French-Made Destroyer Badge? Is it real?

[John W. Krueger]

I would sincerely appreciate any opinions as to the authenticity of this badge. Is it French-made wartime production?

[John W. Krueger]

One more view

[Martin W]

See here John.All you need to know about the "Bacqueville" awards.


http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ad.php?t=42901


Regards,Martin.

[Patrick W]

If you believe in these (I do) then this is an original one.

[BubbaZ]

I would sincerely appreciate any opinions as to the authenticity of this badge. Is it French-made wartime production?

I do not belive these were produced during wartime but your destroyer looks like honest example of so called French made badges
Cheers,
Hubert

[Kecon]

I have a destroyer exactly like the one John shows. I like it. However I'm still on the fence about these so called French badges. Are these really french
made? Who says? Could these have been made on German tooling?

[Norm F]

Could these have been made on German tooling?

Well, the full discussion is in the other thread, but there has never, over all these years, ever been a link to a German company or even a German recipient. They turned up in France or in veteran bring-back collections from France. The obverse design is different from every German-made badge so it's not a matter of getting master dies from Germany.

They're a unique breed of badge which superficially mimics the German-made badges and packaging.

Also, as discussed in this thread, there is a "French-attributed" metal breast eagle with similar hardware to these badges.

Best regards,
---Norm