Kriegsmarine Schwerin HSF badge comparison and opinions

[John R]

The badge on the left is Martin W.'s fine HSF badge. The one on the right and the additional single images are of a badge just posted on WAF.

If it is not a fake, it is a badge that has been seriously degraded somehow. Like to get an opinion here on this one.

John

Edited July 12, 2009 by John Robinson

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More of badge in question. John

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[Gordon Williamson]

IMO a genuine original wartime made piece, but just in very poor condition. What I specifically like is the way the reverse finish is flaking away from the underlying base metal in places on the reverse.

I recently had a very early first type Scherin Destroyer in Tombak which was ground dug and the degredation to the finish matched this almost exactly.

[John R]

Thanks Gordon. Mike Kenny weighed in and stated it was an original also. I think the first images posted that I used in the side by side comparison indicated pitting when it was actually flaking as seen in the subsequent images.

John