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Oberfeldwebel wearing High Seas Fleet Badge and Minesweeper Badge.

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Larry

On 11/20/2017 at 06:57, nesredep said:

I forgot this picture.

Hi Morten,

Those pre-1940 patches are hard to find in photos.

Here is a "T" from a photo I posted a while ago.

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Larry

Another.

You have very nice photos in your collection. Thanks for posting them.

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Larry

Stabsarzt and two nurses, Wernigerode, March, 1945. From a 16 Pz. Division album.

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Larry

Very nice work Alex.

Here is one I did over a decade ago. From a 9 Panzer Division album.

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Larry

Another old colourisation.

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Larry

Hi Morten,

Very nice photo.

Made even more special by the early Stabsgefreiter chevron worn by seaman standing in middle of photo.

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Larry

FAD overseas cap has the same button.

See: http://www.germanmilitaria.com/Political/photos/N020276.html

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Larry

Hi Morten,

Very nice patches you have posted.

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Larry

Thanks Morten and nice photo you have posted. I wonder what the oars were for.

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Larry

Rare portrait.

Marine - NSKK.

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Larry

Really nice photos showing a mixture of TR organisations and services.

The last photo posted by Martin W is especially nice.

SS, LW Flak and Deutsche Reichsbahn with Electrotechnical badge on left sleve.

Here are the other DR specialist badges up to 1941. http://antique-photos.com/en/unidatabase/third-reich/431-specialist-patches-of-reichsbahn.html

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Larry

Thank you gentlemen for your nice comments.

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Larry

Hi Morten,

Thank you.

Wow, very nice Kadett patches for the field-gray uniform. They are also hard to find, especially in very good condition as your patches are.

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Larry

Colourised this portrait today.

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Larry

Hi Morten,

Thanks for posting another great photo to this thread.

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Larry

Another addition to my pre-1940 patch collection.

Hand embroidered and used Stab (Staff Personnel) patch for the white uniform. Hard to find.

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Larry

Thank you very much Morten and Martin. I am very happy to have this photo in my collection.

Here is what is written on the back.

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Larry

Thanks Morten.

Here is a recent addition to my collection.

It shows a Bootsmannsmaat wearing the metal version of the Bootsmann patch.

Underneath are the pre-1940 Fla. -E- Messer (AA guns rangefinder operator), Fla. Maschinenwaffenschutz (Gunner anti-aircraft weapons) and bottom is the Sperrvormann (Blockade weapons foreman) badge.

In the photo he has been awarded the EK 2 medal and has earned a Minesweeper badge. He must have seen action early in the war

as he is still wearing pre-1940 trade badges. I guess transition to after 1940 badges took some time to implement.

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Larry

On 10/2/2017 at 00:00, nesredep said:

Hello!

             I have had this for a while.

 

              2.SCHIFFSSTAMMABTEILUNG........?

 

            Cheers,Morten.

Nice photo Morten. Also wearing Wehrersatzwesen (Replacement  service career patch).

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Larry

Heer admin. official wearing two grades of the badge.

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Larry

Than you Peter for you kind words.

Very nice realistic work Erwin and thanks for posting here. I hope to see more of your colourisations.

Nice work Alex, I enjoy seeing your excellent colourisations.

Here's another of mine which was posted in another thread but should also be here.

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Larry

4 hours ago, Materia said:

I read on the other forum, that you have to look for post war period repros, but how true is that? Does anyone know anything about it? Front usually looks the same on them, but the rear side, has variety of finishes, and I think thats how these patches and in general, are definied as either genuine, or not. They come with stamps, or without. Some are very cheap for couple Euro, but there are ones that are priced for hundrets of Euro, even thousands.

 

I have only 3, and might get more of the common ones, but thats it. I wish I could get the metal ones, in pristine condition.

 

 

Hi,

Post war copies are easy to spot if you know what to look for. Invest in a good reference book (there are a few good ones out there)

to increase your knowledge. Genuine badges come with a variety of backings so you can't always tell good from bad by that.

Buy from reputable dealers eg Weitze, The Collectors Guild to name a couple.

There are a few very nice metal insignia patches for sale at the moment just Google for them.

BTW nice patches you have collected.

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Larry

Thanks Morten and PREM.

There are a lot more people out there collecting KM trade and specialty patches than when I first started collecting them.

There is such a large variety to collect and now it is very hard to find the rarer ones. They are also becoming more expensive as well.

Insignia such as the nice Unterwasserhorcher patch photo posted by Morten are hard to find as well.

There are a few of the rarer patch photos posted in the "Kriegsmarine Specialty Badges in Wear" thread.

By the way, I posted the the Unterwasserhorcher patch upside down.

I am concentrating on collecting cloth versions only.

I would like to see what others have in their collections. Please post them here.

My collection as it stands at the moment:

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Larry

Entfernungsmesser Flak (rangefinder AA guns).

As above (white uniform).

Torpedohilfslehrer (auxiliary torpedo instructor).

The search continues, thanks for looking.

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Larry