My U Boat

[Josh B.]

I agree that it matches the Deumer exactly...but how sure are we that the maker mark is post-war applied? Wouldn't there be any signs of damage to the front? The stamping looks well done and deep. Could the maker of the badge sold some to Schwerin to meet a huge demand of a major producer/distributer and had the mark applied at the production stage? I know neither the buyer or the seller I am just speculating here.

John

The thought crossed my mind that this might be the case, but w/o any evidence to support that I think most people will assume this is an altered piece. The stamp is rather deep like many of the fake schwerin markings but that doesn't really mean anything either- I've seen pics of real ones with known histories with deep strikes too. So I'll admit that we all could be missing something here, but I can just as easily imagine the dealer who had it marked...( Your chance to get a SUPER RARE MARKED SCHWERIN u-boat badge, the only zinc schwerin with maker markings I've ever seen! Perfect for the advanced collector!) This especially sounds true for me since until rather recently, according to Willamson's book, these Deumer zincers were commonly thought to be of Schwerin origin....