Martyn
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Many thanks Chechaco1 I appreciate your reply and help.
All the best
Martyn
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I'm still interested in these two. I'm wandering if these may be original contemporary issue items. I've previously posted these in this topic but wandered if anyone else has seen these exact types. They're aluminium and obviously come from the same factory... I'm guessing Ukraine. The interesting thing is the reverse designs are different to the obverse. The reverse of the Ukraine Sea Guard has the impression of a Russian Sea Guard badge of the same period. So is this a company making both the Ukrainian and Russian Sea Guard badges under contract but cutting costs by using one reverse die to form the badge shape or is it just a cheaply produced later copy? The other Russian sub badge has a surface ship reverse die. Could these still be correct or are these definitely modern restrikes?
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1 hour ago, JapanX said:
When compared to some other soviets badges these are practically a safe bet
If ever you have any that you want to get rid of I would be interested.
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4 minutes ago, JapanX said:
When compared to some other soviets badges these are practically a safe bet
I've seen some Russian medals which are very expensive and didn't like the look of them
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These badges seem to be a bit of a mine field
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So does this badge that I posted look like a good un?
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A copy in other other words of a type that doesn't officially exist ?
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Original issue?
10 minutes ago, JapanX said:Could be late 1980s / 1990s vintage.
So would this be a genuine issue or just another collector's copy? What do you think?
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Many thanks for all of your help. I'm going to keep looking for these but look for the age and pin type as above. I will sell the others as new.
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Many thanks. What's the give away? How can you tell?
All the best
Martyn
I have a few other ones with different fittings and designs. Can I post these for you to look at?
Many thanks
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Does anybody know if this one is good or bad? Many thanks for any help.
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Any ideas of how to identify whether a Russian Sub badge is good or bad. I would pay images but I can't at the moment. The badge is silver metal plated over what looks like a copper alloy (?). It has a red enamel Star in the centre and a screw back fitting which is marked with a Russian maker's mark apparently famous for making Russian military watches. It is a hollow back stamping and looks chemically blackened (?). Are there a lot of copies of Russian sub badge around? If it's original I would imagine that it dates to the 1980s or 90s.
Thanks for any help
Martyn
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Kriegsmarine badges
in Germany: Third Reich: Uniforms, Headwear, Insignia & Equipment
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I know that these are not conventional in appearance but being backed and stitched to something suggests to me that they may be original. Looking too obvious to be fakes is it possible that they were made on board a ship as replacement badges or were they produced whilst on a foreign station? I thought originally that they may be film props but then, why bother to back them as they would only be needed for a short time.