Kriegsmarine Schnellboot Kriegsabzeichen

**williamsong** · 03-28-2015, 06:41 PM

Hi all!

What do you think about this badge? it's original or not?
It comes with a certificate, but in the other hand, don't know if the certificate is original or no.. so both could be fakes, or both originals, what do you think?

I would like to have better photos, but this in the only ones that i have

Thank you very much!!

Kriegsmarine Schnellboot Kriegsabzeichen

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 03-28-2015 06:41 PM

We also buy and trade your items and full collections!

**harryamb2** · 03-28-2015, 07:52 PM

looks a zinc one to me that absorbed it finish.

**Norm F** · 03-29-2015, 05:33 AM

Hm... he calls it an original zincer with completely replaced reverse hardware. Base metal looks off to me, it's not like any known maker's S-Boat badge and it's heavier than any known maker's S-Boat badge. In my opinion it's likely just an old post-war fake.

Best regards,
---Norm

**Adrian Stevenson** · 03-29-2015, 07:57 AM

I don't like it at all. Not for me.

**williamsong** · 03-29-2015, 02:13 PM

Thank you very much guys, i'm going to let it go!

**martinw** · 03-29-2015, 05:05 PM

I am not too keen on this one either.

Norm has summed it up petty well i think.

Regards,Martin.

**FALLSCHIRMJAGER** · 03-29-2015, 05:14 PM

As Norm has said, that base metal does not look right at all, I have heard that towards the end of Mr Niemann's time trading there were quite a few instances of fakes being "certified" good. I'm guessing he may have had other "experts" doing the authenticating who made mistakes, so I would not hold to much credence to the certificate personally. Leon.