How to Date Campaign Shields

[Simon O.]

2/ Without any backing - no prongs attached ( looks old ? ).

this version has rounded tabs at the edges, you can see where they've been broken off.

[tgn]

A good discussion has begun! Excellent! Let's keep this going and have a good learning experience.

Mathijs,

I would think that only the third Lappland Shield is an approved New Form award. None came with cloth backing, so that makes me think the first is a fantasy piece and the second is too crude and has no prongs.

Any other thoughts on these examples?

In fact, the second one had side prongs which are broken off. I believe this to be an earlier '57 version than the one with back prongs...

Tom