u-boat badge: good or bad

[Besian B.]

Greetings guys,

Would you give this a or a because I'm not sure on this.

[Philippe DB]

Hi Besian,


My best guess would be original but very worn unmarked Schwerin.

KR
Philippe

[Terrence]

much nicer looking eagle head than I am used to seeing on a Schwerin. I like the badge though. I wish it was in my collection.


Best regards,
T

[Besian B.]

Thanks a lot for the response guys

[mrg]

My guess would be schwerin. The deck gun seems solid. Is the swaz the solid variation? All the best

[Frank Heukemes]

I have to say that I am not really happy with it. The pin shape, especially the head of the pin reminds me of the Tombak fo destroyer fake. I assume this badge was made by the same people. I cannot follow where this badge says Schwerin to you guys.

And looking at that black background, these pics seem to come from the same source as well which sells the fo Tombak destroyer fakes.

[Besian B.]

Great observation Frank, here's a different photo of the same badge and the pin in question

[Jeff V]

Nice work Frank. The reverse set-up is identical, and that sub badge does not have anything close to the schwerin eagle.

jeff

[Terrence]

Well, what can I say??? I like the appearance of the badge even if it is a fake. From a marketing perspective, the maker of this fake did just what they were attempting to accomplish (get me to think that this was a nice looking badge. Too bad Schwerin didn't make their eagles this nice. Guess I would have flushed away hard earned money on this one. But then, thats why I log on to learn. Thanks Frank.

Best regards,
T

[Frank Heukemes]

Here is this same guy (? I suspect?) selling the fo fake:

[Terrence]

He is a BAD man... no biscut for him


T

[Philippe DB]

Sorry Besian, should have payed better attention. Frank I right ofcourse. Just took a look at my copy files and found this F&R marked U-boat wich in fact is the same as yours. For some reason I have this badge marked as a Floch fake but don't remember who gave me that info anymore.


KR
Philippe

[Philippe DB]

reverse

[Philippe DB]

open