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This issue, as I have just discovered, has been discussed at length in these forums.
Bottom line: No official Lappland shield was ever officially produced or fully authorized. But, it was important enough to the soldiers who fought in Finland that they made their own while in POW camps.
Whomever made the Lappland badges that look professionally done, whether done in 57, or as copies, or whatever, have actually produced the first, and possibly only, official looking Lappland shields.
So, are they replicas or original? If replicas, of what? The designs the soldiers invented and crudely produced?
I would say that they are what the soldiers wanted, made more real by being more professionally produced.
If I was a veteran, I would be flattered and glad that someone made a decent "copy" or "replica" of a shield that I felt I deserved, as well the recognition that goes with it.
These, apparently, professionally made Lappland Shields are actually quite nice, and, I think, will one day increase in value as their novel place in history is recognized and the demand intensifies.
Having at least one in a collection can't be a bad thing.
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Originally posted by SteelhelmJim View PostThis issue, as I have just discovered, has been discussed at length in these forums.
Bottom line: No official Lappland shield was ever officially produced or fully authorized. But, it was important enough to the soldiers who fought in Finland that they made their own while in POW camps.
Whomever made the Lappland badges that look professionally done, whether done in 57, or as copies, or whatever, have actually produced the first, and possibly only, official looking Lappland shields.
So, are they replicas or original? If replicas, of what? The designs the soldiers invented and crudely produced?
I would say that they are what the soldiers wanted, made more real by being more professionally produced.
If I was a veteran, I would be flattered and glad that someone made a decent "copy" or "replica" of a shield that I felt I deserved, as well the recognition that goes with it.
These, apparently, professionally made Lappland Shields are actually quite nice, and, I think, will one day increase in value as their novel place in history is recognized and the demand intensifies.
Having at least one in a collection can't be a bad thing.
although many variants of the shield are to be found, they all share the same basic design. That tells us, someone, somewhere had already decided what it was going to look like. The design of the so called '57' is also to be found as a paper design. what most likely happened after the war is that this paper design was used as the template for the manufacture of this type. Evidence would seem to suggest that the design came from army headquarters.
This design is thus not a replica but original, albeit postwar original. In otherwords, not meant to deceive, in spite of what many sellers try.Collecting German award documents, other paperwork and photos relating to Norway and Finland.
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