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    F.O. Aux. Cruiser is this possible

    Hi Guy's

    Just reserved this badge and before buying it realy would appreciate your opinions

    It's an F.o Aux. Cruiser badge in absolutely stone mint condition. It's sold as a buntmetall badge.

    My questions are the following. I don't know of the existence of F.o Aux. Cruiser badges in Buntmetall so would it be safe to assume that it is made of zink. If it is made out of zink what is the chance to find it in this condition. Do you think this could be a repainted badge. Based upon the pictures I don't think so but you never know.

    The badge itself in my opinion is good, it has all the right features for an F.o even down to the little rhombus stamped to the left of the mm. If I'm not mistaken our friend George has one with that rhombus stamp too.

    The pictures I'll post now aren't very clear. I have two better pictures but don't like to post them because the sellers logo is on them. If you want to see them just send me a PM.

    Thanks in advance for helping me out here guys

    KR
    Philippe
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    F.o Aux. Cruiser reverse
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      F.o Aux Cruiser pro-file
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        Better picture of maker mark and rhombus stamp
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          #5
          Hello Phillipe,

          Excellent example, congrats.

          JD
          What we do in life ehoes in eternity.

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            #6
            RE: The metal

            Hallo Phillipe, I think you are correct, looks like a zinc one, in excellent condition, to me.

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              #7
              Dear Philippe,

              i have the same opinion and cannot see anything wrong with that badge.

              Chris

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                #8
                Hello Gentlman,

                That badge looks like tomback ( look at the catch and finish on the reverse) to me and as I said earlier original, in excellent condition.

                Best,
                Joe
                What we do in life ehoes in eternity.

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                  Hi Guys,

                  To all of you thanks for the input, and also thanks to Skip for his undercover assistance. Much appreciated.

                  Based upon your feedback I confirmed my order and the badge should arrive next week.

                  Like I stated above I don't know of the existance of a buntmetall F.o Aux. Cruiser and in general never have seen any F.o buntmetall badge.

                  Anyway the fact that there are filemarks visible on the reverse isn't something I would expect to see on a zinker. So I'm realy curious to handle this badge. Just did several searches on the forum but the only other F.o Aux. Cruiser I found was the one George owns.

                  So if anybody else has an AC by F.o please post them in this thread.

                  As soon as the badge arrives I'll post better scans and my opinion on the material it's made of.

                  KR
                  Philippe

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                    #10
                    Bill Shea has one on his site right now.
                    George

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                      Hi George,

                      Thanks for the lead. Nice one, and in the condition you would expect them to be.

                      I don't think that the ones B. Shea is selling has the rhombus mark that is visible on yours and mine. I realy wonder what the use of these marks could have been, circles on U-boat badges and rhombus marks an AC's.
                      Anybody has a HSF by F.o with somekind of second mark?

                      KR
                      Philippe

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                        Hi Philippe,
                        No second mark on my f.o. HSF badge,nor have I yet seen one that has-but theyr'e not the easiest badge to find so I've seen no more than half a dozen or so.On Lorenzo,s site I can see no second mark on his either,and he has several posted
                        Best,
                        Steve

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                          Hi Steve,

                          I also own an f.o HSF without any supplementary mark and never have seen one with a mark, but since they can be found regulary on U-Boat and AC badges I was just wondering if another mark maybe was used on the HSF badge or for that case on Destroyer or Minesweeper badges from f.o.. From memory however I can't recall ever to have seen one.

                          If we would find such badges with other type of marks then cleary a pattern could be established and this would probably make it easier to find an explanation for these marks.

                          KR
                          Philippe

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                            fo marked ac

                            funny to mention the secondry mark on your fo badge.i do have one with the same what looks like a square mark.my ac is not as nice in presentation but the mark distinctive.my item is away getting cataloged etc but when its back i will post pics

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                              "My questions are the following. I don't know of the existence of F.o Aux. Cruiser badges in Buntmetall so would it be safe to assume that it is made of zink. If it is made out of zink what is the chance to find it in this condition. Do you think this could be a repainted badge. Based upon the pictures I don't think so but you never know."

                              Hi Philippe. The badge looks good to me. I would be very surprized if the badge is buntmetal. I have never seen an FO badge in buntmetal. I think it is quite possible for a zinc badge to retain its original finish if the badge is well cared for and protected from humidity.

                              My guess is that the badge is zinc, based upon the "inset" around the hinge area. Let us know what it is when you receive it.

                              FO badges sometimes have circles or squares or nothing at all stamped into them. We have discussed these before and nobody has the answer. I think that they might be some kind of quality control or production stamp.
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