Legion Niederlande Arm Shield Question

[Winkelman]

What a superb collection of shields! I love the printed one used by the Dutch Kriegsmarine volunteers.

Please note that these were at one time in Coco's collection - not mine .. I do have the PRINTED one myself , which is period , but not necessarily Vrijwilligers Legioen . There was a myriad of possible other uses for a shield , e.g. the accompanying Nederlandsche Ambulance ( Red Cross unit ) , the Org. Todt , Transport Speer , etc. , and not all have been sufficiently documented by period pics.

[Winkelman]

The use on KRIEGSMARINE uniforms has e.g. never been proven by period pics. , and is solely based on this propaganda poster , which seems to have been just an artists conception for just that purpose - propaganda ..

[Winkelman]

Back to the Volunteer shield at hand . Some pics of the type that started the thread - October 1941 issue of the NSB " Fotonieuws " .

[Winkelman]

October 11th 1941 - taking the oath at " het Binnenhof " , the Hague ..

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Cutout .. Note that the shield was still directly below the eagle .

[Massimo F.]

excellent posts Winkelman, thank you

[Winkelman]

Gerardus Mooyman - lower sleeve , pointed type ..

[Winkelman]

2 pics from Littlejohns " Foreign Legions " ; larger size , round bottom ..

[Winkelman]

And a Dutch SS-Kriegsberichter with the rarest OBLONG type .. !

[Winkelman]

Oblong type - Dutch Kriegsberichter ..

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Oblong type , with both Kriegsberichter- and Legion-cufftitle ; a feast of insignia .. !

[Winkelman]

Off to the Eastern front , with oblong insignia directly below eagle and no cufftitles .. Last pictures from " Kriegsberichter " , by Dutch author Gerard Groeneveld .

[Massimo F.]

pictures of great interest

[NickG]

The use on KRIEGSMARINE uniforms has e.g. never been proven by period pics. , and is solely based on this propaganda poster , which seems to have been just an artists conception for just that purpose - propaganda ..

Sorry but you are mistaken...it has been proven...(credit goes to Coco from Holland!)
Here coastal KM! Dutch shields in use in Kriegsmarine!


more here (includes blue KM uniform):

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...light=dutch+km

[Winkelman]

Nick , THANKS for showing me that link ! So there's also a Bevo type with the word NEDERLAND . I'm obviously not done searching for Dutch-related items on this site yet . It's getting better and better .. !