Sub "Schwerin Berlin" horizontal pin - exist?

[Gran Sasso]

Could anybody tell me if those exist? Could not find that model in any cataloque. Thanks in advance.

[Hans Kondor]

As far as I know, no Schwerin U-boat with horizontal pin exist.

[BubbaZ]

Have not seen or even heard of.
Do not exist IMO.
Cheers,
Hubert

[AndyC]

Hi

I have collect since the early 70s and have not seen any originals of that


Andy

[Mike Kenny]

Not manufactured that way to the best of my knowledge, however total hardware repair/replacement on a original could not be ruled out without pics.

Regards
Mike

[tmca05]

Cased Schwerin U-Boat with horizontal pin.

Gran,

I sure hope they existed. I found this one in the mid 1990's and I always assumed it was real until I saw the comments on your posting. I guess I'll need to post it and get some updated opinions to see if anyone knows the origins of it if it's fake.

I sure looks good to me, so does the case. Nothing glues under black-light, and the hinge is magnetic.

Dave

[tmca05]

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[Lubo]

This badge is all wrong, in other words - FAKE, same goes for the case!
KR
Lubo

[John R.]

The badge is a fake from the 70s. It is based on the Hymenn style badge which does not resemble the Schwerin at all. I think these came out of the Phoenix area, not sure. Maybe Jody knows. Does not matter, it is a fake.

I think the case is also a fake as this does not match the cartons that the original badges came in.

John

[BubbaZ]

Agree with Lubo and John, both badge and case are fakes
Cheers,
Hubert

[magnusmilitaria]

reproduction

[John R.]

Dave, do not feel bad. This badge and case has been fooling and cheating collectors for many years. It has been posted on this forum quite a few times. Before the internet and decent reference books, hard for a collector to know what was going on without knowing somebody who did.

John

[tmca05]

Bummer, I never really gave it much thought in the past. I just picked it up very reasonable and liked it, so I just put it away.
One good thing is that I do not have much in it. I'll just keep it as an example to show new collectors, and thus avoid it getting back into circulation as an original.

Dave