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    #1

    Hollow back U-boat badge?

    Howdy Guys,
    I was wondering if any of you had heard of a hollow back style of U-boat badge? I have one. There are no maker marks, but the detail is very good. I still am unable to post pictures. I have joined the forum (paid the $25 bucks and all), but I cannot get the pics to transfer. I have tried contacting the help line and the site directly (with no answer-kinda frustrating). Anyway, please let me know about the badge-I value all opinions and comments. I look forward to hearing from ya'll. Thanks in advance.
    Andy B. (collecting mini badge stickpins)
    Collecting minis and KVKs
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    Hi Andy,


    Is this the badge you have. I have some other pictures of this type in my files at home.

    If it is and to the best of my knowledge these are copies althoug I have to admit that they look quite convincing

    Any other opinions from KM specialists on these hollow U-Boots?

    KR
    Philippe
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        #4
        I don't like this model, and I don't want it in my collection.
        Ohne Seemacht, keine Weltmacht !

        Collection : http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=522068

        Always interested by Kriegsmarine headgear, uniform and U-Boot related items.

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          #5
          I agree with Michel! For my point of view this is a fake!

          Frans

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            #6
            Thanks for the input. If someone wants to email me I can attach pics of the badge. Mine has a coke bottle style vertical pin. The eagles head is also more defined on mine (the head siluette is cut out). As always, thanks for all the help.
            Andy B.
            Collecting minis and KVKs

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              #7
              Hi Guys,


              A little late but here are some pics of Andy's hollow U-boat. Definitely another type than the one posted above.

              Opinions?

              KR
              Philippe
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                    As a general rule I don't like hollow back KM badges. There are fake hollow back destroyer badges around as well as U-Boats. I definitely don't like the one Andy has posted, but the Hymmen type I think might be OK.
                    I had been thinking of buying that one denazified one from Thomas, knowing the sort of sources he gets most of his stuff from I think it is probably the first one I have seen that I would consider buying. I'll try and find out a bit more about it from him.

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                      Hi Philippe I like the hollow back denazified in your fill but am not keen on the other one.Regards Joey
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                        #12
                        The feature on that first hollow U-boat that made me put it in my "doubtfull" filles is the fact that it was denazified. Doesn't make much sense to denazify a copie or does it


                        KR
                        Philippe

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Philippe DB
                          ....Doesn't make much sense to denazify a copie or does it....
                          Hi,

                          It makes a lot of economic sense to de-nazify a repro and/or remove the hinge and/or pin and/or catch! I've seen many blatant repros passed off as either genuine or 57 versions with such "modifications".

                          Re hollow back KM badges - I'd avoid them unless they came directly from a German vet, and even then with a big grain of salt as in the past I've had a blatant repro in a grouping straight from a German vet's family (who fully believed it was pre-45!). Re Andy's example, it appears to have a 57-like hinge/pin/catch assembly, so personally I'd put that one in the repro/fake box.

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                          Mike K
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                          Mike

                          Evaluate the item, not the story and not the seller's reputation!

                          If you PM/contact me without the courtesy of using your first name, please don't be offended if I politely ignore you!

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Mike K
                            Hi,

                            It makes a lot of economic sense to de-nazify a repro and/or remove the hinge and/or pin and/or catch!

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                            Mike K
                            Hi Mike

                            Really can't imagin you would pay top $ for such an item, probably most of us wouldn't even want it in our collection. So the poor faker would have to sell hunderds of denazified repros to make a little money.

                            KR
                            Philippe

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                              Hi,

                              Philippe, I didn't say anything about top dollar, I didn't say they were made that way and I didn't imply anyone was making a living from it. Dodgy sellers, stuck with a blatant repro, will do whatever it takes to get a few bucks out of it. It is a fact, for whatever reason, that repros are denazified - and it's not a rare occurrence!

                              Regards
                              Mike K
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                              Mike

                              Evaluate the item, not the story and not the seller's reputation!

                              If you PM/contact me without the courtesy of using your first name, please don't be offended if I politely ignore you!

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