Peenemunde rocket base worker badge id

[guns ltd]

I have never seen or heard of these before. Does anyone know if these really existed?? Or for that matter anything about these??

John

[big ned]

Hi John,

There are genuine badges out there that were used at the Peenemunde site, but this isn't one of them, it's a fake. The real badges are totally different in appearance than this one which crops up quite regularly at auctions.

Regards, Ned.

[guns ltd]

Thanks Ned;
I was looking at some stuff on some auction sites and this junped out of the woodwork. I had never seen or heard of such a thing before.

John

[Wagriff]

Terrible quality-note the shape of the swastika and the ridiculous double stamping of the numbers. Save your money...

[Matt L]

And the red appears to be paint? Surely they'd have only used enamel. And since Peenemünde was a SECRET research station, it seems pretty funny to suggest they'd advertise on metal badges, no? LOL

[big ned]

The genuine ones i've seen are just a plain circular disc with a hole punched in them and the 3 digit numbers stamped crudely in the centre, nothing else. My guess is they were for the slave workers. They closely resemble what's known over here as a 'Miner's Tally' or even the name tag a dog has hanging from it's collar. I believe they were ground dug at the site and sold by the auctioneers Bonhams a few years back.

Regards, Ned.

[guns ltd]

thanks Ned. Does anyone have a picture of one. Just wondering??

John