the comments, much appreciated I have just compared this one to two other vaulted 1914 EKs that I have (both are from the 1914/WW1 era), and I think I was a bit misleading with the term 'lightly vaulted'. Side by side with the two others it is as vaulted as they are, and I should have described it simply as vaulted. My fault for not comparing that first. I have been told elsewhere that this style of EK (based, I believe, on the frame and core) is thought to be by Deumer and made sometime in the 1930's. In the hand it looks much better than in these photos, (if I can I'll get a couple of better shots and post them), and I'm glad that you like it - as indeed I do. Edited October 17, 2009 by DavidM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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