Jan Arne S Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Hi Guys ! Would like Your opinion on this EK 1 screwback with missing screw ? Jan Arne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Arne S Posted October 11, 2011 Author Share Posted October 11, 2011 Back of EK 1 . Cross is woulted . Jan Arne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlecH Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 (edited) Hello Jan, I'm not enthusiastic about your piece, I'm no expert, but a couple of points disturb me - The back has no small peg sticking out the back, or any signs of one being there - its purpose being to hold the medal in upright position. The swastika also is much too thick. Here's a couple of pictures of my screw-back EK 1. Regards Edited October 12, 2011 by AlecH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny70 Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Hello Jan Arne, Interesting.... In my opinion it looks like an (Otto Schickle?) one piece cross that has had it's swastika removed at some stage, and unfortunately someone has tried to 're-nazify' it by applying a home-made swastika to the centre. Regards - Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlecH Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 EK 1 - Front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny70 Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Hello Alec, We posted at the same time as each other - apologies for breaking up your pictures (btw that's a beautiful Deschler you have there). As far as I am aware, these Schinkel-form one piece screwback crosses didn't have an anti-rotation pin, I imagine the vaulting combined with the screw plate would have held them quite securely. I mentioned Otto Schickle in my previous post as quite a few collectors believe that these crosses were produced by that company, although I don't believe there is any definite proof of this. Regards - Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Arne S Posted October 12, 2011 Author Share Posted October 12, 2011 Thanks Guys ! Dont think they have tried to denazi the swaz , It`s only the black paint that is removed , to make the swaz more visable . Jan Arne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny70 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 (edited) Thanks Guys ! Dont think they have tried to denazi the swaz , It`s only the black paint that is removed , to make the swaz more visable . Jan Arne Hello, I still think the cross has been de-nazified - have a look at the crushed, damaged beading on the inner corners, and the scratches on the area surrounding the swastika. The present swastika is far too large and mis-shapen for the cross. Here are a couple of images of what the swastika should look like. (Crosses and photographs are property of Ben Bijker - I hope he doesn't mind me reproducing them here. I will remove them if needs be.) Regards - Danny Variant with magnetic, one piece construction, Screw-back. from the collection of Ben Bijker. Variant with non-magnetic, one piece construction, Screw-back. from the collection of Ben Bijker. Edited October 12, 2011 by Danny70 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlecH Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Hello Alec, We posted at the same time as each other - apologies for breaking up your pictures (btw that's a beautiful Deschler you have there). Hello Danny, You are man who knows his iron crosses - you are right L/10 Deschler Iron Cross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I agree that the cross has been denazified and then someone added a swastika later (I have not seen this style of swastika on any of my crosses). Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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