High seas fleet badge, Friedrich Orth, right or wrong?

[Valentino]

Hello everybody

I have got a high seas fleet badge with maker mark of Friedrich Orth, its a zinc badge.

I never had a high seas fleet badge, but I know that Friedrich Orth has produced this kind of badges. I also know that there are two difftrent pieces, one piece with seperate hinge and catch and the other as " one piece" .

My piece has a tombak needle.


http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?i...tbadge1zx3.jpg

http://img187.imageshack.us/my.php?i...tbadge2aj7.jpg

http://img187.imageshack.us/my.php?i...tbadge3im5.jpg



My question is:

Is this badge an original or a fake? What do you think?

thanks for your help!

V.

[Martin W]

Hi V ,

sadly,your badge is a postwar copy.

Regards,Martin.

[Valentino]

many thanks for you help.

[John R.]

Yes, this is a fake. There were two types of FO HSF badges, one with cast in hardware. If you do a search for FO badges, you will see the two on this forum and you will see why yours is not period.

John

[kirk]

Not a good badge IMO.