unknown shield

[sscrooge]

just picked this up with some other items, but dont have a clue what it is, it looks like silver but i could be wrong,any help appreciated, cheers Dave

[Sergeant 08]

Could be a so called Fahnennagel (for flags) of vets!

[Gerdan]

The shield says that the owner of the rifle (Gew. = Gewehr) ist the military club Klein-Heidorn (1927).
It was fixed on the stock of a rifle to give the name of the owner.
The former village of Klein-Heidorn today has 1300 inhabitants and is part of the town Wunstorf near Hannover.

Gerdan

[sscrooge]

fantastic, thank you very much for this info this and the other bits i have just got were taken from german soldiers in exchange for cigs during ww2 , thanks dave

[Gerdan]

dave
it's fine to find the roots of some of the items of your collection.
The Krieger-Verein Klein - Heidorn was founded 1895 and I think he ended 1945 as all theses clubs ended after WW2

Gerdan

[saschaw]

The shield says that the owner of the rifle (Gew. = Gewehr) ist the military club Klein-Heidorn (1927).
It was fixed on the stock of a rifle to give the name of the owner.

Gerdan, are you sure about that? As Sergeant 08 pointed out before I'd rather say that used to be on a flag's "stick".

[speedytop]

Hi,

it is a stick (Fahnennagel) for a flagpole.

The correct "translation" for:

Gew. v. Krieger-Verein Klein-Heiden 1927

is:

Gewidmet vom Krieger-Verein Klein-Heiden 1927

Dedicated by the veterans association Klein-Heiden 1927 (e.g. to another veterans association)

Regards
Uwe

[Gerdan]

Dave &
Uwe

I agree with the interpretation as a stick. It looks more realistic.

But I also remember that rifles of clubs sometimes have been marked by such little metal sticks. It could habe been a rifle which was dedicated.
In this case the form of the stick shows that it was more likely fit on a r o u n d stick than on the stock of a rifle.

Gerdan

[sscrooge]

thanks guys it puzzled me to what it was but now i know, cheers dave