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Summer 2022 Militaria Auction
Lot 260:
1936 Berlin German Olympic Games Rings Badge. U-Boot
XI. SUMMER GAMES BERLIN 1936
A 1936 Berlin German Olympic Games Rings Badge.
A German 1936 Olympics lapel badge in silver and enamels, measuring 19mm x 45mm, with backside
"Ges. Gesch" (gesetzlich geschutz – protected by law).The badge is made of Silver and enamels. Horizontal pin to the reverse.
Weight: 4.12g.
1936 was the year of the Berlin Olympics, and naval officers who joined the Kriegsmarine that year chose the rings as their emblem. This particularly true of the U-Boat commanders who often wore the Olympic rings alongside the ‘boat’ emblem on their caps.
There were also many u-boat crews who wore the Olympic rings as their u-boat emblem, these are:
U-3, U-20, U-23, U-59, U-203, U-227, U-314, U-344, U-387, U-394, U-407, U-426, U-440, U-467, U-505, U-534, U-546, U-555, U-643, U-710, U-760, U-869 and U-1230.
So how was it worn? Generally, if the commander desired and was from the school of 1936 he would wear the Olympic rings. If the u-boat also had a boat badge he would also wear this on his cap, usually the Olympic rings being worn more to the front and the boat badge to the left. But this was not a standard!
If the U-boot is listed above then the badge would most likely have been worn singly but not in all cases, in these cases the crew would wear one badge while the commander would also wear his 1936 Olympics rings badge!
The listing is for the badge only.
VERY IMPORTANT !!!
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