Lets try now to identify all known High Seas Fleet badges if we can. I will update this list as changes become evident.
This is the last badge of this project, all the others have been covered to the best of our ability and I want to thank those that took the time to contribute to the research involved.
Many of these have several variations. While some examples are posted on this thread, a search of the KM forum will give examples of most of the others. Please feel free to improve this list and post examples if you have them.
A comprehensive classification of Fleet badge variations can also be found here: Classification of Fleet Badges based on obverse design
TOMBAK
C. Schwerin & Sohn, Berlin (marked) Posted, several variants -- see study by Mike Kenny: The Schwerin Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet War Badge
ZINC
C. Schwerin & Sohn, Berlin (marked) Posted
Steinhauer and Lück, Lüdenscheid (unmarked) - attributed - Posted, several setups: wire pin/classic catch, wire pin/"question mark" catch, "Juncker-like" setup, and inverse taper wide pin; this was identified as an "F&B" in "War Badges of the Kriegsmarine" but is probably S&L based on latest research. No L/21 marked badges have been discovered to date.
B.H. Mayer, Pforzheim (L/18) Posted
Rudolf Souval, Vienna (R.S.) Posted
Friedrich Orth, Vienna (f.o.) Posted, cast-in fittings, hybrid fittings and separate fittings
Richard Simm & Söhne, Gablonz (R.S.&S.) Posted; reference link: Richard Simm & Söhne (RSS) HSF badge
Alois Rettenmaier, Schwäbisch-Gmünd (unmarked) - attributed - (formerly called "flatback") - Posted
"Bacqueville" or "French-made" - controversial - Posted
This is the last badge of this project, all the others have been covered to the best of our ability and I want to thank those that took the time to contribute to the research involved.
Many of these have several variations. While some examples are posted on this thread, a search of the KM forum will give examples of most of the others. Please feel free to improve this list and post examples if you have them.
A comprehensive classification of Fleet badge variations can also be found here: Classification of Fleet Badges based on obverse design
TOMBAK
C. Schwerin & Sohn, Berlin (marked) Posted, several variants -- see study by Mike Kenny: The Schwerin Kriegsmarine High Seas Fleet War Badge
ZINC
C. Schwerin & Sohn, Berlin (marked) Posted
Steinhauer and Lück, Lüdenscheid (unmarked) - attributed - Posted, several setups: wire pin/classic catch, wire pin/"question mark" catch, "Juncker-like" setup, and inverse taper wide pin; this was identified as an "F&B" in "War Badges of the Kriegsmarine" but is probably S&L based on latest research. No L/21 marked badges have been discovered to date.
B.H. Mayer, Pforzheim (L/18) Posted
Rudolf Souval, Vienna (R.S.) Posted
Friedrich Orth, Vienna (f.o.) Posted, cast-in fittings, hybrid fittings and separate fittings
Richard Simm & Söhne, Gablonz (R.S.&S.) Posted; reference link: Richard Simm & Söhne (RSS) HSF badge
Alois Rettenmaier, Schwäbisch-Gmünd (unmarked) - attributed - (formerly called "flatback") - Posted
"Bacqueville" or "French-made" - controversial - Posted
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