Hi to all! I tried to make a thread yesterday about some KM badges with diamonds, but it was a very difficult task (near impossible ), since there where so many fakes and replicas (that I wasn't aware of). Thanks to the help of members that told me about those badges, I now have a little more info on what may be useful to post here or not.
That being said, I'm gonna make a thread about a rare badge that I think we can make a good database of photos, data and info. Checking for real ones, and also fakes. Attributed badges are the main goal
U-boat War Badge with Diamonds
The U-boat War Badge with Diamonds was a special issue award given to U-boat commanders who had received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. This award was not given based on certain merits and was not an official war decoration, but instead it was given as an additional token of regard to Oak Leaves recipients. It was usually presented after the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves was awarded.
It was instituted in 1941 and the badge was similar in design to the U-boat War Badge. Manufactured by the firm of Schwerin in Berlin, it was made of gilding silver and had nine small diamonds inlaid on the swastika with the medal. Approximately 30 were awarded with Admiral Karl Dönitz being one of the recipients. However, he uniquely wore a special version in which the wreath as well as the swastika was inlaid with diamonds. Dönitz also wore his WWI U-Boat War Badge alongside this badge on his uniform.
Recipients of the U-boat War badge with Diamonds:
1. Fregattenkapitän Albrecht Brandi
2. Korvettenkapitän Heinrich Bleichrodt
3. Korvettenkapitän Otto von Bülow
4. Admiral Karl Dönitz (special grade)
5. Korvettenkapitän Carl Emmermann
6. Kapitanleutnant Engelbert Endrass
7. Kapitänleutnant Friedrich Guggenberger
8. Korvettenkapitän Robert Gysae
9. Korvettenkapitän Reinhard Hardegen
10. Kapitän zur See Werner Hartmann
11. Korvettenkapitän Werner Henke
12. Fregattenkapitän Otto Kretschmer
13. Kapitänleutnant Hans-Günther Lange
14. Korvettenkapitän Georg Lassen
15. Fregattenkapitän Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock
16. Fregattenkapitan Heinrich Liebe
17. Kapitän zur See Wolfgang Lüth
18. Korvettenkapitän Johann Mohr
19. Kapitänleutnant Rolf Mützelburg
20. Kapitän zur See Karl-Friedrich Merten
21. Korvettenkapitan Gunther Prien
22. Kapitänleutnant Joachim Schepke
23. Korvettenkapitän Adalbert Schnee
24. Kapitän zur See Klaus Scholtz
25. Kapitän zur See Viktor Schütze
26. Korvettenkapitän Herbert Schultze
27. Fregattenkapitän Reinhard Suhren
28. Kapitänleutnant Rolf Thomsen
29. Fregattenkapitän Erich Topp
30. Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (disputed)
That being said, I'm gonna make a thread about a rare badge that I think we can make a good database of photos, data and info. Checking for real ones, and also fakes. Attributed badges are the main goal
U-boat War Badge with Diamonds
The U-boat War Badge with Diamonds was a special issue award given to U-boat commanders who had received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. This award was not given based on certain merits and was not an official war decoration, but instead it was given as an additional token of regard to Oak Leaves recipients. It was usually presented after the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves was awarded.
It was instituted in 1941 and the badge was similar in design to the U-boat War Badge. Manufactured by the firm of Schwerin in Berlin, it was made of gilding silver and had nine small diamonds inlaid on the swastika with the medal. Approximately 30 were awarded with Admiral Karl Dönitz being one of the recipients. However, he uniquely wore a special version in which the wreath as well as the swastika was inlaid with diamonds. Dönitz also wore his WWI U-Boat War Badge alongside this badge on his uniform.
Recipients of the U-boat War badge with Diamonds:
1. Fregattenkapitän Albrecht Brandi
2. Korvettenkapitän Heinrich Bleichrodt
3. Korvettenkapitän Otto von Bülow
4. Admiral Karl Dönitz (special grade)
5. Korvettenkapitän Carl Emmermann
6. Kapitanleutnant Engelbert Endrass
7. Kapitänleutnant Friedrich Guggenberger
8. Korvettenkapitän Robert Gysae
9. Korvettenkapitän Reinhard Hardegen
10. Kapitän zur See Werner Hartmann
11. Korvettenkapitän Werner Henke
12. Fregattenkapitän Otto Kretschmer
13. Kapitänleutnant Hans-Günther Lange
14. Korvettenkapitän Georg Lassen
15. Fregattenkapitän Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock
16. Fregattenkapitan Heinrich Liebe
17. Kapitän zur See Wolfgang Lüth
18. Korvettenkapitän Johann Mohr
19. Kapitänleutnant Rolf Mützelburg
20. Kapitän zur See Karl-Friedrich Merten
21. Korvettenkapitan Gunther Prien
22. Kapitänleutnant Joachim Schepke
23. Korvettenkapitän Adalbert Schnee
24. Kapitän zur See Klaus Scholtz
25. Kapitän zur See Viktor Schütze
26. Korvettenkapitän Herbert Schultze
27. Fregattenkapitän Reinhard Suhren
28. Kapitänleutnant Rolf Thomsen
29. Fregattenkapitän Erich Topp
30. Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (disputed)
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