panzer 1 Posted December 23, 2017 Share #226 Posted December 23, 2017 Thank you for all this information. Very rewarding ! Regards, Romain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walk2892 Posted April 8, 2018 Share #227 Posted April 8, 2018 Blackinton combat patrol . Not sure of the exact time frame this would have been used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walk2892 Posted April 8, 2018 Share #228 Posted April 8, 2018 Pasquale officer. Very similar to Blackinton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walk2892 Posted April 14, 2018 Share #229 Posted April 14, 2018 Blackinton with the 1 in the 10-20. I have seen most without the 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walk2892 Posted June 23, 2018 Share #230 Posted June 23, 2018 Early LGB hallmark. Not commonly seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo Posted July 2, 2018 Share #231 Posted July 2, 2018 Any idea what era these dolphins came from?Looks like a Vanguard hallmarked set in brass. Front: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo Posted July 2, 2018 Share #232 Posted July 2, 2018 Back: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walk2892 Posted July 2, 2018 Share #233 Posted July 2, 2018 Jimbo, I would put this in the 1970's time frame based on not being 1/20 GF on sterling. Anyone else have any opinions about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor996 Posted July 25, 2022 Share #234 Posted July 25, 2022 Adding my recently acquired late 30s to WW2 era mess dress officers dolphins many thanks to Josh B for identifying them for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaxx Posted August 26, 2022 Share #235 Posted August 26, 2022 I Think this is the Perth version. Let me know If I did good fellas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanminer Posted September 17, 2022 Share #236 Posted September 17, 2022 Just picked up this sweet little mess size (1.5”) dolphin badge by Hilborn-Hamburger Imperial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSNPingjockey Posted September 18, 2022 Share #237 Posted September 18, 2022 Nice! That one is pristine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSNPingjockey Posted September 18, 2022 Share #238 Posted September 18, 2022 Zaxx….that Sheridan badge is really nice! The Aussie badges are getting so dang expensive. I know they are scarce and everyone wants a Sheridan (Perth) and a Wallace Bishop (Brisbane) in their collection, but every variety I’ve seen lately for sale is $$$$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kropotkin Posted May 10, 2023 Share #239 Posted May 10, 2023 Hello, I’ve picked up this small dolphin badge and would like to submit it to the community for your verdict as to whether it is WW2 vintage. It’s a little over 1 and a half inches and has a raised Sterling mark. Some of the gilding has worn off the high points. The pin and fixings seem to chime with period manufacture but I have no idea about this type of insignia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kropotkin Posted July 12, 2023 Share #240 Posted July 12, 2023 Picked up this nice Gemsco dolphin badge, which I’m assuming is WW2 vintage. While it is clutch back rather than the usual pin back the clutch pins are the short, straight variety, soldered, not the longer nail-head versions of typical post-war period. Is my assumption correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kropotkin Posted July 14, 2023 Share #241 Posted July 14, 2023 Does anyone ever look at this thread anymore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collectsmedals Posted July 14, 2023 Share #242 Posted July 14, 2023 I look at it, but I am reluctant to offer opinions when I am not absolutely sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh B. Posted July 20, 2023 Author Share #243 Posted July 20, 2023 On 5/10/2023 at 12:39 PM, Kropotkin said: Hello, I’ve picked up this small dolphin badge and would like to submit it to the community for your verdict as to whether it is WW2 vintage. It’s a little over 1 and a half inches and has a raised Sterling mark. Some of the gilding has worn off the high points. The pin and fixings seem to chime with period manufacture but I have no idea about this type of insignia. No problem considering this WWII era. These are sometimes also marked “Nanco”, but the latter was more a retailer than a manufacturer. An example of the same pattern sold online a few months back , mounted on an Officers Equipment card stock, again bolstering the idea that these may have been produced for sale by a variety of retailers. They show up on the market quite frequently (Nanco marked less frequently). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh B. Posted July 20, 2023 Author Share #244 Posted July 20, 2023 On 7/12/2023 at 5:10 AM, Kropotkin said: Picked up this nice Gemsco dolphin badge, which I’m assuming is WW2 vintage. While it is clutch back rather than the usual pin back the clutch pins are the short, straight variety, soldered, not the longer nail-head versions of typical post-war period. Is my assumption correct? Hard to say. As mentioned in this thread and in Jones’s book, the only documented WWII clutch-back dolphins are Meyer… the operative word being documented. I’ve been looking several years for a dated photo showing this particular style of Gemsco dolphins in wear during WWII. I’ve never seen a memorable example, but no problem finding them in use a few years later (ie Korean War). On the other hand, H-H deep wave dolphins are very common in WWII photographs. I don’t know exactly when Gemsco ramped up production of this particular style, and the company marketed other styles of submarine insignia during the period too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kropotkin Posted July 20, 2023 Share #245 Posted July 20, 2023 Thanks for your responses Josh. Very informative and interesting, especially about the Gemsco dolphins. Collecting WW2 era USAAF wings, the collective wisdom suggests the short, straight clutch pins point towards WW2 vintage, however these conventions are never absolute or final and I imagine the application of this type of clutch pin would have still been the case after August 1945. Interestingly, you can see on the reverse of the badge two flat areas where the pin hinge and catch would have been soldered, so this badge was originally struck to be a pinback. Whatever its age, it is a really handsome badge. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpcsdan Posted August 7, 2023 Share #246 Posted August 7, 2023 I have a 2 3/4" Sterling solid back with pin and small Burgess catch with "SS 224" stamped on the reverse. Very good condition. Has to be at least 1943-1962 usage. I'll post some photos tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpcsdan Posted August 7, 2023 Share #247 Posted August 7, 2023 12 hours ago, dpcsdan said: I have a 2-3/4" Sterling, solid back, with pin and small Burgess catch and "SS 224" stamped on the reverse. Very good condition. USS Cod, has to be at least 1943-1962 usage, as she had her designation changed in 1962. She's still alive, ported at Cleveland, Ohio, as a museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpcsdan Posted August 8, 2023 Share #248 Posted August 8, 2023 Found my answer on the above cast "reproduction" set of dolphins. Thanks, -dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh B. Posted August 8, 2023 Author Share #249 Posted August 8, 2023 Sorry Dan; I’ve been on the road but yes a large number of the cast Meyer pattern dolphins stamped on the reverse have shown up over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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