CHOLM Shield - ORIGINAL

[Chet Sowersby]

Bill & Brian, cut him some slack! After all, he is an "artist"!

[Brian S]

Chet, my mother and father stored me in a tool box for 17 years and I don't look that good!

[CRAIGGOODWIN]

ALSO THE CROSS

Is it my eyes or does one arm of the cross have a smaller diameter than the other this would be on the right side as you look at it.
It looks similar to one I returned not so long ago

[CRAIGGOODWIN]

more

whole shield

[CRAIGGOODWIN]

eagles head

eyes etc

[CRAIGGOODWIN]

date

last one - comments ?

[Gene]

Me no likey!

[bnz. 42]

Any more comments?

OK, there were over 550 views and only 5 guys posted their opinions. Does this badge look fake or real to experts? I would really want it to know.
Thanks to those who have already posted and those who will.

[Ralph A]

The fact that you say...

it is easily bent with two fingers scares me away. I would not be able to get past that. Mine would take two hands and a firm grip to bend. Were these ever made from tin?

[bnz. 42]

I just found a good forum that answered all my questions.
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...threadid=16925
Thank you, guys, for sharing your opinions.

[IVAN]

Hi Craigg....

by my opinion your shield has no problem!

Ivan

[bnz. 42]

Hello again,

I just bought a high resolution scanner and made close-up pictures of my shield.
Please take a look at them

[Spanky]

I don't know how many variations there are of this shield in steel, but the eagle’s head on this one does not compare well to mine. I don't have a scanner and I'm not even going to try getting these details with my digital camera but here are the differences:

1) Mine has a more pronounced detail between the upper and lower beaks across the entire length of the beak. This one has a faint line between the upper and lower beaks that fades towards the beak.

2) Mine has a more rounded eye pupil with sharper detail; this one has more of a teardrop shape.

3) The patterns of the feathers are different.

This is a different pattern than mine for sure, but I don't know if that makes it a repro.

The pictures that Gene posted on the above referenced thread show these differing details quite clearly

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...5&pagenumber=2

[bnz. 42]

Originally posted by Spanky
This is a different pattern than mine for sure, but I don't know if that makes it a repro.
The pictures that Gene posted on the above referenced thread show these differing details quite clearly

Gene posted the short M type Cholm shields. They also have centered bar H
I combined all the long M type shields from this thread in one picture. IMO, they all are the same.
P.S. If you are on the dial-up modem, it could take up to one minute to download it.



Mine is the last one.