Kriegsmarine U-Boot Badge "53"

[Guest Darrell]

Anyone seen this maker before?

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[Guest Darrell]

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[genoa41]

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I have never seen a UBadge mm G&S . I am waiting for Gordon's opinion

Sorry

giorgio

[John R]

Do not think this is a period badge. Maker's mark unknown, looks like a cast copy also. John

[Guest Darrell]

I know I've never seen a "53" before. Saw this one on a dealers site last night.

[genoa41]

I know I've never seen a "53" before. Saw this one on a dealers site last night.

Hello

Sorry for my mistake , I was very absent-minded . The Ubadge mm 53 exists .

I am looking for pics

I apologize to you

cheers

giorgio

[Al P]

L/53 is Hymmen I do believe, but this does not look like an L/53. I thought I saw one of these in the past, but searching through numerous threads has not resulted in finding a match.

Al

[Guest Darrell]

L/53 is Hymmen I do believe, but this does not look like an L/53. I thought I saw one of these in the past, but searching through numerous threads has not resulted in finding a match.

Al

Hi Al, I believe this one is markd just "53", which would be Glaser an Sohn. I've seen S&L marked U-Boot badge with a "4" in a square before, but never a "53".

[genoa41]

Hello

Sorry for my mistake , I was very absent-minded . The Ubadge mm 53 exists .

I am looking for pics

I apologize to you

cheers

giorgio

The pics

regards

giorgio

[genoa41]

The pics

regards

giorgio

[Guest Darrell]

Hi giorgio,

Can I ask where you found these pics OR who owns this badge? Thanks.

[genoa41]

Hi giorgio,

Can I ask where you found these pics OR who owns this badge? Thanks.

Hello Darrel

I own the badge . I am always interested in Ubadges , if ... PM me

regards

giorgio

[John R]

So now we have two of these badges. I still do not think the 53 in a square or this badge is period. Are there any other opinions of this one?

If it is a real badge, like to see more discussion on it. If not, same applies.

John

[Guest Darrell]

At first I thought they were the same badge, based on the below same flaws on the reverse of the Swastika. However, you can see the difference on the obverse (catch is slightly off line on the badge I posted).

This would indicate (to me) they came from the same mold. But when?

[Guest Darrell]

The pictures I posted are rather distorted. I think the dealer tried to size the originals and got the details fuzzy

[Gordon Williamson]

Personally I don't like these. I did have one myself in the dim and distant past and initially thought it was good mainly because of the nice pin/hinge set up, though the retaining clip was a bit iffy.

The killer for me was coming across several of these with the swastika drilled out to take small imitation diamonds in an attempt to recreate the U-Boat Badge with Diamonds, all identical and all with the 53 in a box mark. No one would take a genuine badge, set the swastika with fake stones then sell it for less than the value of a regular original U-Boat badge.

Somewhere I may have an image of one of these fakes saved. I'll try to find it.

[Guest Darrell]

Personally I don't like these. I did have one myself in the dim and distant past and initially thought it was good mainly because of the nice pin/hinge set up, though the retaining clip was a bit iffy.

The killer for me was coming across several of these with the swastika drilled out to take small imitation diamonds in an attempt to recreate the U-Boat Badge with Diamonds, all identical and all with the 53 in a box mark. No one would take a genuine badge, set the swastika with fake stones then sell it for less than the value of a regular original U-Boat badge.

Somewhere I may have an image of one of these fakes saved. I'll try to find it.

Thanks Gordon. Looking forward to the pics

[genoa41]

Personally I don't like these. I did have one myself in the dim and distant past and initially thought it was good mainly because of the nice pin/hinge set up, though the retaining clip was a bit iffy.

The killer for me was coming across several of these with the swastika drilled out to take small imitation diamonds in an attempt to recreate the U-Boat Badge with Diamonds, all identical and all with the 53 in a box mark. No one would take a genuine badge, set the swastika with fake stones then sell it for less than the value of a regular original U-Boat badge.

Somewhere I may have an image of one of these fakes saved. I'll try to find it.

Hello Gordon

I have a pic of another Ubadge mm 53 but with different hinge block and retaining clip .

I know the UBadges with diamonds mm Schwerin (I think the only maker) . Why a fake mm 53 ?

Many thanks

giorgio

[TonyR]

Here's a 53 marked u-boat I recently purchased from JohnT of GermanWarBooty (before reading this thread).

Here are photos from the seller's archives: http://www.germanwarbooty.com/medals%20m1126.htm

Let me know if you want additional photos.

Tony