Opinions on a couple of Naval badges.

[GregK]

Hello all,

I'm asking for opinions on a couple of naval badges that are coming up for sale soon. They are from an old collection but that means nothing anymore.

The first is a Destroyer Badge that I'm 50/50 on. I initially had a good feeling on it but am not so sure anymore.

The second is an E-Boat Badge that just has me way off. I haven't handled too many of these so I can't make a fair judgement. The swastika really throws me.

I apologize for the pics but they were the best I could do at the time.

Thanks,

Greg

[GregK]

Destroyer Reverse.

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[GregK]

E-Boat Obverse.

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[GregK]

E-Boat Eagle

Notice the "stepping" on the swastika. Just doesn't sit right with me. I could be wrong though.

[GregK]

E-Boat Reverse

Thanks again for looking and I look forward to all your replies.

Thanks,
Greg

[Lorenzo Brown]

Both badges look good to me. The "stepping" on the swaz of the E-Boat is typical.

Why are you 50-50 on the GWL destroyer?

[Eric JB]

Can not see something wrong with the badges, they look ok to me.

yours Eric-Jan Bakker

[Mike Kenny]

Hi Greg,

Both badges look spot on genuine/correct to me as well. I think you can rest easy, these are NOT repros imo.

Regards
Mike K

[Joseph D'Errico]

Hi Greg,

I really like that GWL

JD

[GregK]

Thanks.

Hi all,

Thanks for your quick replies. Not being a Naval Badge guy I haven't taken the opportunity to handle too many genuine pieces. If it were a GAB, IAB, or even a PAB I wouldn't have a problem but with these I'm just not too sure. I initially had a good feeling on the Destroyer because the quality and weight are there. I did have doubts though as looking at a picture can't give you the same feeling as actually handling a genuine piece. The E-boat had me thrown. I had no idea one way or the other on that one.

Another question if I may. What would the fair market value be of these two pieces? What I mean by that is what would someone who collects these specific badges expect to pay on today's market? I'm way out of touch with these as I just never really had too much interest in them.

Thanks again,
Greg

[Gene]

These badges appear completely correct to me

[skip]

Both badges are spot on for me as well.

The GWL Destroyer in "Buntmetal" are pretty rare and I count myself lucky to own one, price point of at least 300-350
Euros in good condition.

The Schwerin E Boat is much more common (if you can call it common), I personally prefer the AS in a triangle type, for the Schwerin you can expect to pay at least 400-450Euro

Skip

[John T]

I have to concur with the other fellows, both badges look 100 percent correct to me...I had a GWL destroyer for sale on the forum back at a reasonable price and was suprised that nobody bought it considering the scarcity,

John

[GregK]

Thank you.

Hi,

Thanks for all the info that you guys provided. There are more badges similar to these in this collection. Your positive comments make me feel a little better about the rest. We'll see how it goes from here and, who knows? Maybe these will be in my collection soon enough.

Thanks again all,
Greg