not a KM badge but unusual

[PzV]

A person carried these into the Flonheim military show today. I realize that these are not badges but may be of some interest. This is a tile which I have seen before and is for a U-Boot Flotille.

[PzV]

the back of the tile with the French maker name as well as commentary and date from the tile owner

[PzV]

this oval plate came with the tile which I have never seen.

[PzV]

reverse of plate.

[JustinG]

I have never seen a tile like this. I am a little skeptical; I am trying to figure out why this would be constructed in this medium (Tile)?
Well, interesting items.

JustinG

[John R.]

I see no reason not to assume this is good.

John

[Eric JB]

Hi Jim,


I really like your two items made by the firm Henriot in Quimper - France.

Two nice souvenirs made during the war.

I do know the tile, but the plate-server/tray is unknown to me, but of a beautiful quality.

Will be very happy with such items in my colletion.

Thanks for showing them here.

yours friendly

Eric-Jan

[GordonA]

I like it! I have owned similar items marked to a minesweeper unit. my opinion period done. I however agree with John R. Tough call...

[JustinG]

So, I will elaborate to my concerns. Seeing the name Quimper, I did a search. Here is a link showing factory marks.
http://www.oldquimper.com/qfactmarks1.htm

There is the white line that progresses from the 11 o'clock position to the 5 o'clock position. Now flaws and such are allowed and are not necessarily to lead to a negative opinion.
These were the most obvious things I saw. This is why I gave my opinion and was a bit skeptical.

Glad to see others have given their thumbs up to these pieces; there experience is greater than mine. I am just providing concern and gain perhaps clarification to these items posted.

Thanks and regards,
JustinG

[Jody]

KM Items

Hello,
My mother has owned some tiles and other items made by them (not KM). That being said, I have seen such tiles before and I have even seen them with Luftwaffe designs too.

Very nice and the tile and plate would look great on a wall.

Regards,
Jody

[PzV]

I know the tile and had one years ago in my collection when I collected U-Boot but have never seen the plate. They came from a reputable collector here in our area who inserts in the paper and only buys direct from the families (he has had some amazing items in the past and some of my best photos come from him). I also have army tiles and have seen Luftwtwaffe as well as other Kriegmarine unit emblems- on occasion framed and given as a present to unit members (frequently signed personally by the company commander). I have also had Dutch, period made mugs and other ceramic items (some in Delft patter) made for various occupation units. These producers of ceramics and other items had to sell something to stay above water during the occupation and it is a whole collectors field just to consider the foreign-made products produced during the war.

[John R.]

Quite true. I like the Dutch plate in this thread:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ighlight=delft

[gingerbread]

Very nice u-boat items!!!

Thanks to share.

Regards
Ben

[Kondor]

Kapitan z.S. Merten, commander U-68 had a small coffee table made using these tiles with the various U-Boat insignia. He told me that they were sold one year as christmas presents for the folks back home. He bought one of every boat in his flottilla. The table was suppose to be donated to the U-Boat Archive, so you may want to enquire further there. I'll do some digging and see if I can find a picture of it to post.

[PzV]

I found this interesting link to You-Tube which shows pieces of ceramic being dug, apparently at the old factory:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHX4-3wboiU