U-boat mini, original?

[Mike TM]

Hello, is this mini u-boat original? is possible to know the maker?


Thanks in advanced.
Mike

[Norm F]

Hi Mike,

Normally I'd say the photos are too blurry to say definitively, but in this case I think that's another example of this mini that was posted recently which is almost certainly a fake. It's based on the Schwerin obverse design but the detail is poor and I believe that darkening is an attempt at fake "aging" of the mini.

Best regards,
---Norm