Bronze U-Boat combat clasp.............

[Steve 5]

Gents,here is my new Bronze U-Boot frontspange, St u L made mid production, say 1960 on......lovely finish, now completes my U-Boat clasps set ! Instituted in May (Bronze) and November (Silver) 1944 by Grand Admiral Doenitz.
This award only in Silver and Bronze classes, no Gold !
Prost ! Steve.

[Steve 5]

The set................
Prost ! Steve.

[Tom B]

My favorite Naval badge ! Very nice Steve ! Tom

[Patrick08/15]

Wonderful set and very hard to find.Especially the silver one.

[Nigel N]

Very nice once again Steve!!!
Early piece in great condition with a lovely looking bronze finish!!
Interestingly, as far as I know, no U-Boat clasp with the earliest style S&L "coke bottle" pin has been seen??
The 2nd style tapering pin, as on yours, seems to be the earliest we usually see on these??
Great pair with the Silver!!!!!!!!!!
-Nigel

[Skyhawk]

Hi Steve,

Great looking U-Boat clasps!

Really nice that you have both and they match very well!

Best,

Jeff

[Tiger 1]

Very nice Steve!

I have the same pair in my collection. Next to the KCs they are my favorite '57 awards.

All the best!

Tony

[Seewolf]

Interestingly, as far as I know, no U-Boat clasp with the earliest style S&L "coke bottle" pin has been seen??
The 2nd style tapering pin, as on yours, seems to be the earliest we usually see on these??

That is correct, there has never been one shown up. By now i think that u-boat clasps with the broad pin do not exist, S&L made these only with this pin. So we shouldn´t date them all "only" 60s.

Steve, great clasp Very well cut outs on the outer line and so i´d date that one really early.

[Tom B]

That is correct, there has never been one shown up. By now i think that u-boat clasps with the broad pin do not exist, S&L made these only with this pin. So we shouldn´t date them all "only" 60s.

Steve, great clasp Very well cut outs on the outer line and so i´d date that one really early.

Believe it or not I think I saw one of these on ebay awhile back. It went for a pretty good price. Tom

[Seewolf]

Believe it or not I think I saw one of these on ebay awhile back. It went for a pretty good price. Tom

Are you really sure it was a good S&L ?

There are modern productions with a broad pin and sometimes with maker mark but i never saw a good S&L with broad pin. And believe me ....... i always have a look on these ones when they pop up.

[Tiger 1]

A couple more for the conversation. Enjoy

Tony

[Tom B]

Are you really sure it was a good S&L ?

There are modern productions with a broad pin and sometimes with maker mark but i never saw a good S&L with broad pin. And believe me ....... i always have a look on these ones when they pop up.

Well I'm far from an expert on badges. It was ebay so I kind of just looked quickly. It was on ebay Germany about two weeks ago. So?????? Tom