EK 1914 ?bergrosse EK 2?

[Chris Boonzaier]

While fishing for pics of EKs for the Imperial EK book project a collector told me he can send me pics of his 48mm ?bergrosse EK2......

Nothing unusual you say... they come up from time to time.....

maybe... but he is talking WW1 ?bergrosse !!!!!!!

Has anyone seen anything like this before ??

[joe campbell]

weitze has, from time to time, what he calls

an ubergrosse, 1914, which as i recall is a one

piece 1914 ek 1 which measures 44x44mm.

not sure if the same holds true for a 1914 ek2.

joe

[Daniel Murphy]

Chris,

I think that anything that could be called a 1914 Ubergrosse, was made after 1939. Joe, I also saw that and I have the EK2 match to Weitze's EK1 by the same unknown maker. It is one piece Zinc or pot metal and measures 44mm. Not that much larger, but much thicker so that it would not break easily. The EK2 on the right is a standard S-W.

Dan Murphy

[Guest Rick Research]

I would agree with a post-1939 manufacture.

Here's my UGLY sloppy crappy 43mm x 43mm WW2 replacement on a Frackspange:

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It's a monster, alright.

[joe campbell]

really, rick....

if you feel THAT way about it,

simply place it in a plain brown

wrapper and send it to me...

joe

[joe campbell]

does this qualify?

exactly 44 mm, one piece,

and relatively thick.

joe

[joe campbell]

reverse.

joe

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

I agree the post 39 WW1 crosses in 44mm "LDO size" are a bit bigger than regular WW1 crosses.... but he mentioned a 48mm one in RK size.

[Daniel Murphy]

Joe,

That really is an odd one. Like it was meant to to be used as a money clip or clipped on a suit pocket. Chris, If he ever sends you the pics, I would love to see them. The weird thing about Imperial Iron Crosses is, you just never know what you might find.

[JensF.]

This is the largest one I have:

[Chris Boonzaier]

This is the largest one I have:

And just "how large" is yours? nudge, nudge....wink, wink.....

[JensF.]

I don't know!

Haha, don't ask me where I have it, but the ribbon has the "standart" width of about 25 mm.