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    Question about Lapland Shield

    Can anyone tell me something about this?

    http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...1&d=1263756880
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    #2
    Looks like a 57er.
    pseudo-expert

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      #3
      I think it is a 57er, but I'd sure like some more info.
      Anybody know who the expert in sleeve shields might be?

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        #4
        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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          #5
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          Simon Orchard would be able to help on this shield, but Don's right, although not an official 57 award, they were produced around that time for veterans.

          Peter

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            #6
            Peter,

            I like that idea, but I sure wish I could find out exactly who produced them.

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              #7
              Originally posted by SteelhelmJim View Post
              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.
              The Lappland shield was fully authorised, it was only a qualification award so if you met the qualification criteria for it then you were entitled to it. The only problem was, the war ended before the process of physically awarding them got off the ground. That didn't stop AOK 20 in Norway though as the entire command, administrative and discipline structure continued to function until about sept\oct '45. Think of it as finishing up the outstanding paperwork prior to going home or being sent out of the country into captivity. This also happened with promotions and some other awards.

              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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                Simon,

                Excellent information. Thanks.

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