Please post your 1st and 2nd pattern S-boot badges!

[Jody]

Hello folks,
(I have brought this thread back to the top from last year, since the 65th anniversary is coming up. I would like to see some more S-boot badges)

Lately I have seen some truly wonderful S-boot badges on this forum. Please post your 1st and 2nd pattern S-boots and that way we can all get a good look at what is resting in our collections.

Remember the 65th anniversary of D-Day is around the corner and lets think about the victims of the S-boot operations that took place on June 6, 1944 (the sinking of the Norwegian destroyer Svenner, which was attacked by the T-28, Moewe, Falke, and the Jaguar) and a few months prior on April 28, 1944 during Excercise Tiger (around 749 killed). May these men rest in peace!

http://www.submerged.co.uk/slapton.php

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq20-1.htm

http://www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/d-day/tiger.htm

Regards,
Jody

Here is my 1st pattern by Schwerin Berlin (obverse):

[Jody]

1st pattern S-boot

Reverse:

[Jody]

2nd pattern S-boot

Here is the obverse of my 2nd pattern by AS (IMO the best maker of the 2nd pattern):

[Jody]

2nd pattern S-boot

Reverse (does anyone have the version with the slightly dished out reverse?):

[NOR_collector]

Here is my 2nd pattern AS badge.

[Martin W]

No first pattern badge yet, but here are my second pattern badges.
AS.

[Martin W]

AS,reverse.

[Martin W]

Schwerin.

[Martin W]

Schwerin,reverse.

[sshort]

1st Pattern Schwerin

[sshort]

1st Pattern reverse side

1st pattern.

[VonStigler1]

Obverse

[VonStigler1]

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[George Stimson]

First pattern, by Schwerin.