Narvikshield Deschler

[breidi81]

hi

what are you think about this deschler narvik?

thx and regards
breidi

[Panzercracker]

Deschler...

I have a question. I don't have a problem with the badge, but the issued examples, even to the common soldier would have been made of a higher quality base metal. Norway fell in '40, so why/when were zinc pieces issued? I'm curious.

[bifrost]

Isn't it because they kept the best metal for making

guns at that time ??

[Panzercracker]

1940

Could be transitional, meaning they used both higher quality and zinc? I'm just curious if anyone knew for sure... Doesn't matter.

[Pascal H.]

I have a question. I don't have a problem with the badge, but the issued examples, even to the common soldier would have been made of a higher quality base metal. Norway fell in '40, so why/when were zinc pieces issued? I'm curious.

Replacement shields were sold during the whole war. So during the last years the LDO Narvik shields which could be bought in the shops were likely to be made from zinc.

Kr
Pascal

Ps. There is never been any evidence that this type of shield was made by Deschler.