Gordon Williamson Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Thought it would be interesting to look at the shared design characteristics on U-Boat badges from different manufacturers and how many of them appear to have come from similar tooling. First up, Type 1, the Schwerin type design. This design was used by (left to right) Schwerin of Berlin Steinhauer & Lück of Lüdenscheid Deumer of Lüdenscheid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 Type 2. Juncker, used only by Juncker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 Type 3. The Hymenn style.Used by Hymenn and at least one other (Deumer)Hymenn is at left, at right is a possible Deumer (the Deumer catalogue shows a badge with the area around the eagles head cut away rather than solid, so whilst this may well be a Deumer, it cannot be confirmed 100%) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 Type 4, the Schickle design.Used by (left to right below)Schickle of PforzheimMayer of PforzheimZimmermann of PforzheimBelieved original tooling was Schickle's and sold off when the firm went out of business in 1941, thereafter the tooling appears to have been shared by Mayer and Zimmermann. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 The most common of all, Type 5 with the so called "shield shaped" chest to the eagle.Used by at least the following ( and probably more as unmarked specimens are also knownm which have reverse fittings which do not conform to the six firms identified here)Left to right top rowFoerster & Barth, PforzheimMeybauer, BerlinMayer, PforzheimLeft to right bottom rowFriedrich Orth, WienRudolf Souval, WienE. Ferd. Wiedmann, Frankfurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 Type 6 So far only two firms positively identified, but this one also exists in an unmarked Tombak version so may either be one of the two identified firms, or a third so far unknown. Left, Wächtler & Lange of Mittweida Right, Klein & Quenzer of Idar-Oberstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 Type 7So far only GWl known to use this design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 Type 8Only used by Funcke & Bruninghaus and Boerger & Co (Beco) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 Type 9,Only used by Karneth, but quite similar to GWL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 Type 10Design only found on the French made badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Facinating study Gordon - thank you. Personally, I find the Juncker Eagle the 'strongest' and most visually pleasing. (Your lizard looks like it can't wait to pounce on each one!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 Personally, I find the Juncker Eagle the 'strongest' and most visually pleasing.Absolutely ! The Schickle type is also rather nice, probably my second favourite, and the possible Deumer has a rather well executed head to the eagle too.No matter how well struck or finished some of the others are, there is something too "Muppet-like" about the eagles for them to be truly attractive .Juncker - now thats an eagle. ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin W Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 (edited) Great thread Gordon.I agree that Juncker is also my favourite design,with the Schickle,Mayer,Zimmerman type a close second.Funcke & Bruninghaus and Meybauer would be third.Regards,Martin. Edited July 21, 2009 by mwestley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesredep Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Hello!I agre this is a great thread.I like Schwerin and Junker. All the bestNesredep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Great research Gordon. Quite interesting. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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