WTK about German war badges-PICS included now (thanks Pete for photo help)

minigun · 11-27-2005, 01:26 PM

I've run across a German U-boat badge at a gunshow yesterday. I bought it for almost nothing just becuase I thought it was neat. It was mixed in with a bunch of U.S. award medals and watches. When asking the man selling the items where this particular German badge came from, he stated it was mixed in with a lot of stuff from an auction he bought. He had no idea of its origin.

I took it to a collector of these things. That collector took it to some of his fellow collectors. They all agreed its an original.

Okay, the badge has the stamp "DESCHLERSOHN" on the back. The collectors tell me due to the weight of the badge, detail on the sub and eagle and such and the fact that the maker (or stamp on the back) is not a well known maker that they thought it to be genuine.

I have no idea. Any other way to tell if its original or not? Thanks for all help out there. Compared to one that the collectors were selling, I can't tell them apart.

11-27-2005, 01:26 PM	#1
minigun User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 424 Thanks: 16 Thanked 20 Times in 15 Posts	WTK about German war badges-PICS included now (thanks Pete for photo help) I've run across a German U-boat badge at a gunshow yesterday. I bought it for almost nothing just becuase I thought it was neat. It was mixed in with a bunch of U.S. award medals and watches. When asking the man selling the items where this particular German badge came from, he stated it was mixed in with a lot of stuff from an auction he bought. He had no idea of its origin. I took it to a collector of these things. That collector took it to some of his fellow collectors. They all agreed its an original. Okay, the badge has the stamp "DESCHLERSOHN" on the back. The collectors tell me due to the weight of the badge, detail on the sub and eagle and such and the fact that the maker (or stamp on the back) is not a well known maker that they thought it to be genuine. I have no idea. Any other way to tell if its original or not? Thanks for all help out there. Compared to one that the collectors were selling, I can't tell them apart.