Rare Make of U-Boat Badge

[Michel]

Hello,

This is my mini UKA by Zimmermann on LDO paper with L/52 stamp.

Regards,

Michel

[Philippe DB]

Thanks Gordon and Michel, very interesting. I never noticed that resemblance between the minis and there big brothers before.

Probably I never payed to much attention because somehow I was convinced that most of these minis were fantasy pieces. That will however change from now on. How many different PAB makers were there

KR
Philippe

[Michel]

Face

[Gordon Williamson]

Michel;,

That is real beauty

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Excellent and very interesting thread

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[Sal Williams]

great thread! and you thought you were getting close to finishing up your PAB collection Philippe .
Best, Sal

Michel, I love that mini on the LDO paper! Do you want to sell it?

[Philippe DB]

Hi Sal,


Tell me something.

Now that I finally decisded not to go after all possible hinge pin and catch combination both in Silver and Bronze by all of the different PAB makers, something like this comes up .

Hope there arent to many variations in attaching the pins to those minis

KR
Philippe

[Sal Williams]

Hi Sal,


Tell me something.

Now that I finally decisded not to go after all possible hinge pin and catch combination both in Silver and Bronze by all of the different PAB makers, something like this comes up .

Hope there arent to many variations in attaching the pins to those minis

KR
Philippe

Hi Philippe,
Well I learned something from this, it is a never ending collection! But since you have to do the minis now, maybe you might as well do all the hinge and pin variations as well
Look at it this way, you would be bored if you actually finished !
Best, Sal

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Sal, if Phil goes for the minis at the same rate he´s collected the full size he´ll be finished by Christmas

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[Gordon Williamson]

Just arrived from Thomas Huss today, here is the "uncensored" front view of the big fella alongside his little brother.

[Tim B.]

Looks very nice!

Hi Gordon!

I seen this on Huss' site when he recently updated, but have never seen this maker style before, so was very hesitant. Tom is pretty good though IMO.

My question is, having read through the old booklet A Collectors Guide to U-Boat Insignia by you and Jamie Cross, is there any new updated reference material with more maker style badges and detailed information for the collector to see the different original styles out there?
Tim

[Dietrich Maerz]

Hello,


I have this 16 mm mini and I just saw that this could be maker-identified. Amazing! Any ideas?

Thanks,

Dietrich

[Dietrich Maerz]

Here's a close up..

[Dietrich Maerz]

..and heres is the 9 mm little bother (I really like Minis )

[Gordon Williamson]

Hi Gordon!

I seen this on Huss' site when he recently updated, but have never seen this maker style before, so was very hesitant. Tom is pretty good though IMO.

My question is, having read through the old booklet A Collectors Guide to U-Boat Insignia by you and Jamie Cross, is there any new updated reference material with more maker style badges and detailed information for the collector to see the different original styles out there?
Tim

Tim,

It always pays to be cautious with a style you haven't encountered before (MInd you, I'm glad you were, - else you might have grabbed it before I did )
Interestingly, as well as the U-Boat Badge with Diamonds, Oakleaves winner Carl Emmermann got this version. Its illustrated with his other awards in the recent "War Booty" book from Schiffer.

I'm in the final stages of preparation of a book on U-Boat Uniforms/Insignia etc for Bender Publishing which will include a large section on the U-Boat Badges and their award documents This will cover all the known variants I have managed to track down.


Dietrich, your mini looks pretty much the same style as Michel's I'd say its either a Zimmermann or Schickle.