Minesweeper Badge

[Infansammler]

Hello friends,
an Question to the Navybadgespezialists
is the following Minesweeper Badge an fake or Original?

[John T]

Hello friends,
an Question to the Navybadgespezialists
is the following Minesweeper Badge an fake or Original?

looks okay to me, but some are not so sure about this style

[Infansammler]

looks okay to me, but some are not so sure about this style

hello John,
thanks!

[Frank Heukemes]

Let´s put it that way, there are original Kriegsmarine badges and copies with that setup. Your's looks good, Sascha.

[Frank Heukemes]

IMO, here is a bad apple e.g. with that setup. These badges have the reverse cutout in a very sloppy way. Who knows, maybe they are ALL ok, but I held the badge below and did not like it.

[Frank Heukemes]

obv

[Infansammler]

Hello,
here times a piece, which corresponds to the design of the destroyer war badge.
I consider it doubtful....

[Frank Heukemes]

Absolutely, Sascha, made in the very same way with these crude cutouts.

[Tim B.]

Ah Frank!

The very old infamous bearded eagle fake destroyer! It's been sometime since we seen one of those around!
Tim

[Frank Heukemes]

Good memory, Tim! Strange thing is that I never saw a second one.

[Tim B.]

Hi Frank!

Sorry, didn't mean to be rude, just away for a few days. Yes, I remember this was one of the more common (for that day) Kriegsmarine fakes floating around.

Though, I honestly believe this fake was modeled after an original badge, possibly a later Hoebacher or ShuCo piece? The fakers must have had something to model their product after IMO.

I do remember selling a similar unmarked badge a couple of years ago that pretty much matched this set up, though the detailing was much better, including the weld joints around the catch base; and of course-no beard!
Tim