Unidentified U-boat cap badge/Mützenabzeichen

[IJSBEER]

I found this one 2 years ago on E-bay. The seller owned two copies of them but only this one he wanted to sell to me because of the rust and damages, but can someone tell me to which U-boot's crew this once belonged? Your help would be much appreciated.

 

[IJSBEER]

Strange thing is, and this has me concerned somewhat, is that the following image (although only on one website) is circulating on the internet and which I located only some weeks prior to this post: 

This seems like an exact copy of the original.....or worse....vice versa. I am not so sure anymore about the authenticity of my hat badge all of the sudden, but it looks as real as it can get.

Edited October 29, 2016 by IJSBEER

[LarryT]

Sawfish emblem belonged to U-96. Plenty of repro. insignia for sale on the net.

Here for instance: http://www.warhats.com/ww2-german-u-boat-badges.html

According to this site the emblem represents 9 U-Boat Flotilla.

Cheers,

Larry

[IJSBEER]

Thank you Larry. I know that the "lachende schwertfisch" or "sägefisch" emblem belongs to, among other U-boats, the U-96 but what did the real cap badge of U-96 look like? Are there real ones in musea? I want to see one for future reference. Is there for instance a website where I can see all the original cap badges collected? I just want to know whether or not mine is real and exactly which U-boat crew wore it, provided that it is real of course. Is there certainty about the true color of the conning tower emblem of U-96 - if so, can someone show me more of that? Basically: I'm searching for a solid touchstone for these objects. 

The 9.Flottille swordfish is Red, as far as I know, but some individual U-boats use the same emblem in different colors, that's the difficulty I reckon. I'm quite a novice when it comes to this all but please educate me.

Edited November 1, 2016 by IJSBEER

[IJSBEER]

Came across and bought another one today (http://www.militaria-1939-1945.com/militaria-allemand-21.html) and despite at first sight they look almost the same there are quite some differences. I am not sure if this French site is really selling only authentic stuff like they claim to do.