New EK2 "Schickle"

**Farradin** · 08-20-2010, 11:27 AM

Hi.
I just want to hear your opinions about this EK2 (Schickle)
that I bought yesterday. I got for a fair price too, 90€.

The cross is unmarked and got a magnetic center.

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 08-20-2010 11:27 AM

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**Farradin** · 08-21-2010, 11:37 AM

Was it that bad?

**enni** · 08-21-2010, 04:51 PM

by Farradin

Hi.
I just want to hear your opinions about this EK2 (Schickle)
that I bought yesterday. I got for a fair price too, 90€.

The cross is unmarked and got a magnetic center.

Hello! "GERMAN MEDAL MAKERS & THEIR MARKS" MARK WOODS.I just read that the Schinkel crosses are never marked. But usually they costs about 250€.enni

**Snni** · 08-21-2010, 06:50 PM

by enni

Hello! "GERMAN MEDAL MAKERS & THEIR MARKS" MARK WOODS.I just read that the Schinkel crosses are never marked. But usually they costs about 250€.enni

enni,
You mix two things:

The normal EK2's made by Otto Schickle, Pforzheim
and
The Schinkel type EK2

The one you are talking about are a different form of the EK2
and that is more expensive..

Do a little search on the Schinkel type, and you will see what I'm talking about.

**John Brandon** · 08-21-2010, 07:06 PM

I think this is what you mean, sorry I've pasted it straight from my website, as I sold one this week.....correct me if I'm wrong

Thanks

Eisernes Kreuz 2 Klasse 'Shinkelform' Cross

This is the very scarce 'Shinkelform' type EK2 in stone mint condition, complete with original ribbon length.Possibly by the maker Deumer The Shinkelform cross is a rare variation of this class. These were made from the 1914 dies and thus have narrower features The term 'Schinkelform' gets its name from the original designer of the Iron Cross, whose general cross form remained pretty much unchanged through the 1914 issues. When the 1939 EK was introduced, Hitler wanted the cross enlarged slightly and the overall shape slightly bigger and bolder. Many of the original makers of the 1914 continued to use up older stocks or older dies for frames to make the new 1939 versions, which were smaller and finer than the typical 1939 crosses; more like the old 1870's and 1914's. LDO regulations eventually forced the licensed makers to switch to the broader frame. Therefore, the 1939 'Schinkelform' crosses are a somewhat rarer variation

**Adrian** · 08-22-2010, 02:26 PM

A nice example of an Otto Schickle EK2, not a Schinkel.

**Farradin** · 08-22-2010, 02:29 PM

Thanks for replyin guys!
And yes, "Schickle" NOT "Schinkel"

How common are otto Schickle made EK2s?

**Adrian** · 08-22-2010, 02:47 PM

by Farradin

How common are otto Schickle made EK2s?

You do see them from occasionally but they are, in my opinion, quite a rare maker to find. Even harder to find an L/15 marked example.
Here are both of my Schickle EK2s, first an unmarked cross, second a marked one.....