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I thought I would post my tallies of the two Linienschiff's I have. I am trying to learn how to use the scanner and program to be able to fit the entire tally in one scan. I did not fold the tally for the shot. I just placed it diagonally in the scanner to ensure I could get the most letters. I will continue to keep working on that so I can share full length scans. Regards, JustinG 2dresq

Thanks, I appreciate the kind words. This has become my passion lately. Regards, JustinG 2dresq

As you can see, I have found the Jacobi tally. :)

I thought I would share some new tallies I have gotten since posting. Regards, JustinG 2dresq Seems like an interest in this area has been increasing. I just laid out over 500euro for the Graf Spee. This was a good deal I thought! I still am looking/waiting for a chance at a some heavy cruisers and the Schlachtschiff tallies. Have a long wait it seems. (sigh) :)

Some nice tallies and a nice way to show them with some photos/postcards of the various ships. I too am very much a KM tally lover. I have been working on my collection for a little under a year. Got some nice ones. Those are some great tallies fellas! Regards, 2dresq

Very beautiful. Really nice detail. Agree with all comments above (hard to upgrade, perfect, Case in great shape) Congrats. 2dresq :cheers:

I originally had a hesitation on this tally because of the closeness to the edging of the letters on the upper and lower edges of the letters as seen on the posterior side of the tallies. In my experience, I have not seen a tally like that which turned out to be genuine. However, I thought this might still have a good chance as this appeared from the scan to be a cellion tally? This was my questioning. I can not provide better pictures/scans because I don't own this tally. There is a seller on Ebay.de that sells reproduction tallies I didn't see a hipper tally but he has several of the larger ships Kreuzer, Panzerschiff, Schlachtschiff listed. This tally is not from that particular seller. Is my assumption correct? Can I see a reverse scan of your Hipper tally Gordon? Thanks for your consideration and expertise. Regards, 2dresq

Congrats on a wonderful pristine badge. Very nice Regards, 2dresq

The Back.

Here again is a scan of the tally

Lets try this again. A larger view. Regards, 2dresq

Here's the full tally. Regards, 2dresq

Those are awesome. I would love to be as successful and achieve a collection like that. Regards, 2dresq

I have been offered this tally, I have some doubts, but I wanted to run it by. Thanks, JustinG

Thanks, that puts it in a whole new perspective. Thanks for the detailed response. Regards, 2dresq

I am sorry, I was confusing. Yes, the HSF badges have a concave appearance, I believe that the Schwerin examples have some of the more pronounced concave pattern. I was curious in the molding and why the HSF badge for all makers seemed to be concave vs what Gordon stated, the Coastal Art. badges have a flat reverse side, as do most of the other KM badges, with the only exception being the S-boat first model for some makers. As Gordon W. put it: "Only the obverse deisgns were specified in the original foundation orders, so whether a badge ended up with a concave reverse like the Fleet Badge or a flat back like the Marine Artillery was most likely decided for technical reasons by the guys responsible to creating the tooling." I guess what also got me thinking, was that it would be very costly for a company, (Schwerin, FB, RK, RSS, etc.. To invest in this tooling and machine dye set because of a front and back plate to adjust their company's maker mark emboised in the badge. Just an observation, I am not sure how many people (rough estimate qualified for the HSF badge) I wouldn't have thought it profitable for so many companies to produce such a badge. I was just curious on why and for what purpose that the badge was needed to be in a concave format vs a flat format... It probably was because of machinery design and Sorry for my poor wording and for confusing everyone. Thank you Martin W. and Gordon W. for your responses. I greatly appreciate it. Thanks, 2dresq

Very interesting thread. Interesting to note as well with the circular indentation of FLL badges. Thanks for pointing this out. Regards, 2dresq

Greetings, I was curious why the HSF badge, especially the Schwerin Berlin model was the only one of the Kriegsmarine badges that appeared in a concaive design? I wonder why this is? Does any one have an explanation for this? The RSS, the AS and other makers of the badge seemed to not follow this design feature but yet the Schwerin did? Well, just wanted to ask that. Thanks for looking and for your guesses/answers. Regards, 2dresq

Thanks Darrell, Regards, 2dresq

pin up reverse shot. I greatly appreciate your responses. Thanks and regards, 2dresq

Close up of pin assembly

reverse pin down.

Greetings, This fine piece has been offered to me. I believe that this is a good example of this badge. I would like to know the members opinions on this forum and their expertise. Thank you for your time in this matter. Regards, 2dresq

My named ship tallies :cheers: