U-Boat Badge

[Steve L]

Please give your opinion on this badge.

Thanks Steve.

[AndyC]

It´s a postwar Rudolf Souval copy. It have the special RS catch


Andy

[Hans Kondor]

I agree, its not a good one.

[Steve L]

Thanks for the reply's.

Steve

[BubbaZ]

Agreed, postwar RS u-boat badge.
Cheers.
Hubert

[Norm F]

By coincidence, the same type of badge was just recently posted here:
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=716008 but the example in that thread has Souval's L/58 stamp.

I wouldn't be surprised if Steve's example also had the L/58 stamp but someone abraded it off in the past.

Best regards,
---Norm

[Steve L]

No sign of any numbers or removal of numbers after cleaning off the area under the pin.

Steve

[Thomas Durante]

AGREED, postwar Souval IMO.

Tom

[Norm F]

No sign of any numbers or removal of numbers after cleaning off the area under the pin.

Steve

Hi Steve,

My point is the finish is completely abraded off from that area and there's a tiny depression, suggesting the possibility that the area was sanded down to remove the L/58 -- I don't think any other sign would remain? Anyway, it's irrelevant to what the badge is. Here are a couple more examples of these post-war Souvals that are unmarked.

Best regards,
---Norm