800 marked Pilot's badge???

[Tim Calvert]

Its Seattle...its raining...a good day for a fellow addict to stop by
for coffee and share militaria
Erich Stahlhut is visiting today and he's brought along a
very...unusual... pilot's badge.
Its marked 800 on the back...
also double marked with a 5 on the pin...
the attachment system is similar to a kreigsmarine badge...
the rivets appear rusty in the photo, but that's just the base metal...maybe copper?
top-hook and clasp are tombak...
wreath, pin and eagle are silver..
don't have a scale on hand but guessing it to be in the 60 gram
vicinity??
Anybody ever seen anything like this??
All comments welcome.

[Tim Calvert]

...back...

[Tim Calvert]

...duh..

[Tim Calvert]

...thicker-er

[Tim Calvert]

...big back-shot...

[Tim Calvert]

...hinge 'n stuff...

[David Tiffin]

Interesting. Is the upper leg of the swas broken off or do you think it was made like that?

[Tim Calvert]

The upper leg is either broken off....or the whole swas was broken off and replaced.

[Eric Stahlhut]

Another thing we forgot to include in the original posting was the dimensional aspect of the badge: approx. 62mm wide and approx. 52mm tall.

[Mark S.]

Wow...how bizarre.

Check out the little tab thing on the hinge to provide tension on the pin.

[Stijn David]

hm

Hello,


HMMM , let me see and point me out my observations .

the silver mark is one odd and ugly placed number i must say, and that makes me kinda warry of this particular badge .

The detail on the eagle is IMHO not what a person would expect => it seems to be crude in a way and not the fine craftmanship one would expect from a Silversmith or whomever produced it..

There are other things i personally do not like but the above is just my humble opinion , i would say => Nope no possible addition for my little collection.

Friendly Greetings,

[Jos L C]

Hi Tim and Eric,
I think we've to deal with one of Dönitz Flight badges here or a Waterplain Pilot.(WasserFlugzeugführer zur See)
Very rare !!
No,seriously now,Ive seen a similar badge about 25 years ago in a friend's collection.
He then thought it was a rare piece.(and it is !)
The badge is cast,it's not silver anyway.
I can imagine a jewelers piece with that kind of Navy pin and hook though.
For me it's a rather old fantasy piece,but I like it .
I think these pieces do have a certain value,you don't see them that often.
I hope Eric didn't pay $ 800 or more for it !!!!
Great close ups though,
Thanks for sharing.

Jos.

[Tim Calvert]

That's a good point Jos.
Erich, that 800 mark on the back....is that for silver content...or is that a price tag!!???!!??

[Gene]

It's a price tag. 800 Turkish lira