Unmarked UBoat badge

[genoa41]

Opinions on this badge ? A Schwerin type ?
All the best
giorgio

[genoa41]

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[Martin W]

Hi Giorgio,

probably a late tombak Schwerin.Recent discussion at GMIC also speculates that these badges with the long pin could have been produced by Steinhauer & Luch
An illustration from an S&L cataolog,courtesy of GW,

Regards,Martin.

[Eric JB]

The head is more a Schwerin-head !
So Martin I will go along with your late tombak Schwerin - without a probably.

yours
Eric-Jan

[all1knew]

Hello,

Indeed a period badge with correct catch for a late tombak Schwerin with cutout swastika. Nice badge.

William Kramer

[Martin W]

Eric-Jan,

without any conclusive evidence in regards to the S&L theory,i admit i have to agree with you.

Regards,Martin.

[rhudspith]

In my opinion a late tombak Schwerin. Also IMO this is not a S&L produced badge as the badge itself is made from a Schwerin die therefore produced by Schwerin. It may have an S&L style pin and be shown in a catalogue but I can not see how you can make the jump that the badge is produced by S&L. The best one can assume is that either Schwerin obtained some pins from S&L or the supplier to S&L for a certain production run and reversed the hinge to accomodate these which makes the pin stick out of the bottom or that Schwerin supplied the badge and some fitments to S&L for them to retail.

Out of interest the picture shown in the catalogue IMO is not that of the later tombak type badge which has this style reversed hinge and "long" pin but of the earlier type commonly found with the wire catch

[genoa41]

Hi Giorgio,

probably a late tombak Schwerin.Recent discussion at GMIC also speculates that these badges with the long pin could have been produced by Steinhauer & Luch
An illustration from an S&L cataolog,courtesy of GW,

Regards,Martin.

Hi Martin
There is a resemblance between the real badge and the one printed on the envelope . For the present we can only speculate lacking any reliable reference . For all we know , as it happened with Deumer , a catalogue showing another typology might turn up sooner or later .
IMO the S&L's Ubadges style is a question still unresolved .
regards
giorgio