Interesting Freies Indien shield application

[NickG]

Interesting application of Freies Indien arm shield on field hockey jerseys !!!
(a popular sport for Indian troops) So if you ever come across such a shirt (chances are slim to none),
its an authentic application!!! Note goal keeper on the right with a shield on his knitted sweater!

Image dated 1944... some r&r, taking a break from Atlantic Wall guard duties!
Both officers are wearing tropical dispatch riders mantels!

[NickG]

close up

A close up. Note WHITE ARROWS!
(image credit Bundesarchiv!)

[Patrick Dempsey]

Remarkable photo.

Thanks for digging it out of the archives.
One wonders what other gems are still to be discovered in its depths?

Perhaps one of the greatest collector/student tools to have been given us in the last few decades.


Patrick.

[Rene Chavez]

Wow Nick great picture and as you indicated interesting way of applying the arm-shield on their jerseys. By the way the arm-shields look larger in size compare to those worn on their sleeves.

Rene Chavez
http://axis101.bizland.com

[NickG]

Wow Nick great picture and as you indicated interesting way of applying the arm-shield on their jerseys. By the way the arm-shields look larger in size compare to those worn on their sleeves.

Rene Chavez
http://axis101.bizland.com

Perhaps larger, but their shields were huge! Here's a close up! (same source)