E-Boat 1st Type on the e-stand

[Norm F]

Gents,
This badge is odd for the reasons pointed by Mike, as all flatbacks are.
That's why the period of flatbacks manufacture is still uncertain. The badge which started this thread IMO does not differ from other flatback 1st pattern s-boots which I have seen so far. They all have this odd finish, same reverse setup and lot of hand finishing around inner and outer outlines.
Such badges were pictured in both S. Weber (p.622-624, English edition) and G. Williamson (p.247) books.
I enclose another example of such badge.
And here is one more, which has been polished unfortunately:
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...light=flatback
Cheers,
Hubert

Thanks Hubert for pulling together the other examples and posting that thread with further discussion on the flatback maker.

And as mentioned on previous discussions elsewhere, here is the Destroyer badge attributed to the same maker (whether late wartime or post-war).

Best regards,
---Norm

[Norm F]

And also the "flatback" U-Boat badge.