Uboat Awards - Thoughts

[wolfslair44]

Good or bad?

[wolfslair44]

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[wolfslair44]

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[Norm F]

Hi wolfslair44,

Both nice original Tombak badges. Interesting they both bear the name "Rosen". Are they from a grouping?

Best regards,
---Norm

[BubbaZ]

Hi wolfslair44,
I agree with Norm.
Nice tombak Schwerin U-boat badge, early 1A type and tombak Karneth Minesweeper badge, so called 'level 1'
I enclose same variants from my collection for comparison.
Here is Schwerin u-boat.
Cheers,
Hubert

[BubbaZ]

and here is my 'level 1' RK Minesweeper.
Cheers,
Hubert

[BubbaZ]

maker's marks.
Cheers,
Hubert

[Mike Kenny]

Both "Rosen" scratched examples are imo nice originals as has already been stated.

Re both being scratched Rosen, that is certainly not invonceivable. We could be looking at badges from brothers (or relatives of some sort) but Minesweper and U-boat badge combinations are not that uncommon on period photos.

Out of curiosity it would be interesting what the second line on the Minesweeper badge says (Nor??? ?194?)?

Regards
Mike

[RichardT]

Mike, it appears to be his Stammrollen-Nr: NO 10??/ 41T. Can't read the middle numbers with my old eyes.

Richard

[Tom Yanacek]

Here is a listing of U-boat crewman with the last name of Rosen:


Rosen, Antonius MtrGfr. 15.04.1926- 25.04.1945 2.Kp.Msch.Rgt.112+ lost Holland

Rosen, Erwin MtrGfr. U-976

Rosen, Gerhard U-230

Rosen, Wilhelm MaschMt. 09.06.1924- 17.12.1944 U-400+ lost S. of Cork

Rosen, Willi MaschOGfr.(Z) U-1221 (06.43- 12.44)


Best regards,
Tom