Diamond U-boat badge

[militariaHunter]

hello everyone is the diamond u-boat badge a actual thing or is a fantasy piece?

https://www.emedals.com/Pages/Direct....aspx?id=11385

$40,000 for this guy.

[sunsetIE]

I suppose it belonged to Donitz aswell?

[militariaHunter]

well i actually found some more info and i'm not sure if its correct or not, but there apparently was about 30 or these awarded?

Donitz was different from everyone else's because the wreath itself had diamonds inlaid

1.Fregattenkapitän Albrecht Brandi
2.Korvettenkapitän Heinrich Bleichrodt
3.Korvettenkapitän Otto von Bülow
4.Admiral Karl Dönitz (special grade)
5.Korvettenkapitän Carl Emmermann on 1 October 1943
6.Kapitanleutnant Engelbert Endrass on 18 July 1941
7.Kapitänleutnant Friedrich Guggenberger
8.Korvettenkapitän Robert Gysae
9.Korvettenkapitän Reinhard Hardegen on 7 May 1942
10.Kapitän zur See Werner Hartmann
11.Korvettenkapitän Werner Henke
12.Fregattenkapitän Otto Kretschmer
13.Kapitänleutnant Hans-Günther Lange
14.Korvettenkapitän Georg Lassen
15.Fregattenkapitän Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock
16.Fregattenkapitan Heinrich Liebe
17.Kapitän zur See Wolfgang Lüth
18.Korvettenkapitän Johann Mohr
19.Kapitänleutnant Rolf Mützelburg
20.Kapitän zur See Karl-Friedrich Merten on 30 January 1943
21.Korvettenkapitan Gunther Prien
22.Kapitänleutnant Joachim Schepke
23.Korvettenkapitän Adalbert Schnee
24.Kapitän zur See Klaus Scholtz
25.Kapitän zur See Viktor Schütze
26.Korvettenkapitän Herbert Schultze on 15 July 1941
27.Fregattenkapitän Reinhard Suhren on 31 December 1941
28.Kapitänleutnant Rolf Thomsen
29.Fregattenkapitän Erich Topp on 11 April 1942

[sunsetIE]

That was a sarcastic response, as items with that high of a price tag are usually attributed to being owned by well known figures.

[militariaHunter]

oh haha i read ya

[JAndrew]

Read about Bill Stump's visit with Donitz. If you believe Bill (and some questioned his veracity at times) Donitz said that he had 100 badges made but not all awarded.
JAndrew

[JAndrew]

Oh, forgot. Donitz gave one to Goring as well so that should be added to the list.
I am not sure if other non German dignitaries or Admirals from Germany's allies were given a badge. I don't think they were handed out like Goring did with the POBwD.
JAndrew

[-Ray-]

Made of zinc too, cutting corners here. You could expect that they would spare no expence for a diamond grade piece.


-Ray-

[Stan]

Made of zinc too, cutting corners here. You could expect that they would spare no expence for a diamond grade piece.


-Ray-

Ray,

It's not made of zinc, its made of real silver but not hallmarked (none were).

It looks like a good one to me.

Stan

[Andy B.]

I could be wrong but don't the "diamond" badges have holes drilled in the reverse to allow light to shine through (making them more brilliant)?

[LarryHW.]

Oh, forgot. Donitz gave one to Goring as well so that should be added to the list.
I am not sure if other non German dignitaries or Admirals from Germany's allies were given a badge. I don't think they were handed out like Goring did with the POBwD.
JAndrew

It would only have been proper for Doenitz to award such a naval badge to Goering. Goering could float.

[Stan]

I could be wrong but don't the "diamond" badges have holes drilled in the reverse to allow light to shine through (making them more brilliant)?

Hi Andy,

The reverse of the swas on the emedals picture is exactly as it should be, without holes.

Stan

[Norm F]

This badge has come up several times before for discussion.
See this thread which in turn links to another informative thread on the topic:
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=575504

Best regards,
---Norm

[ethreecee]

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[Norm F]

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Just pointing out that the image posted without comment by ethreecee in post #14 has nothing to do with the badge militariaHunter was referring to at the top of the thread.

Best regards,
---Norm