chaplains wound badge

[toot]

did they ever exist?

[HPL2008]

Definitely not. There never was such a thing as a special kind of wound badge for chaplains. (And why should there have been one, anyway?)

The badges sometimes offered as "Chaplain's Wound Badges" are converted 1939 wound badges that were remodelled and sold as pilgrims' badges by monks at the Weingarten monastery after the war.

See: http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=555684

[toot]

Chaplains wound badge

thanks for the reply. when one comes up for sale I will stay away from it!

[Mike Kenny]

thanks for the reply. when one comes up for sale I will stay away from it!

Why? They are converted genuine badges with an interesting history. Every WB collection should have one imo. Be careful, they ARE faked though!

Regards
Mike

[tgn]

Why? They are converted genuine badges with an interesting history. Every WB collection should have one imo. Be careful, they ARE faked though!

Regards
Mike

Agree with you. Have had one in my collection for years.

Tom

[spoo]

not

[toot]

chaplains wound badge

when they come up what is the the usual fare, original vrs fake? thanks in advance.

[Mike Kenny]

The easy ones are plain castings.

The better ones use the wrong base badge, wrong cross and/or wrong method of attaching the cross.

Regards
Mike

[Yubari]

Interesting information, never heard about them !

[Chet Sowersby]

I don't collect wound badges but I have found this thread very enlightening.

Chet

[toot]

Chaplains wound badge

does any one have one for sale,or know where I can obtain one for my wound badge collection ? a reproduction is is fine.

[dragnet]

The badges sometimes offered as "Chaplain's Wound Badges" are converted 1939 wound badges that were remodelled and sold as pilgrims' badges by monks at the Weingarten monastery after the war.

See: http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=555684

Very interesting and a neat conversion

[vonStubben]

I've found this thread very interesting. Having seen these from time to time over many years I've always wondered what they were and now I know.

Here are two examples that a friend of mine owns which are obviously from the same maker and batch as described and shown here.

[limburgsejager]

Nice badges
Thanks for showing!

[Hans N]

Personally i like these badges as they to me represents a swapping the Evil to the Good literally with the removing of swastika center and replacing it with the Christian Cross!

I’ d pick one up in a heart beat if i Could find one to my liking!