Kriegsmarine Deumer Minesweeper badge

[JamesM]

Hello all,

Woud it be a safe guess to say this is a Deumer Minesweeper Badge? It's a heavy badge that appears to be made of copper??

Cheers,

James

[Norm F]

Hello all,

Woud it be a safe guess to say this is a Deumer Minesweeper Badge? It's a heavy badge that appears to be made of copper??

Cheers,

James

Hi James,

It does indeed look like tombak Deumer. However, the photos aren't very good and there seems to be an odd texture and waviness to the reverse? Any chance for sharper closeups?

Best regards,

---Norm

[Gordon Williamson]

Yes, looks pretty much like a Deumer. The base metal is Tombak, an alloy which certainly contains copper and once the gilding wears off, if polished the metal will look just like Brass but if left untouched will usually show a coppery colour.

[JamesM]

Gordon and Norm,

Thanks for the replies.

I will take some better shots when I get home and post them here.

Cheers,

James

[JamesM]

Extra shots.

[JamesM]

Reverse.

[JamesM]

Hardware.

[Norm F]

Hi James,

Better photos. Yes, a good tombak Deumer. It has about 20% of its gilding remaining on the wreath, and the reverse has been polished with an abrasive which has removed the darkened oxidized silver patina.

Best regards,

---Norm

[JamesM]

Thanks Norm!

Another badge to put in the sale pile.

Cheers,

James