Kriegsmarine Bacqueville u-boat badge

[paul w]

Hello guys,I recently aquired this badge.The weight and measurements are pretty much spot on,the only thing that concerns me is that the hardware on the back is non magnetic.Is that correct for this maker?All the best,

Paul

[paul w]

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[paul w]

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[Gordon Williamson]

Don't worry about the pin. Its a good original piece. They are faking these French made pieces, but the pin/hinge fittings aren't quite right. This one is spot on.

[GRIKICH]

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It's a good one with the typical pin, i've one too.

the french bacqueville produced the six different marine badge.

[PKeating]

It's absolutely original.

PK

[Martin W]

It's a good one with the typical pin, i've one too.

the french bacqueville produced the six different marine badge.

I have never seen the Blockade Breaker badge by Bacqueville,does anybody have one?If so,this would make seven examples.

Regards,Martin.

Edited August 5, 2007 by mwestley

[PKeating]

They didn't make one. Nor did they make the Minesweeper Badge. They made the following:

Destroyer Badge

High Seas Fleet Badge

Auxiliary Cruiser Badge

U-Boat Badge

E-Boat Badge

Coastal Artillery Badge

They also produced buttons, summer tunic eagles and other bits and pieces.

PK

[GRIKICH]

They didn't make one. Nor did they make the Minesweeper Badge. They made the following:

Destroyer Badge

High Seas Fleet Badge

Auxiliary Cruiser Badge

U-Boat Badge

E-Boat Badge

Coastal Artillery Badge

They also produced buttons, summer tunic eagles and other bits and pieces.

PK

Thank you, these are the six badges i wanted to talk about, they were delivered in nice little " crushed egg-shell " beige color boxes, am i right?

[PKeating]

Exactly! But one of the problems is that the guys who found them or who brokered them to dealers in Paris and London seem to have repainted a lot of the badges with the kind of gold paint used on picture frames.

PK

Edited August 5, 2007 by PKeating

[PKeating]

This finish looks new but appears to be original. If you looks at the previous two badges, you can see that someone appears to have painted the wreaths carelessly. I suppose it was the dealer's assistant, trying to finish dozens of badges before going home!

PK

[PKeating]

But here's an indisputably untouched Bacqueville E-Boat Badge with a nice age patina, pictured with a Schwerin 1st pattern badge and an Adolf Scholtz 2nd pattern badge.

PK

[Erik Krogh]

Here are my Bacquevilles.

Regards,

Erik

[nesredep]

Hi

Nice looking badge,thanks for sharing.

Regards

Nesredep