Gordon Williamson
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F.O. for Friedrich Orth of Vienna. Usually has an "underline" to the letters but this is fragile and will often have partially flaked away. Found on U-Boat Badge, High Seas Fleet, Destroyer, Auxiliary Cruiser.
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Ausf. Schwerin Berlin in conuunction with Adolf Bock designer mark found on High Seas Fleet Badge.
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Ausf. Schwerin Berlin 68 in conjunction with Peekhaus designers mark. Found on Second Pattern E-Boat
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Schwerin Berlin in relief ( without "68") found on the Auxiliary Cruiser and Marine Artillerie badges and Ausf. Schwerin Berlin in conjunction with Placzek designers mark, found on Minesweeper and Blockade Breaker
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Schwerin came in a variety of styles. The stamped version so far only seen on U-Boat Badges (often quite faint) The version Schwerin / Berlin 68 in relief, found on the Destroyer Badge and 1st pattern E-Boat
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Roudolf Souval of Vienna. Contrary to what was a popularly held belief for many years, both angular and round forms of the letters were used on wartime products. Souval manufactured - U-Boat Badge, Auxiliary Cruiser, Destroyer, High Seas Fleet, Minesweeper, 2nd Pattern E-Boat, Blockade Breaker, Marine Artillerie
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Following on John's excellent thread on Luftwaffe Badge Makers Marks, here are some of those which will be found on KM War Badges. Funcke & Bruninghaus of Lüdenscheid. (F&BL) So far, on KM Badges, only seen as the LDO Herstellermark, L/56. None noted yet with the F&BL initials. Found on, - U-Boat Badge, Marine Artillerie Badge and Minesweeper.
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Darrell, I'd still go with it probably being an unmarked Souval. Have a close look at the details on the globe. This is where you find lots of subtle little differences between makers, but yours seems to be a dead match for Souval. The outline "silhouette" view can change depending on the amount of finishing work that has been done to the stamping.
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Zinker. Belonged to Heinrich Niemeyer before he transferred from Minesweepers to command a U-Boat.
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Dave, I'll check back though all the images I have stored of Minesweepers. Not a badge I have studied closely enough to give an answer off the top of my head. I kept only two, a Tombak Schwerin and a Zinker.
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Dave, There are a few subtle die features on your badge that I'd expect to see on a genuine Schwerin badge but have been missing on the high end fakes, so I reckon yours is OK.
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Nice one Dave. Here's the mini of the First Pattern.
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Zink Destroyer by Foerster & Bath, L/21 marked
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And with mini
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In original card box
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Schwerin's Destroyer Badges is also rather nice
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Cased, with miniature
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Schwerin Badges IMHO are not always the best, but their HSF takes a lot of beating.
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Very nice Dave. Top is a Juncker and the right hand one is an unmarked Foerster & Barth.
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Postwar fake from Souval, not the poor quality compared to the original, and the distinctive postwar retaining hook.
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Souval, Zink
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Adolf Scholz, Zink
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Second Pattern in Zinc by Schwerin
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First Pattern in Tombak by Schwerin
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A one piece zinker by Souval
