Kriegsmarine Two obscure objects for comments

[Peter J]

Gentlemen, care to take a shot at these two pices and what they might be? Don't hold back, I don't give them much of a chance

cheers

Peter

[Peter J]

Gentlemen, care to take a shot at these two pices and what they might be? Don't hold back, I don't give them much of a chance

cheers

Peter

[Peter J]

2nd item

[2dresq]

could you post some circumference measurement please.

Is the eagle on the back holding a backwards swastika?

I don't know what this could be or attempting to be. (That doesn't mean too much as I am not as knowledgeable as many here.)

Regards

Justin

2dresq

[2dresq]

The eagle is holding the swastika backwards.

Regards,

Justin

2dresq

Edited March 5, 2010 by 2dresq

[Peter J]

Hi Justin,

It's way over my bedtime, but I'll get back with more details tomorrow

cheers

Peter

[Hauptmann]

Looks to me like a copy (poor one at that) of a protective case for one of the stopwatches used on Uboats to time torpedo attacks. Also could have been meant for a pocket watch. That's my best guess. If I saw one for super cheap somewhere I'd probably grab it just for a novelty to pop in with my pocket watch collection. But as far as TR... no way. They would not have put a backwards swaz, and the sub just doesn't look right either.

I could be wrong but that's my two pfennigs worth.

Dan

[Gordon Williamson]

Dan is correct. This is a fantasy protective watch case for a pocket watch. There are a lot of these going around. Nothing even remotely like this was ever produced for KM watches. I believe that like so many other such things, they are coming from Eastern Europe. They appear regularly on EBay.

[Hauptmann]

Hi Gordon,

Many thanks for the confirmation on this one. I was like 99.99999% sure but always good to get another concrete confirmation on such things. Also many thanks for helping out with that shoulderboard post the other day. Deeply appreciate the assistance!

Dan

[nesredep]

Dan is correct. This is a fantasy protective watch case for a pocket watch. There are a lot of these going around. Nothing even remotely like this was ever produced for KM watches. I believe that like so many other such things, they are coming from Eastern Europe. They appear regularly on EBay.

Hello!

I agree.

All the best

Morten.

[Peter J]

Thanks Gordon, I pretty much thought this was the story. An acquaintance of mine visited me a few days ago and left a bag with odds and ends, asking me to check it out. Although one has to give the fakers credit for their inventiveness, they haven't done much of a research. Like Dan said, backward swastika and a strange hybrid of LW-eagle. They could also have picked another sub than U-24, which was taken out of commission in 1939. At least they've used Omega watches

cheers

Peter

[Erik Krogh]

2nd item

Isn't this boat modelled after the Deathmobile from "Animal House"? :whistle:

[Hauptmann]

[Peter J]

Ahh, sweet memories

cheers

Peter