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Hello! This is my bird. I would be happy to hear your opinions. Manufacturer? Period? Thanks in advance and best regards, Yuriy.

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Hi friends, very interesting thread!! Great shields. Here is my Narvik collection- Navy Cupal (thanks to Peter ) and Heer zink with almost all silvering intact.

Hi John! That gives a small chance that someday I'd finally discover to who the badge belonged

And what does the letter "S" mean here? Interesting, this letter is engraved in different way from the number.

Thanks for explanation. So I think that unfortunately the only thing we can be sure 100% about this number is that it would not provide us with any information about the ship from which was the sailor. As for me I think that O is the ostsee but not the digit, because IMO engraving 0 before 365 adds no sense. Thanks again for your opinions ! Best regards.

Hi John! Thanks for your opinion. Very interesting theory. But in this case "O" can mean Orion - it was the only aux.cruiser which name started from letter O. Maybe...... I am quite sure in two things:1) "O" is a letter O but not a digit 0. 2) It means something. By the way the way, in which O365 was engraveg routher interesting- it looks not like" rough, hand-made, on board the ship, with nail or needle", but more like it was done in some workshop. Best regards.

Hi Darrell! I think it's because the pin was deformed by wearing. Here is a little better photo. Unfortunately the badge is not in my hands now, but next week I'll be home and make closer pics of the pin.

Respected Gordon! I've been searching any possible clues to find out from which ship was the sailor, but found nothing. I have also such theory: What if "O" is for Orion; 36- Orion in German navy was ship№36. I don't know what to do with the 5, but may be this ship was from the 5th fleet? What do you think, can such theory be true?

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