Naval Auxiliary Cruisers war badge

[Giel VW]

Hello,
I would be very pleased with some comments on this Souval badge... It looked good to me
Thanks!
Giel

[Giel VW]

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[mrg]

Hi Giel, have been looking at this award for awhile, at first i thought original straight away, (and i believe it is) however i have a couple of points of concern. The left hand top part of the wreath as veiwing looks a little flat, this is more noticeable when viewing from the reverse 9.0 clock and 11.0 clock positions. Secondly the cut out under the sail comes to a point the ones i have seen round off somewhat. Is there a chance of a close up of the mm. Saying that i do believe it to be original but this has me confused, lets see what others make of it. All the best.

[Giel VW]

Thanks for your comments Let's hear what the others have to say on this one

[skip]

Hi guys,

looks good to me although I must admit that I also see the "flat" line across the wreath between 09:00 and 11:00.
Possibly just due to a light misalignment of the die?

I would be more concerned with the colour of the wreath on the obverse. The reverse shows more of the gold tone I would expect from RS. Maybe just due to lighting on the photo but possibly also repainted.

Skip

[Peter J.]

Hi Giel.

Tough call. I don't believe I'm skilled enough to comment on it, but here are some shots to compare with. There are definately differences

KR
Peter

[Peter J.]

Side by side.

[skip]

On the badge posted by Giel you can see excess material on the wreath were it meets the swaz at 11:00 obverse.
I´m tending towards original with misaligned die, we´ve seen that before. The rest of the badge looks good. Maybe you could both measure and weigh them for comparison.

I´ve seen examples of these were the "s" in RS is half cut away from the stamp.

Skip

Skip

[Philippe DB]

Hi Guys,

I'm with Skip on this one, I think a slightly missaligned die explains the little differences. Don't forget RS was a mass producer, and if your looking for high quality badges then you won't find them with the R.S. mm.

KR
Philippe

[George Stimson]

Here's mine.

[George Stimson]

Reverse. (Check out the "S" -- or lack thereof! )

[Giel VW]

Thank you very very much guys


George, you certainly also have a special one there with that cut off S

I also had an other question, I might buy this one after Stuttgart (if I have moeny left, probably not ), but what would be a nice price to pay for it?

Thanks again!

Regards Giel

[George Stimson]

And here, just to throw another goose into the gander ( ), is one marked "L/58."

[George Stimson]

Reverse.

[Peter J.]

Now it's getting interesting . First thing first, here are my measures:

High: 56.47mm
Wide: 44.41mm
Wide: 27.05mm
(wingspan)
Thick: 3.68mm
(measured over the sail; highest point)

George, this doesn't make it easier . There are several differences and I marked two of them. The most significant difference as I see it, is the reverse
right side of the eagle's head. They are present on both your badges, but not on Giel's or my badge. I also feel that the last image (L/58) appears to have more outlined oakleaves wiewed from the reverse. My conclusion is.........

KR
Peter