Vic Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Could I get some opinions about this emblem of the 10th flotilla atached to a side cap?Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Strong Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 (edited) It's the insignia for U-171 - Type IXC Commissioned: Oct 25 1941 Fate: Mined Date: Oct 9 1942 Hope this helps http://www.uboataces.com/ref-insignia14.shtml Edited October 26, 2006 by Laurence Strong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted October 26, 2006 Author Share Posted October 26, 2006 THanks!!Also emblem of the 10th flotilla.Seems original to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 THanks!!Also emblem of the 10th flotilla.Seems original to you?I do know that over the last couple of years some very crude un-painted fakes of this insignia have been turning up on German ebay, cut out of steel with very poor definition. Is it actually possible to verify if the one on the cap is original without removing it from the cap??Kevin in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted October 26, 2006 Author Share Posted October 26, 2006 Thanks!I still dont have this cap but I can say that badge is not steel but brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kev in Deva Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Thanks!I still dont have this cap but I can say that badge is not steel but brass.Hallo Vic, the reason I mentioned "steel" was because the items offered on German Ebay looked to be 1-3mm thick, with no definition, just a combined outline of the cross and sub and very rusty, seller claimed they were found in storage!!But to my uneducated eye looked like they were somebody's cheap attempt at a repro.Along the lines of the "Dunkirk Shield" "Stalingrad Shield" etc..etc.. that turns up now and again.Kevin in Deva. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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