Kriegsmarine Mayer Auxiliary Cruiser

[John R]

Note with this example of a Mayer AC badge that the hinge is different than the Mayer U-boat badge hinge. Are there other examples of a maker using different hinges for their badges than Mayer?

The MS badge has the same crimped barrel hinge.

Edited February 18, 2008 by John Robinson

[Martin W]

John,

a recent thread at GCA shows two examples of the Wiedeman Minesweeper badge.One has the "uu" shaped hinge and the the other has a "rectangular" shaped hinge.Two very different hinges from one maker on the same badge.To my knowledge they are both zinc badges.

Regards,Martin.

[John R]

And here is a different setup on the Mayer S-boat:

[Gordon Williamson]

John,

a recent thread at GCA shows two examples of the Wiedeman Minesweeper badge.One has the "uu" shaped hinge and the the other has a "rectangular" shaped hinge.Two very different hinges from one maker on the same badge.To my knowledge they are both zinc badges.

Regards,Martin.

Here's the hinge on my Wiedmann Minesweeper