Bell from U-Boot 135

[Bucky]

Hi,
I have today from a private estate this U-boat bell
. Get She is from the period before 1945, I'm sure.
What do you think?

Greeting
Bucky

[Tom Yanacek]

Ugly! Looks like it is made from gold-painted concrete.

[Mainemilitaria]

Bucky....
Welcome to the forum......
No original bell would be so poorly cast.......and it's not corrossion.....this is NOT
an original U-boat bell....just a poorly cast copy....sorry. The only value would be in the brass (melt down value)....
John G.

[Darrell]

U-Boat Bell? For what? Ringing that it's chow time?

[Tom Yanacek]

U-Boat Bell? For what? Ringing that it's chow time?

They're great for helping the depth charges find their mark.

[Ed.Anderson,Jr.]

All bells were detachable and were either stored on board or left at base.
Bells are used as Alarms,the marking of watch and for Naval Ceremonies and Events.
Regards, Ed. ...

[Naval Enigma]

A ship's bell would be cast from a mold, but of a much higher quality. A ship's bell and commissioning pennant are the heart and soul of a war vessel.

This is too rough to be the real deal, I would also expect some engraving with date of commission, shipyard data and possibly the first CO.

[Jody]

U-boot Bell

Hello Bucky,
I have seen several Kriegsmarine bells in my time and I agree with the others that this is a poor copy. I have even seen one example that was salvaged and it looked better than this example.

Sorry.

Regards,
Jody

[AndyC]

Here is a picture of a real one so that you could compare


Andy

[kirk]

As others have said and shown,the bell at the start of this thread is not an original piece.

[bnz41]

Agree with all the others, very poor copy.

Hope you didn't waste a lot of money on this, Bucky?

[Panzer Rob]

Hi,
I have today from a private estate this U-boat bell
. Get She is from the period before 1945, I'm sure.
What do you think?

Greeting
Bucky

Horrible cast copy! I'm surprised that this could be mistaken as original... Hopefully you can get your money back.

Rob

[Hobbysammler]

A bad lookin`something which has NOTHING do do
with a original U-boat bell!
KR
Gerd

[Ludwig]

Disgusting!

[101combatvet]

Chinese copy.