Eisernes Kreuz 2nd Klasse, with packet

**SergeantStubby** · 05-06-2018, 06:29 PM

Good evening everyone,

I got my first Third Reich EK2 today, it looks genuine to me but I just wanted to check it is original. It has no makers mark, is magnetic and I'm pretty sure is made from three pieces.

It came with a packet from the maker Friedrich Orth.

Thanks in Advance!

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 05-06-2018 06:29 PM

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**Franjo Vuk** · 05-06-2018, 06:49 PM

That iron cross is original.

Best regards,
Franko

**Franjo Vuk** · 05-06-2018, 07:18 PM

Paper bag looks good to me too, although I am not absolutely sure about that, but it should be genuine as well and it maybe belongs to that EK2, because maker of that EK2 could easily be Friedrich Orth, it has frame and core very similar to my example of Orths EK2.

Best regards,
Franko

**Wilko** · 05-06-2018, 08:48 PM

I like it, nice EK2, be careful it won't be your last. They have a habit of growing on you.
Wilko

**spunkmaja** · 05-07-2018, 07:25 AM

Looks like an original set, but he cross does not seems to be Orth made.

/Jonas

**SergeantStubby** · 05-07-2018, 09:10 AM

Thanks for taking a look everyone, and also for confirming its originality Franko.

by Wilko

I like it, nice EK2, be careful it won't be your last. They have a habit of growing on you.

I'm sure you're right Wilko, hopefully there'll be many more to come!

by spunkmaja

but he cross does not seems to be Orth made.

I thought that could be the case Jonas; I don't suppose you have any idea who the maker could be if it's not Orth?

**Franjo Vuk** · 05-07-2018, 09:48 AM

It is not made by Orth definitively, I mixed up some of mine crosses. My best quess would be maker 25 Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Graveur, Gold und Silberschemiedeinnunge; Hanau. But I am far from sure regarding that.

Best regards,
Franko

**buellmeister** · 05-07-2018, 10:53 AM

SergeantStubby,

I too, cannot confirm the manufacturer of your cross. However, it is an original and congrats on another nice find.

Joel

**SergeantStubby** · 05-07-2018, 06:21 PM

Thanks Joel!

Don't worry, I'm sure I'm much worse at identifying its maker than you.

**SergeantStubby** · 05-07-2018, 06:33 PM

Thanks very much for your help Franko!

I've been trying to identify it using this: Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse - Iron Cross 2nd Class - X-DNA, but I'm not getting far as I don't really know what I'm looking for.

I'd definitely agree that it doesn't really match their Orth example though, as the '1813' on mine looks too high. Your suggestion does look like it could be a better match.