Ebay uboot badge, real or fake

[Don D.]

Let's examine this badge currently listed on ebay.

[Don D.]

Good, bad, ugly?

[lugernut]

Is Walther Schot a known maker of Imperial U Boat badges?

[Ron P]

Hi. From here it looks like a textbook Walter Schott badge. If it is not, the fakers have really gotten good. Ron.

[Don D.]

Here is the reverse of a textbook Schott. Compare.

[BubbaZ]

Is Walther Schot a known maker of Imperial U Boat badges?

Hi,
What we know so far is that Walter Schott was a designer of Imperial u-boat badge. There is also a good chance that he subcontracted production of 'Schott-type' badges to an unknown maker and acted as the supply agent.
Cheers,
Hubert

[BubbaZ]

Let's examine this badge currently listed on ebay.

Don,
Here is similiar hardware variant posted by Erik on the Gmic:
http://gmic.co.uk/topic/42570-schott...comment=394298
Stiriations on the reverse of the ebay badge look odd to me. On accepted original Schott badges these stiriations are not that regular.
Cheers,
Hubert

[Don D.]

This badge is of course a fake being sold by ebay member porre81. https://www.ebay.com/itm/WK1-Walter-...53.m1438.l2649

If you check his auctions you will see that his fakes are getting better all the time.

[Brian L.]

This badge is of course a fake being sold by ebay member porre81. https://www.ebay.com/itm/WK1-Walter-...53.m1438.l2649

If you check his auctions you will see that his fakes are getting better all the time.

I have already warned about this seller in the past. He usually has a very few genuine items mixed in with a lot of very high-end fakes. He will not accept returns or give refunds. Steer clear of him.

This is his name and address.

Marc Poredda
Gustav-Heinemann-Str. 45
58239 Schwerte
Deutschland

[gregM]

I have already warned about this seller in the past. He usually has a very few genuine items mixed in with a lot of very high-end fakes. He will not accept returns or give refunds. Steer clear of him.

This is his name and address.

Marc Poredda
Gustav-Heinemann-Str. 45
58239 Schwerte
Deutschland

Thank you

[Ron P]

This badge is of course a fake being sold by ebay member porre81. https://www.ebay.com/itm/WK1-Walter-...53.m1438.l2649

If you check his auctions you will see that his fakes are getting better all the time.

Is the Schott logo raised instead of stamped?

[Don D.]

It is stamped but it looks a tad softer than an original so I'm leaning towards it being cast from an original badge.

[Fritz]

Among other things that badge lacks the details of an original. As suggested here before it's likely a cast "reproduction".