Seefahrt ist not, opinions plz.

[Mickesouth]

Hi all. Here is an Seefahrt 25-26 May 1935 badge. This one differs a bit from an other one i got. If you look at the manufacture-logo at the rear it differs from an other badge i got. What is your toughts about that ?? Just a different stamp? post-made ?? Here is some pics.

Front.

[Mickesouth]

Rear side with pin and logo.

[Mickesouth]

And an closeup on the logo. I differs in letters-style from the other one i got.

[Mickesouth]

Here is an pic of rear side on the badge compared with, refured to as "an other badge"

[chris clark]

i would say its ok and the diff lettering is down to a diff mold or mold update. my view only as it looks text book in every way to me. if they faking this now then the fakers are going foe more and more low value pieces to fake which to me dont make economic sense

[martin3]

I go with Chris, good one I think.

I remember having two of those and just like yours: one marker marked sharper than the other.
I kept the sharpest and traded the other, but I was convinced both were ok.

Regards,
Martin

[torstenbel]

I have several of these, but they are all by different makers than yours and two are unmarked once...they are all of different quality..some sharper than others and I would think yours is good one. Cheers, Torsten.

[Mickesouth]

Thx for the input gents.

[stuart c]

Oh yes even the humble Seefahrt tinnie has been faked, look at these fake Tinnies from the Soldat website

http://www.soldat.com/ord%20political_SA_Daybadges.htm

[Scott C.]

Is it true this tinny commerated the world cruise of the Karlsruhe? And what does "Seefahrt Ist Not" translate to in English?

Scott

[Mickesouth]

Oh yes even the humble Seefahrt tinnie has been faked, look at these fake Tinnies from the Soldat website

http://www.soldat.com/ord%20political_SA_Daybadges.htm

It would be verry intrrestning to see an good pic. of the rear side with pin etc. on the " Soldat-Seefahrt " . Does anyone have one of those and an pic of it to show us ??

[Ron Weinand]

It means: Sea Travel Is Necessary. I don't think it had anything to do with any individual ship, just shipping in general.
Ron Weinand
Weinand Militaria

[martin3]

Indeed as Ron said: it was an anually returning day (or two days) to honour the Marine branch.

Remember that Germany was very dependent on supply over sea those days.
On land they were surrounded by embargos.
So to encourage young men to serve as sailor with the commercial fleet and for fund raising these days were held.

A German diary was overwhelmed those days with days like these.
Most famous: Reichsparteitage, Tag der Machtübernahme, Heldengedenktag, Tag der Deutschen Wehrmacht.
Less famous: as mentioned Tag der Deutschen Seefahrt, Tag der Deutschen Post and even something like Tag der Deutschen Briefmarkensammler (stamp collectorsday).
And everything was celebrated with a truckload of tinnies, badges, flags, music and marches, shows, Briefmarken, speeches and fundraising.
All this mainly ofcourse to raise a socialistic awareness.

[Scott C.]

Thank you for the clarification gentlemen

Scott

[Robert P.]

Mikael,

I collect exclusively the Seefahrt tinnie, and have many by different makers. I have two like yours, both by the same maker, but with a different back die. I say they are both period pieces. The tooling to the front is strongly the same, by F. Zimmermann.

Look, there are more than two dies here....look at the crimps.

Robert