Two german imperial U-boot badges

[samland]

Is it exactly that the needle and hinge are replaced ?

[drmessimer]

Yes, or simply reattached. It has obviously been soldered, and whoever did the soldering, did a sloppy job. He let solder run all-over the back of the badge. My guess is that he used a small torch instead of a good hot iron. But the badge itself is still real--not a fake. Dwight

[samland]

Dear Dwight ! Thanks a lot !

Michael