Cholm Thoughts

[Sammler]

Would like a CHOLM muster on this one . Very elusive shield this one resembles a vocal forum members in detail and the paper but other vocal members use theirs as the standard to dismiss all others, any thoughts? Best to enlarge the picture if it opens.

http://www.thirdreichmedals.com/pictures/e1680.jpg

[Gene]

I wonder who that vocal member might be???

[Sammler]

Gene what is your analysis? There are others who comment allot on these. There are aspects of this one I like . The paper is different and one other one was posted for comments that after different pictures were used I believe it was given a thumbs up. I do not have accsess to the Floch gallery for these are there similarities? the letters seem to be correct , the rarity of this shield is not underestimated? Thanks for the interest we all have the same goal.

[Joe D]

I would pass on this one just for the fact it's listed on that site.

[Sammler]

Am always a little surprised that stuff from Hamburg or Mass is not categorized the same, it is all "caveat emptor".

[Gene]

Better pics are needed as these lack a lot of detail. If you can get the seller/dealer to send you better scans that would help tremendously.

[Sammler]

The finish hopefully is very smooth can not tell exactly from the pics, I have used my ref material and yours Gene for allot of comparison as well as others posted here, this a hard one to find . Seemed they use to be a joke the copies were so bad. Now...?

[Sammler]

Pascal do you have any observations?

Pascal what are your thoughts based the pics available?
In 1998 Ipicked up the ref G. Williamson and J.Cross did and I agree with most of their work, I do not agree with the zinc Demajansk that it represented but I think to their credit with a closer study given to the Cholm it has helped collectors sometimes it is a concern that it also fuels fakers .

[Pascal H.]

From the pictures provided I can’t see any immediate red flags, in fact there are some small details which I like to see on a Cholm shield.

Also the Floch shield is different to this shield.

However only from these pictures I think it is impossible to tell if the shield is good or wrong.

KR
Pascal

[Sammler]

Pascal thanks for the feedback, Gene also thought the pictures are not enough for a real opinion. I like the details from what I can see. It looks very close to the type 2 example in Niemans latest catalog with most of the wash absent.

[Pascal H.]

Pascal thanks for the feedback, Gene also thought the pictures are not enough for a real opinion. I like the details from what I can see. It looks very close to the type 2 example in Niemans latest catalog with most of the wash absent.

I agree.

KR
Pascal