Auxillary Cruiser Badge

[breidi81]

hi

what are you think about my new Auxillary Cruiser Badge?

[breidi81]

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[Norm F]

hi

what are you think about my new Auxillary Cruiser Badge?

Hi breidi81,

It's a genuine Steinhauer & Lück but with the Type 2 globe which raises the likelihood of post-war assembly for the G.I. souvenir trade.

See this thread for the globe types.

Can you show a closeup of the rivet on the reverse?

Best regards,
---Norm

[BubbaZ]

I agree with Norm, post war assembled S&L.

Norm, don't you think that this is not only post war assembly of war time leftovers (rivet picture should also confirm it) but all type 2 globes are postwar? I have never seen this type of globe combined with war time rivet.

This type of globe is also present on Hero's fakes. Pic of the rivet is also from Staegemeir's fake.

Cheers,
Hubert

[Norm F]

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Norm, don't you think that this is not only post war assembly of war time leftovers (rivet picture should also confirm it) but all type 2 globes are postwar? I have never seen this type of globe combined with war time rivet.

This type of globe is also present on Hero's fakes.

Cheers,
Hubert

Hi Hubert,

Yes, I do believe that all type 2 globes are post-war produced, but I think they were probably assembled onto leftover wartime wreaths with leftover pin assemblies. The interesting thing is that even some of the type 1 globes were leftover as far ahead as the time of the very early '57 version production which suggests that post-war assembly with the Type 2 globes was after that (and of course that was the version copied by Staegemeir as well). I guess instead of saying for the "G.I. souvenir trade" I should have just said for the "souvenir and veteran market".

The example on the Lüdenscheid sample board posted here was either late war or immediately post-war assembled and it used the Type 1 globe.

Best regards,
---Norm

[breidi81]

Hi breidi81,

It's a genuine Steinhauer & Lück but with the Type 2 globe which raises the likelihood of post-war assembly for the G.I. souvenir trade.

See this thread for the globe types.

Can you show a closeup of the rivet on the reverse?

Best regards,
---Norm

see below

[Martin W]

I also agree that the badge itself and the reverse hardware are probably wartime produced.
The type 2 globe,as mentioned ,is definately postwar produced.

With the addition of that large domed rivet,which in my opinion is not period,it seems that this particular badge was postwar assembled.

Regards,Martin.

[Norm F]

Here are two wartime rivets for comparison (both Martin's ).

Best regards,
---Norm

[Martin W]

Here are two wartime rivets for comparison (both Martin's ).

Best regards,
---Norm

Thanks Norm,you beat me to it.

These are two types of rivet that i beleive are of wartime production by S&L.

We have a small recessed domed rivet on the left and a "snipped" rivet on the right.

Cheers,Martin.

[BubbaZ]

and these are types of S&L rivets which are considered to be postwar.
Cheers,
Hubert