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06-02-2010 11:12 AM
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Re: Fake 1939 EK2's
Danny
Thanks for showing these examples!
Why would fakers use maker marks of 333 and 666 ?
Were there genuine makers of this number? If so I have never seen them listed.
Nick
"In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem
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Re: Fake 1939 EK2's
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Danny70
Here's a few common fakes to be aware of.
(Adrian - I cannot work out how to add to the Iron Cross Fakes Database, perhaps you could move the thread for me?) Thanks!
First off, one of the infamous Floch fakes, this one is stamped '5' on the ring. Also found marked '49' and unmarked.
Great job Danny, thank you for posting these, I've added a link in the database.
Have you got any measurements for the fake Ubergrosse?
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Wolfspear
Why would fakers use maker marks of 333 and 666 ?
Were there genuine makers of this number? If so I have never seen them listed.
I wish I knew the answer to the first question but at least it helps identify them! These fakes can also be found unmarked so use the cross features to identify them and not just the spurious makers marks.
There aren't any known makers with either of these numbers.
Looking for LDO marked EK2s and items relating to U-406.....
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Re: Fake 1939 EK2's
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AdrianC
..Have you got any measurements for the fake Ubergrosse?
Adrian,
As far as I can remember, these were the famous Latvian RK's that a new use was found for. It had the same 48 x 48mm measurement as the RK, but with no trace of interference, so these were made this way by the faker and not re-worked afterwards.
Regards - Danny
Last edited by Danny70; 06-02-2010 at 12:46 PM.
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Re: Fake 1939 EK2's
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Wolfspear
Danny
Thanks for showing these examples!
Why would fakers use maker marks of 333 and 666 ?
Nick
nick, i have seen this question answered before on the forum i think ade or jb knows who the faker name was and the numbers were from his phone number when this was found out he changed the triple number again, straight up pm them and ask them i am pretty sure it was one of them
cheers ewan
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Re: Fake 1939 EK2's
Hi Nick, the "666" mark was put there as a "joke" (As we all know, 666 is the biblical Mark of the Beast in Revelations in the Bible.) After the "joke" became known, the changed it to 333. Half beast....
Cheers, Ade.
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