Hello Everyone, I got this group of items recently and was told all were from one man the ribbon bar and the miniatures on the chain are 57’ers. The item I wonder about is the rooster badge, what is it? Is it very unusual to have both a U-boat badge and a Blockade Runner Badge to one man?
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Hi Dennis,
Looks like an impressive grouping!
Looks like an early Blockade Breaker Badge (tombak) and a later (?zinc) U-boat Badge. Combined with the U-boat Spange (late war), I'd suggest your man was either KM or Merchant marine early in the war and transferred to U-boats later on. It's not that uncommon to see KM personel from surface ships transferring to U-boats.
Interesting that the U-boat Spange on the bar is bronze but the Spange on the chain is silver!
Re the "rooster" badge (maybe more like a sea-serpent or dragon?), hopefully someone has Schiffer's book (can't remember the author) on U-boat emblems - I'd guess that's what it is, possibly for a cap. Maybe locally French made too?
Regards
Mike KRegards
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