u-boat U-75 badge, opinions please

[mowgli]

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.

[mowgli]

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[mowgli]

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[mowgli]

Anyone??!!

[chris clark]

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

[Michel]

Well known fake...

[chris clark]

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

[chris clark]

rear pic.. just the shell. in the light its lovely to see

[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.

[Ken S]

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.

[mowgli]

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.

[chris clark]

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

[Lucky Duck]

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

[Frank Heukemes]

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

[Ludwig]

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