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    u-boat U-75 badge, opinions please

    Hi all

    Got this one of ebay and was wondering if I made a good investement or simply bought another fake.
    all opinions would be much appreciated
    what I could say about is that after taking a close look at it it seams the base of it was made from zink.
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        Anyone??!!

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          #5
          what did the ebay listing say ?? could be a spanish bull fighting pin for all we know. all infomation you got would help please

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            #6
            Well known fake...
            Ohne Seemacht, keine Weltmacht !

            Collection : http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=522068

            Always interested by Kriegsmarine headgear, uniform and U-Boot related items.

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              #7
              thanks michel. just to espand this tread a little bit which is of interest to me . i got this from a ex royal navy salior who saved a u-boat crew and was given this foe saving one of the crew. all i have to date is that it was not uncommon for u-boat crews to make lucky charms. this one is on the navy guys bosums whistle chain. its made out of tourtashell .. any comments michel greatly recieved
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                rear pic.. just the shell. in the light its lovely to see
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                  Hi Chris,

                  The symbolism in this good luck charm seems to be very "ungerman."

                  Germany has a limited number of good luck symbols (horseshoe, anchor and four leaf clover). I can find the horseshoe in there twice, but the rest, especially the cat, seems to be foreign to me.
                  Cheers, Frank

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                    Would I be wrong in assuming that a citizen of the reich, after being subjected to visual images of the right-angled swasticka everywhere he looked, would then make this charm with a left-angled swasticka?

                    Perhaps that is a good luck sign I don't know about.....granted, I'm uneducated in this area, but unless done deliberately to symbolize "good luck" or something else, that seems like a very juvenile mistake to make to me. Just my opinion, feel free to correct me if you know more.

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                      #11
                      hey Chriss.
                      I thought it was my thread!!

                      Anyway Michel.......I got your point.
                      But please
                      could you say a bit more about why do you think it's a fake.
                      I don't rally know much about these badges and would love to learn a little.

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                        sorry mowgli didnt mean to anoy you as i said i posted mine as i thought might be of interest to your thread. wont happen again

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                          Originally posted by Frank Heukemes
                          Hi Chris,

                          The symbolism in this good luck charm seems to be very "ungerman."

                          Germany has a limited number of good luck symbols (horseshoe, anchor and four leaf clover). I can find the horseshoe in there twice, but the rest, especially the cat, seems to be foreign to me.
                          You forgot the Gluckschwein But I agree, the token looks ungerman, despite the story.

                          Ray

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                            You are right, Ray, but the Gl******252;cksschwein is more of a Sylvester/New Years Eve thing.
                            Cheers, Frank

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                              Could be made for veteran´s associations (the bull). But I don´t think it´s wartime produced.

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