Schwerin coastal artillery badge, zinc.

[Al P]

I have noticed a lack of pictures available of the zinc Schwerin badges and so I will be posting mine for reference and comments.

If you have a zinc CAB please add to the thread with your own pics. I know it will help others and might help myself with a concern/question I have.

This arrived just the other day. Obv


Al

[Al P]

Reverse.

[Al P]

And since I was fooling around with the camera........


Feel free to comment or post your own zincer. Don't let those tombac boys have all the glory

Al

[upbeek]

ca

heres mine al cheers chay

[upbeek]

reverse

reverse

[upbeek]

bubbleing

hi al,is the finnish plated and do the bubbles move a little bit when pressed gently with a match or something????
chay

[Al P]

yes, the bubbles do move and I have become very confused.

Al

[upbeek]

cab

its original then i think chay

[upbeek]

plating

i dont think fakers could copy the plating schwerin used in making original examples in zinc does anybody think this is right??
chay

[skip]

I think given enough time, criminel energy, money and technology they could fake just about anything.

I have seen some copies of Schwerin CABs around. The best are the cave creek specials which look really good on photos. The only zinc copies have been cast lead fakes, so not to hard to spot.

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[Tom Yanacek]

Hello Al,

Here are two zinc ones that I have.
Best regards! Tom

[Tom Yanacek]

Here are the reverses. The one on the left is missing the catch. The one on the right certainly did not receive the best of workmanship. The gilting was sloppily applied with quite a bit of spillover to the reverse, and there is so much solder around the catch, that you can barely see the catch plate.

[Tom Yanacek]

maker mark: badge on left

[Tom Yanacek]

maker mark: badge on right

[upbeek]

cab

nice badges,chay