Kriegsmarine New Denazified copy Uboat badges

[perce]

Hi Guys

I got these as I liked them- I believe them to be copies but they've been denazified

comments welcome

If they're in the wrong forum please move

Cheers

Perce

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Uboat Clasp Front

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Uboat Clasp Rear

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Uboat Badge Front

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Uboat Badge Rear

[Norm F]

Hi Perce,

I quite agree. Both are obvious cast reproductions which someone denazified, probably to make them appear more "genuine"?

Best regards,

---Norm

[Hauptmann]

LOVE the plaque... what's the story behind it?

Dan :cheers:

[perce]

the Plaque used to belong to my late Step mums late husband

he was a submarine hoarder

Albums full of photos and docs

This was one of his favourite pieces

(probably a copy too)

Perce

[Hauptmann]

Why do you say it's a copy... seems to have the proper aged look, etc., and assuming it was in his collection for quite a number of years so that takes it back. What's it made of? What is the back like? Keep in mind that most of this type of thing were made by the crews themselves, often on the U-boats and ships they served on.

The insignia is definitely correct for that particular boat:

http://www.uboataces...nsignia11.shtml

Here's some info on her:

http://www.uboat.net/boats/u141.htm

Dan :cheers:

Edited October 7, 2011 by Hauptmann

[Erik Krogh]

As Norm already noted, both U-Boat badges are repros. The most obvious tipoffs for me are: the pin and reverse hardware on the clasp are all wrong, and "JMME" never made U-Boat (or any other KM) badges.

All the Best,

Erik

[perce]

As I said I believed the badges to be faked. My original zinc uboat badge was stolen several years ago. The plaque is made of scrap wood by the looks really quite unrefined

Will photo the back of it

Cheers

Perce