This is just a thread to make it easier to find the info as it was originally part of a discussion on the Marine-HJ Seesport badge.
Please refer to this thread for pictures and previous discussion of the Marine-Wehrfunk badges (begins at post #5).
Explanation of the three levels of the Marine-Wehrfunk badges:
Took a while but I finally found a full description of these Marine-HJ Wehrfunk patches in a primary source from September 1943. They appear to have been introduced in that year as part of a new agreement between the Kriegsmarine and the RJF (previous agreements had been reached in 1939 and 1942 with regard to signals training in support of the Kriegsmarine) and are described as follows:
1. Anchor, lightning and one chevron: awarded to boys aged at least 14 who had transferred from the regular Marine-HJ into a Marine-HJ Funkkameradschaft and who had been in Marine-Wehrfunk training for between six and eight weeks.
2. Anchor, lightning and two chevrons: awarded after having passed the intermediate tests. An example.
3. Anchor, lightning and three chevrons: awarded after passing the Seesportfunk test and after receipt of their final performance report. An example.
With these patches being introduced so late in the war and with material shortages in mind, that might explain why at least one of Daniel's photos shows an irregular version of the patch although an official, approved version clearly existed.
Also, these badges are not described as being qualification stages "A", "B" and "C".
Please refer to this thread for pictures and previous discussion of the Marine-Wehrfunk badges (begins at post #5).
Explanation of the three levels of the Marine-Wehrfunk badges:
Took a while but I finally found a full description of these Marine-HJ Wehrfunk patches in a primary source from September 1943. They appear to have been introduced in that year as part of a new agreement between the Kriegsmarine and the RJF (previous agreements had been reached in 1939 and 1942 with regard to signals training in support of the Kriegsmarine) and are described as follows:
1. Anchor, lightning and one chevron: awarded to boys aged at least 14 who had transferred from the regular Marine-HJ into a Marine-HJ Funkkameradschaft and who had been in Marine-Wehrfunk training for between six and eight weeks.
2. Anchor, lightning and two chevrons: awarded after having passed the intermediate tests. An example.
3. Anchor, lightning and three chevrons: awarded after passing the Seesportfunk test and after receipt of their final performance report. An example.
With these patches being introduced so late in the war and with material shortages in mind, that might explain why at least one of Daniel's photos shows an irregular version of the patch although an official, approved version clearly existed.
Also, these badges are not described as being qualification stages "A", "B" and "C".