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RE: U-boat Badges with Diamonds????
Posted by:
Michael Lowrey
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Date: January 17, 2001 05:12PM
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The whole field of Nazi-era military medals is something to avoid unless you really know your stuff. The are no lack of reproductions and fakes. The problem is especially large for something like the Knight\'s Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds, (27 awarded) or the U-Boat Badge with diamonds (29 awarded). Both did have real diamonds.
For a discussion of the U-Boat Badge with Diamonds (including a list of those that got the award) see: [www.wehrmacht-awards.com] The award was of the highest quality (these were the greatest heroes of the Reich, after all).
From the shape (or lack there of)of the swastika, I\'d be extremely wary of this medal.
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The whole field of Nazi-era military medals is something to avoid unless you really know your stuff. The are no lack of reproductions and fakes. The problem is especially large for something like the Knight\'s Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds, (27 awarded) or the U-Boat Badge with diamonds (29 awarded). Both did have real diamonds.
For a discussion of the U-Boat Badge with Diamonds (including a list of those that got the award) see: [www.wehrmacht-awards.com] The award was of the highest quality (these were the greatest heroes of the Reich, after all).
From the shape (or lack there of)of the swastika, I\'d be extremely wary of this medal.
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