Can somebody tell me anything about this antique naval badge?
I have an antique badge here it is a brass colored outline, with a bird and wings on top, surrounding a silver ship..it has a very old fashioned clasp, The words : Fec. Adolf Bock
Ausf.Schwerin Berlin are on the back….
is there any experts out there?
it was a
THE HIGH SEAS FLEET WAR BADGE
(Flotten-Kriegsabzeichen)
http://www.thirdreichmedals.com/hsf.html
the badge was designed by adolf bock, and manufactured by Schwerin of Berlin. there are many fakes on the market. the link below will tell you how to distinguish the real ones from fakes.
http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/association/members/reference_articles/Schwerin_Article/9aMakerMark/Schwerin_HSF_MakerMark.php
“FEC. ADOLF BOCK
AUSF. SCHWERIN . BERLIN
“FEC” is an abbreviation of the latin “fecit” and in this case means designer and refers to the designer Adolf Bock. “AUSF” is an abreviation for “Ausführung” and in this case means made under contract by Schwerin of Berlin. Note the position of the periods following FEC and AUSF and the dot at half letter height between SCHWERIN and BERLIN. An enlargement of the marking on Badge#1 is presented below as Image#23.”
http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/association/members/reference_articles/Schwerin_Article/9aMakerMark/Schwerin_HSF_MakerMark.php
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