German Military Badges

This is an extremely rare badge. It is 800 coin silver with a square maker marks resembling a nested LN in raised letters.  It also has stamped GES. GESCH. and 800 content marks.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 48mm

The condition is near excellent, with some minor wear and darkness from tarnish throughout.

(This is the same badge shown on the Sports Badges page.  We only have the one badge.  It is shown here for convenience.)

This is a very rare badge. It is gold plated with no maker marks. This is the "three hole" long fanged vaulted solid back variant of this badge. It has a flat pin and simple hook attachment.

Here is a view of the back.

The condition is very good to near excellent, with moderate to heavy signs of tarnish and wear to the gilt finish from age.

This is a very scarce badge. It is silver plated with no maker marks. This is the "two hole" short fanged vaulted hollow back variant of this badge. It has a flat pin and simple hook attachment.

Here is a view of the top of the case, and views of the front and back of the badge out of the case.

The condition is near excellent, with moderate signs of tarnish and wear to the silver finish from age.

This is a very scarce badge. It is silver plated with no maker marks. . It has a round pin and simple hook attachment.

Here is a view of the back of the badge out of the case.

The condition is near excellent, with moderate signs of tarnish and wear to the silver finish from age.

This is a very scarce badge. It is silver plated with no maker marks. This is the "three hole" short fanged vaulted hollow back variant of this badge. It has a flat pin and simple hook attachment.

Here is a view of the top of the case, and views of the front and back of the badge out of the case.

The condition is near excellent.

This is a very scarce badge. It is silver plated with no maker marks. This is the "three hole" short fanged vaulted hollow back variant of this badge. It has a round pin and simple hook attachment.

Here is a view of the back.

The condition is near excellent, with moderate signs of tarnish and wear to the silver finish from age.

This is a scarce badge. It is bronze with no maker marks. This is the "two hole" short fanged vaulted hollow back variant of this badge. It has a round pin and simple hook attachment.

Here is a view of the back.

The condition is near excellent, with minor signs of wear from age.

(Top one a WWII ORIGINAL and the bottom one a POST WAR copy)

This is a scarce original badge paired with a post-war copy for comparison purposes. Both are bronze with no maker marks.

The original is a "three hole" long-fanged vaulted solid back variant of this badge. It has a flat pin and simple hook attachment on the back.

The copy has NO holes, is NOT vaulted, has a ROUND pin with the wrong type of hinge and catch on the back, thick snakes and dagger, and smaller skull. The only reason the copy is included is that this particular pair of badges was used in a display to demonstrate the distinctions between the original and the post-war versions of the solid back style badges.

Here is a view of the back.

The condition is near excellent, with minor signs of wear from age.

The price shown is for the PAIR of badges, we do not intend to sell them separately.

This is a very hard to find badge in any condition. It has no maker mark. It measures 15/16 inches square.

Here is a view of the back.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear.

This is a very scarce badge in any condition. It has no maker marks. It measures 2-1/2 by 1-5/8 inches wide. It has the usual wide pin and simple hook closure.

Here is a view of the back.

The condition is near very good, with some minor signs of wear.

This is a very scarce badge in any condition. It has no maker marks. It measures 2-1/2 by 1-5/8 inches wide. It has the usual wide pin and simple hook closure.

Here is a view of the back.

The condition is near very good, with some moderate signs of wear and deep tarnish.

This is a very scarce badge in any condition. It has no maker marks. It measures 1 by 2-1/2 inches wide. It has the usual pin and simple hook closure.

The condition is near near excellent, with some moderate signs of wear and deep tarnish.

This is a hard to find badge. It is gilded with a raised FLL in circles marks in large raised letters. This is a view of the back with the pin up to show the maker marks.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down. This is an exceptionally nice badge.

The condition is excellent, with virtually no signs of  wear to the gilt.

This is a hard to find badge. It is gilded with A.G.M u. K. GABLONZ maker marks and the PEEKHAUS design marks in large raised letters. This is a view of the back with the pin up to show all the maker marks.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down.

The condition is excellent, with virtually no signs of  wear to the gilt.

This is a hard to find badge. It is gilded with A.G.M u. K. GABLONZ maker marks and the PEEKHAUS design marks in large raised letters. This is a view of the back with the pin up to show all the maker marks.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down.

The condition is excellent, with very minor signs of  wear to the gilt.

This is a hard to find badge. It is gilded with NO maker marks apparent. This is a view of the back with the pin up.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down.

The condition is excellent, with very minor signs of  wear to the gilt.

This is a hard to find badge. It is silver washed with raised "F&B. L" maker marks apparent.

Here is a view of the back of the badge.

The condition is excellent, with very minor signs of  wear to the silver.

This is a hard to find badge. It is bronze with raised "F&B. L" maker marks apparent.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down.

The condition is excellent, with minor signs of  wear.

This is a hard to find badge. It is bronze with no maker marks apparent.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down.

The condition is excellent, with minor signs of  wear.

This is a hard to find badge. It is bronze with A.G.M.u.K. maker marks and Peekhaus design marks apparent under the pin on the back of the badge in raised letters.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down.

The condition is excellent, with minor signs of  wear.

It is a white alloy, with crossed Russian Cossack swords and wreath design with "FRONTE RUSSO" in Italian on a banner across the bottom.

Here is a view of the back. It has a lot of raised maker marks typical of Italian badges. It was made by LORIOLI of Milano, the same firm that made the German Italian campaign medals. This is the same badge that is also shown on the Italian militaria page.

The condition is near very good, with some oxidation from age and signs of long-time wear. The original pin is detached from the badge, but it is included.

This is an extremely rare badge in the hinged hard case.

Here is a view of the front and back of the badge with the pin down. The badge is VERY slightly vaulted.  It is a white metal alloy eagle with brass gilded wreath and small rivets.

These are views of the case open, top and bottom.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear.

This is a very scarce badge.

Here is a view of the back. The badge is VERY slightly vaulted. There are no maker marks.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear.

This badge has no maker marks. It shows very slight signs of routine wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down. The badge is a very deep die-struck hollow back.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear, and some tarnish present as shown.

This badge has a partial DESCHLER & SOHNE MUNCHEN 9 maker marks on the pin. It shows signs of routine wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down. The badge is flat.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear, and some tarnish present as shown.

This badge has no maker marks. It shows very slight signs of routine wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down. The badge is a very deep die-struck hollow back.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear, and some tarnish present as shown.

This badge has no maker marks. It shows signs of routine wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down. The badge is flat.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear, and some tarnish present as shown.

This badge has no maker marks. It shows signs of routine wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down. The badge is slightly vaulted.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear, and some tarnish present as shown.

This badge has no maker marks. It shows signs of routine wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear, and some tarnish present as shown.

This badge has no maker marks. It shows signs of routine wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down. The badge is round.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear, and some tarnish present as shown.

It does not get any more MINT condition than this!

This die struck badge has a stamped GWL maker mark. It shows absolutely no sign of wear. This is the top of the box identifying the contents.  There is some minor rust on the steel staples that does not detract.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down. The badge is slightly vaulted.

The condition is absolutely MINT, as shown.

This very sharp die-struck hollow badge has no maker marks. It shows signs of routine wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear, and some tarnish present as shown.

This die struck hollow back badge has exceptional detail front and back. There are no maker marks. It shows signs of very light wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down. The badge has an applied round pad hook catch for the simple hinged needle pin.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear, as shown.

This die struck badge has stamped GWL stamped maker mark. It shows signs of very light wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down. The badge has an integral hook catch for the simple hinged needle pin.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear, as shown.

This die struck badge has no maker marks. It shows signs of very light wear and minor tarnish.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down. The badge has an integral hook catch for the simple hinged needle pin. The swastika is one piece with the top of the rifle.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear, as shown.

This die struck badge has no maker marks. It shows signs of very light wear and minor tarnish.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down. The badge has a T-bar style needle pin.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear, as shown.

This die struck badge has no maker marks. It shows signs of very light wear and minor tarnish.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down. The badge has round pad applied style needle pin and hook catch.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear, as shown.

This die struck badge has no maker marks. It shows signs of minor wear and moderate tarnish.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear, as shown.

This die struck badge has stamped GWL stamped maker mark. It shows signs of very light wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down. The badge has an pad applied hook catch for the t-bar style hinged needle pin.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear, as shown.

This die struck badge has no maker marks. It shows signs of very light wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down. The badge is slightly vaulted.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear, as shown.

This die struck badge has no maker marks. It shows signs of very light wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down. The badge is slightly vaulted.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear, as shown.

This die struck badge has no maker marks. It shows signs of minor to moderate wear to the silver plate.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down. The badge is slightly vaulted.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of moderate wear, as shown.

This flat solid back badge has no maker mark. It shows some minor signs of wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down.

The condition is near excellent, with outstanding detail, as shown.

It shows very little signs of wear to the silver plate.

Here are views of the die-struck back with the pin down.

The condition is near excellent.

This shallow vaulted die-struck hollowback badge has no maker mark. It shows some minor signs of wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down.

The condition is very good to near excellent, with some wear, as shown.

It shows very little signs of wear to the silver plate and the separately applied black anodized tank.

Here are views of the back showing the multi-piece construction showing the raised GB stylized.

The condition is near excellent, with almost no signs of wear, as shown.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down. This is a shot of the raised "RK" maker mark.

The condition is near very good, with signs of moderate to heavy wear the silver finish on the wreath, as shown.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down. This is a shot of the raised "RK" maker mark.

The condition is near very good, with signs of slight to moderate wear to the silver finish on the wreath, as shown.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down. This is a shot of the raised "JFS" maker mark.

The condition is near very good, with noticeable signs of moderate to heavy wear to the gilt finish, as shown.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down. This is a shot of the raised "JFS" maker mark.

The condition is near excellent, with only the slightest signs of wear to the gilt finish, as shown.

This two-piece badge has a separately applied winged arrow. It has no maker mark. It shows virtually no wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down.

The condition is near excellent, as shown.

This two-piece badge has a separately applied winged arrow. It has no maker mark. It shows virtually no wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down and one with the pin up.

The condition is near excellent, as shown.

This two-piece badge has a separately applied black falcon head. It has no maker marks. It shows minor signs of  wear and some slight tarnish.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down and with the pin up.

The condition is near excellent, as shown.

This vaulted two piece badge with the applied eagle has a scarce PLEUGER & VOSS LÜDENSCHEID maker mark. It shows signs of very light wear.

Here are close-up views of the front and the back with the pin down.

This is the top of the case showing the lettering, and the bottom showing the hinge.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear, as shown.

This vaulted two piece badge with the applied eagle has a C. E. JUNCKER BERLIN SW maker mark. It shows signs of very light wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear, as shown.

This vaulted two piece badge with the applied eagle has a B&N L maker mark. It shows signs of very light wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear, as shown.

This vaulted two piece badge with the applied eagle has a JMME maker mark. It shows signs of very light wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear, as shown.

This vaulted two piece badge with the applied eagle has a JMME maker mark. It shows signs of very light wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down.

The condition is very good to near excellent, with some signs of moderate tarnish and wear (mostly to the back), as shown.

This vaulted two piece badge with the applied eagle has a BSW in a clover leaf maker mark. It shows signs of very light wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear, as shown.

This is a one-piece badge with no apparent maker mark. It shows signs of moderate wear. It was from the collection of Flug-käpitan Hanna Reitsch, who was eventually awarded the combined pilot observer badge in diamonds.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor to moderate wear, as shown.

This vaulted two piece badge with the applied eagle has a JMME & SOHN BERLIN maker mark. It shows signs of very light wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear, as shown.

This is a flat two piece badge with the applied eagle has a C. E. JUNCKER BERLIN SW maker mark. It shows minor signs of light wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of minor wear, as shown.

This riveted two piece badge with the gilt eagle on black wreath has no maker or content marks. It shows signs of minor wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down and pin up.

The condition is near mint, as shown.

This badge has no maker marks. It shows signs of very light wear.

Here is a view of the back. It has the wide vertical flat pin.

The condition is near excellent, with very minor signs of wear, as shown.

This badge has no maker marks. It shows signs of very light wear.

Here is a view of the back. It has the long vertical needle pin.

The condition is near excellent, with very minor signs of wear, as shown.

This badge has S. H. u. Co.raised maker marks. It shows signs of very light wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down. It has the long vertical flat pin.

The condition is near excellent, with very minor signs of wear and tarnish to the gilt wreath, as shown.

This one piece badge with a raised "f.o." maker marks. It shows some signs of routine wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down and one with the pin up to show the maker mark.

The condition is near excellent, with some very slight tarnish present as shown.

This one piece badge with no maker marks. It shows some signs of routine wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down and one with the pin up.

The condition is near excellent, with some minor tarnish present as shown.

This one piece badge with a raised "f.o." maker marks. It shows some signs of routine wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down and one with the pin up to show the maker mark.

The condition is near excellent, with moderate tarnish present as shown.

This one piece badge with a stamped "SA" in a triangle maker mark logo. It shows some signs of routine wear.

Here is a view of the back showing the maker mark.

The condition is near excellent, with moderate tarnish present as shown.

This one piece badge with Adolf Bock and Schwerin Berlin raised maker marks. It shows some very slight signs of routine wear.  It is slightly vaulted.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down and the maker marks.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of very slight wear, as shown. This badge shows exceptional definition.

This one piece badge with Adolf Bock raised maker marks. It shows some very slight signs of routine wear.  It is slightly vaulted.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down and the maker mark.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of slight wear, as shown.

This one piece badge with a raised FAC OTTO PLACZEK AUSF SCHWERIN BERLIN maker mark. It shows slight signs of routine wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down..

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of long wear, and some minor tarnish present as shown.

This one piece badge with a hand engraved Luderer N6396/405 ID markings. It shows slight signs of routine wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down..

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of long wear, and some minor tarnish present as shown.

This one piece badge with raised SCHWERIN maker marks. It shows slight signs of routine wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down..

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of long wear, and some minor tarnish present as shown.

This one piece badge with no maker marks. It shows very light signs of routine wear.

Here is a view of the back with the horizontal pin down.

The condition is near excellent, as shown.

This one piece badge with no maker marks. It shows very light signs of routine wear.

Here is a view of the back with the horizontal pin down.

The condition is near excellent, as shown.

This one piece badge with no maker marks. It shows very light signs of routine wear.

Here is a view of the back with the horizontal pin down.

The condition is near excellent, as shown.

This one piece badge with L/21 maker mark (Foerster & Barth, Pforzheim) and 800 silver content marks on the flat pin.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down and one with the pin up.

The condition is very good, with signs of minor wear, as shown.

This one piece solid gilded badge with raised ENTWURF PEEKHAUS and AUSF. SCHWERIN BERLIN 68 maker marks. It has moderate signs of routine wear.

Here are views of the back with the pin down and pin up to show the marks.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of wear, as shown.

This one piece solid bronze badge with raised ENTWURF PEEKHAUS and AUSF. SCHWERIN BERLIN 68 maker marks. It has very minor signs of routine wear.

Here are views of the back with the pin down and pin up to show the marks.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of wear, as shown.

This one piece solid bronze badge with a faint unreadable maker mark. It has minor signs of routine wear.

Here is a view of the back with the pin down.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of wear, as shown.

This one piece solid brass badge with a separately applied silver swastika designed for 9 brilliants (one is missing) with the SCHWERIN BERLIN 68 maker marks. It has a well-defined head on the eagle. Note this variant is thin and flat, with exceptional detail. It shows slight signs of routine wear.

Here is a view of the front and a view with the pin down.

The condition is near excellent, except as noted above, with some signs of slight wear, as shown.  The maroon case is in outstanding condition.

Holders of the U-Boat badge with diamonds were:

• Korvettenkapitän Heinrich Bleichrodt

• Fregattenkapitän Albrecht Brandi

• Korvettenkapitän Otto von Bulow

• Korvettenkapitän Carl Emmermann

• Kapitänleutnant Engelbert Endrass

• Kapitänleutnant Freidrich Guggenberger

• Korvettenkapitän Robert Gysae

• Korvettenkapitän Reinhard Hardegen

• Kapitän zur See Werner Hartmann

• Korvettenkapitän Werner Henke

• Fregattenkapitän Otto Kretschmer

• Kapitänleutnant Hans-Gunther Lange

• Korvettenkapitän Georg Lassen

• Fregattenkapitän Heinrich Liebe

• Kapitän zur See Wolfgang Luth

• Kapitän zur See Karl Freidrich Merten

• Korvettenkapitän Johann Mohr

• Kapitänleutnant Rolf Mutzelburg

• Korvettenkapitän Gunther Prien

• Kapitänleutnant Joachim Schepke

• Korvettenkapitän Adalbert Schnee

• Kapitän zur See Klaus Scholtz

• Korvettenkapitän Herbert Schultze

• Kapitän zur See Victor Schutze

• Fregattenkapitän Reinhard Suhren

• Kapitänleutnant Rolf Thomsen

• Fregattenkapitän Erich Topp

• Fregattenkapitän Heinrich Willenbrock

This one piece solid brass badge with no maker mark. It has a cut-out swastika and well-defined head on the eagle. Note this variant is thin and slightly vaulted, with exceptional detail. It shows slight signs of routine wear.

Here is a view of the back at an angle to show how it is vaulted, and a view with the pin down.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of slight wear, as shown.

This one piece solid brass badge with SCHWERIN maker mark. It has a solid swastika and sharp beak well-defined head on the eagle. Note this variant is thin with exceptional detail. It shows moderate signs of gray tarnish front and back.

Here is a view of the back showing the stamped maker mark, and a view with the pin down.

The condition is near excellent, with some signs of slight wear, as shown.

This is a scarce variant and not often encountered in near mint condition.

This is a very detailed machine woven bullion badge. It shows slight tarnish.

Here is a view of the back.

The condition is excellent to near mint and unissued.