Another EK2 identification

[Alex K]

Hi all, another EKII I've had for ages, but can't quite identify the maker, I've looked at it from all angles but still not certain, the best I can come up with is CD? any ideas

thanks, regards

 

Alex

[bolewts58]

CD is Carl Dillenius, Pforzheim. Although this is not a typical Dillenius core.

[Alex K]

Hi Thanks for the additional information

regards

[saschaw]

Have to agree with bolewts58, this is certainly no "CD" cross!

 

However, I still cannot read the mark...

 

 

Edited July 20, 2022 by saschaw

[graham]

Fr?

[Alex K]

7 hours ago, graham said:

Fr?

Hi, i've since aquired an FR, might compare them, thnx

[saschaw]

21 hours ago, Alex K said:

Hi, i've since aquired an FR, might compare them, thnx

I'm sorry to say so, but due to all the core swapping and so on among the official makers of Great War era award type crosses, this will not necessarily lead to any conclusion.

 

However, the mark doesn't read as "Fr." to me, to be honest. But a nice cross still remains a nice cross, nonetheless!

 

 

Edited July 22, 2022 by saschaw

[graham]

I had some fun in flipping the marking and then flipping it again to get this:

 

     

 

Not ideal I know but maybe something, very hard to tell.

 

 

 

[Peter Cornwell]

Graham,

 

That's a more than fair comparison to at least one known example of a Friedlander EKII ring stamp with its typical curved panel edges. The EKI Fr stamp took a very different form. I'm sold.

[Marcus66]

Here is my CD 800 marked cross.  Carl Dillenius Crosses are quite distinctive in a number of areas.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 21, 2022 by Marcus66