EK 1914 EK2 1914 Maker S or 5 or 8?

[Jock Auld]

Guys,

Not much about today, this seemed a nice untouched cross with a more than generous amount of ribbon.

Maker I think is S but it could I suppose be 5 or 8 as well, whichever makes sense.

Jock

[gregM]

It's an "S" which is still an unknown maker.

[Jock Auld]

Thanks Greg I thought so but they are so bloody small it makes you wonder.

Cheers

[gregM]

Happy to help.

[saschaw]

It's an "S" which is still an unknown maker.

There are two known official EK suppliers beginning with S:

Hofgoldschmied (court gold smith) Schaper from Berlin and Hofjuwelier (court jeweller) Heinrich Schneider from Leipzig.

According to Wernitz, the "S" found on EKs stands for the latter, but I think it's much more likely to be Schaper, who made many more crosses, and thus was the more important maker.