U-Boots Kriegsabzeichen, real or fake?

[partisan]

Please, can you say me what do you think about this Uboot badge?





Thanks

partisan

[Little Mermaid]

If you ask me - I like it, it has a nice eagle, a nice swaz and the wreath looks very even.

Have you been offered this from the same seller who has the Tellermutzen for sale?

[Adrian Stevenson]

I would look much closer.

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Cheers, Ade.

[Little Mermaid]

Ick, bad day

[Adrian]

Yep, the link Ade has posted is in the sticky 'Useful Reference Links' thread at the top of this forum.

[talltom]

i love the junker screw back looks beutiful the one shown at the top is just to soft if you look at the eagles feet (back) you will see what i mean

[Adrian]

Note the propeller is also missing from the badge above, compare to the originals on Gordon's site.

[MickeyM]

Hello Partisan,

Not an expert so wait for more knowledgeable people to comment but IMO...

I have seen this design before (always without propeller); usually with thin horizontal needle pin (not this pin/hinge set-up as either solid back or hollow back but ALWAYS UNMARKED. In my opinion its one of the sub badges' variants with the better designed eagles (with Juncker, early (long neck) Schwerin, 5 feather variant etc) but this design is definitly not a Schwerin design so its either a repro or at best it could even be an original early specimen of this variant that was "enhanced" with a desirable maker mark to make it more credible/valuable. Either way not something you would want for your collection. Lots of original Schwerin badges marked & unmarked for sale on various sites (eg: Weitze, emedals etc) and discussed on various forums and reference books. If I were you I would do some research and comparare designs first before buying

Regards

JC

[Kradmelder]

Hi partisan,

IMO a fake.Kriegsmarine are not my collecting field,but i think it is a very simple copy.MickeyM said it,not only the design is bad....

Regards
Joachim