Scowen Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I apologise if this is the wrong area, but I have a photo with a guy wearing a badge with an anchor which I am unable to identify & hoped that someone here may know. I can identify the other badges (Party badge, Reichsbund Deutscher Seegeltung & a NS Deutscher Marinebund breast eagle), but the other one I'm unfamiliar with. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Cheers Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesredep Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Hello! Look at Gordon Williamson Book TORPEDO Los page 386.This is an U-Boat Badge from Austrian. All the best Morten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRANGEL Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Yes Don, I confirm this is the Österreich KuK Marine 1. Weltkrieg U-Boot Kriegsabzeichen Best regards Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin W Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) Hello! Look at Gordon Williamson Book TORPEDO Los page 386.This is an U-Boat Badge from Austrian. All the best Morten. The Austo-Hungarian U-Boat badge as illustrated on page 386 in Gordon's book. Hope this is ok Gordon ? BTW,great photo Don.You do not see many images with this badge in wear. Regards,Martin. Edited December 14, 2011 by Martin W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scowen Posted December 14, 2011 Author Share Posted December 14, 2011 Thank you Gentlemen for your help, as you can tell, Navy isn't my area Cheers Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Krogh Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Don, That is a great photo that you have! Nice to see this badge in wear in a period photo. Thanks for posting. Best Regards, Erik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scowen Posted December 15, 2011 Author Share Posted December 15, 2011 Thank you Erik, it is a nice shot. I picked it up for the Seegeltung badge, the only time that I've seen one in wear. The rest was a bonus.... Cheers Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlecH Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Don, I believe in the whole of WW1 the Austrian Navy had only 27 U-boots in operation, It would, I imagine be one rare award to find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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