Interesting Schott U-boat badge

[Patrick W]

Hi Guys

I just grabbed this one from the recent Thies auction sold as a copy however I think that was an incorrect description as IMO the badge is genuine but probably very late production.

The maker mark appears to be textbook and there are also the reverse striations present that the majority of badges exhibit. This one also has the circular milling marks on the reverse of the conning tower which you find on some examples.

Of interest is the pin which is atypical for a Schott marked example and the pressure cracks in the metal resulting from the forging/ striking process (I have seen the same on brass WW2 flight clasps by Juncker)

What do you think? Has anyone seen one with this style of pin before?

Many thanks

Patrick

[Patrick W]

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[Brian L.]

Personally, the pin bothers me. The Schott pin is typically flat, narrow with straight, slightly rounded edges and a blunt slightly rounded end (no point).

[Darrell]

The badge itself looks fine to me. The cracking is a little more (actually a lot more) than you typically see on these, but there are stress cracks on many examples.

The pin (as you say) is not what is commonly encountered, however I have seen these round type pins before in various configurations.

I would say a replacement pin (or possible variation) from the typical "square - flat" types normally encountered.

[Patrick W]

Thanks guys, hard to say about the pin- it doesn't show any sign of resoldering so I am inclined to think it is just a strange original

[Mike Kenny]

Re the pin, it looks like the entire pin was replaced. The central segment does not match the outer segments and the hinge pin appears to be poorly clipped at both ends (hard to see the top side though), indicating it is also a replacement.

I don't recall seeing a badge that cracked before! It's the maker mark stamp that does it for me - imo a 100% genuine marking.

Regards
Mike

[morel5000]

re the pin, it looks like the entire pin was replaced. The central segment does not match the outer segments and the hinge pin appears to be poorly clipped at both ends (hard to see the top side though), indicating it is also a replacement.

I don't recall seeing a badge that cracked before! It's the maker mark stamp that does it for me - imo a 100% genuine marking.

Regards
mike

+1 I agree with Mike