Campaign shields and cufftitles

[Ron C.]

I think I have posted these before, and I am sure at least some of them; however, I have a bit better shots.....so I am posting them again.....not all right now though so I will be adding to them, as I have not done them all again as yet.

I will start with this Kuban shield. I do not remember when, where, and how I got it; likely out of a junk box somewhere, because it has broken prongs. Is it a good one, minus the prongs? What would it bring today, since I haven't followed this stuff since the last of the 1970s. I probably picked it up at one of the fleamarkets in Germany in the mid-70s.

Thanks,
Ron

[Ron C.]

More

I don't really have very many, just a few; however, I have way too many pictures. I can't decide what background I want to use, and each one makes the shields and etc. look different. Black is the hardest to use although in many ways I think it looks better; however, I prefer real black velvet, which is hard to find and very expensive. Most of the black velvet in synthetic and very shiny and makes white spots show up, all the others seem to have their problems too.

What do you like the best?

Ron

[kraut72]

Hi

Very nice collection

but one bad news the Demjansk very known so called serif J fake shield...

[Nicola.M]

I agree With Kraut,

The demjansk is fake, but the other are good,
The Krim is a Deumer and the Kurland is the long writing

[Antonio Scapini]

As the other guys said the only bad shield is the Demjansk.
You have here some very nice piece Ron, indeed a beautiful group.

[Ron C.]

The one thing I have shown so far that came from a dealer before 1973, which is when I left for German, is the Demjansk. It came from a show that I used to go to, which supposedly from what I have been told later was called "the show of shows"; however, I do not know that for sure. It also came from a dealer, who I see on the forum is sort of an infamous guy....Johannes A. Floch from Vienna, Austria.

The Kuban shield I first posted in this post with the broken prongs......what is it and does it have any value in that condition?

Thank you all,
Ron

[Ron C.]

Afrikakorps black.



These next two are with a purple background so you may be able to see the edges better. One of the shots is inside out so you can see the back of the Afrikakorps lettering. I have posted these before, but I tried to make the shots a bit better.





Ron

[Ron C.]

Afrikakorps

[Ron C.]

Afrika cufftitle

[Ron C.]

I managed to dig out one of my mid-range cameras and try some more pictures, still just using a blanket as a background thrown on the floor and the built in flip up flash, can't find my better ones so far. It is interesting how the background can change the tone and etc. of the photo. I only did the fronts of the Krim and the Kuban.....I don't think I like the red very well.

Ron

[kraut72]

Krim 1 type zink Deumer

Kuban unknown maker

[Ron C.]

I found another background that I used to use sometimes.

It is a "light box" that I used to use to view slides with when I was using 35mm film before I went to the digitals. You turn it on so the item has light coming from behind it and then fire down on the item with a flash and using a macro lens, or in the case of my Nikons they call them Micro lenses (I have about 3 or 4 different ones...in this case a 60 mm). Sort of makes the item look like it is "floating" in a field of white, with no shadows.

Ron

[Ron C.]

Kuban shield with light box background.

[Ron C.]

Kurland with the light box