EK2 1914 - maker We?

[Uffz. Rohleder]

Hello all, 

I got this nice EK2. It's marked with "We"

Edited February 8, 2019 by Uffz. Rohleder
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[Uffz. Rohleder]

[Uffz. Rohleder]

After a closer look it looks more like "We"

[Alex K]

Hi my list shows "We" as "Unknown maker" unfortunately, so we may never know

[Uffz. Rohleder]

4 hours ago, Alex K said:

Hi my list shows "We" as "Unknown maker" unfortunately, so we may never know

Thanks Alex. I didn't had one of those "We" crosses so it's ok 

[buellmeister]

I concur.  It is a beautiful Cross by the way

Joel 

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[Alex K]

I understand it's quite uncommon

[ixhs]

Hi, you can find them also in a 1st class.

"we" is the only marker which made a stamp into the eyelet.

As i began collecting somebody said: "we" means Weckwerth - but i do not know a Jeweller "Weckwerth".

so it is still unknown.

 

[Alex K]

7 hours ago, ixhs said:

Hi, you can find them also in a 1st class.

"we" is the only marker which made a stamp into the eyelet.

 

Maybe not, I have a Friedlander made piece, ring and Eyelet stamped

 

 

 

[OTTER76]

We is offently refered as JH.Werner

[Alex K]

2 hours ago, OTTER76 said:

We is offently refered as JH.Werner

Werner had some commercial ties with Godet, so it could make sense, still, a very uncommon "Maker"

[ixhs]

Yes, i could be Werner, but this info is not 100 % sure.

 

[saschaw]

On 22/02/2019 at 07:15, ixhs said:

Yes, i could be Werner, but this info is not 100 % sure.

Then nothing is 100%, it seems. "We." 1st class crosses are considered to be early war award types, and there were only five makers to supply the GOK with 1st class crosses until 1917: Joh. Wagner & Sohn, Sy & Wagner, J. Godet & Sohn, Gebr. Friedländer and J. H. Werner - all from Berlin. In my eyes, everything fits perfectly with this attribution...

 

On 13/02/2019 at 05:08, Alex K said:

Maybe not, I have a Friedlander made piece, ring and Eyelet stamped

Alex, I think ixhs was referring to maker marks in the eyelet only, not to additional workers' marks and such... those are indeed known for some few more makers.

Edited January 2, 2020 by saschaw